Q. What cable(s)/adapter(s) is/are needed to connect a Crucial X8 500 GB SSD to a ThunderBolt (not 1,2 or 3) port on my iMac?
Q. What cable(s)/adapter(s) is/are needed to connect a Crucial X8 500 GB SSD to a ThunderBolt (not 1,2 or 3) port on my iMac?
I have a 21.5-inch, late 2013, 8 GB iMac that has two ThunderBolt ports and several USB-A ports.
The ThunderBolt ports are just plain ThunderBolt - not TB 1, TB 2, TB 3, etc.
The Crucial X8 SSD promises speeds up to 1050 MB/s when connected to USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port, which of course I don’t have.
The SSD as a Type-C USB port. It offers two ways to connect to the Mac: Type-C USB -or- USB A.
It is my understanding that, if the iMac had ThunderBolt 3, I could use the provided Type-C to Type-C USB cable to connect the SSD to the iMac.
Which gets back to my question. Using different cable(s) and/or adapters, can I connect the Type-C on the X8 to the ThunderBolt port on the iMac?
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15