I purchased a Samsung T5 Portable 500 GB ssd to run Mac OS Sierra on an iMac 21.5" late 2012. I read that the usb2 port will be really slow. Should I use the Thunderbolt port? Which cable or converter should I use?

I purchased a Samsung T5 Portable 500 GB ssd to run Mac OS Sierra on an iMac 21.5" late 2012. I read that the usb2 port will be really slow. Should I use the Thunderbolt port? Which cable or converter should I use?

Posted on Oct 8, 2019 8:41 AM

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Oct 9, 2019 11:20 AM in response to miltyama

Samsung SSD drives will not work with Catalina. I didn't know that until after the upgrade. I didn't backup my SSD drive. Samsung does NOT have a driver and probably won't have a driver anytime in the near future as well that will solve the problem that will be compatible with the OS. I, now, no longer have access to many important documents and have been trying to find out ways to remover them from the drive. The only choice is to uninstall Catalina.

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I purchased a Samsung T5 Portable 500 GB ssd to run Mac OS Sierra on an iMac 21.5" late 2012. I read that the usb2 port will be really slow. Should I use the Thunderbolt port? Which cable or converter should I use?

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