Can anyone recommend a Thunderbolt 3 USB-C hard drive that I can connect to my 2015 MacBook Pro Retina 15" using this adapter? I've tried connecting a Lacie D2 Professional drive, but it wouldn't even power up.
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.6
The speeds involved with most hard drives do not warrant the money for any ThunderBolt cabling or adapters. The Apple thunderBolt-3 <-> ThunderBolt-2 adapter (US$50). The adapter does not supply POWER in either direction, so your drive must have a power source to use this adapter.
The drive you mentioned appears to be a Rotating Magnetic drive. These are surprisingly not limited by USB-2 cabling. At 480 M bits/sec, USB-2 cabling can carry just short of 50 M Bytes/sec, which is faster than almost every ordinary Rotating magnetic drive. any USB-3 cabling would be luxurious, and using thunderbolt connectivity would be extravagant (and never used near capacity).
For that enclosure and a MacBook Pro 2015, use a USB-3 Cable with blue insert, sold as a USB-3 cable SuperSpeed rated for 5 G bits/sec or 500 M Bytes/sec. If you need an adapter to USB-C be careful to get one that is rated for at least that, or a top spec one rated for 10 G bits/sec.
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I appreciate you taking the time to respond, but you’re basically telling me that I don’t need to do what I’m trying to do, which isn’t so helpful. FYI, I need Thundebolt 2 for video editing purposes.
The only equipment you mentioned is an existing LaCie drive. You may have forgotten to actually include the words, "...so that I can check out this setup for Video editing." I can't quit see all your equipment from here.
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Any drive that does not require POWER across the adapter can be used to check the data pathways in the cable/adapter.
Apple Thunderbolt 3 USB-C to Thunderbolt 2 adapter - backwards compatibility
