Does my MacBook Pro have USB 3.0?

If you are ever curious about what your device can do you can always try clicking:

1. The Apple logo in the top left

2. About This Mac

3. System Report

In this particular case you would then click on USB.

Figure it out for yourself:

http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/features/13-and-15-inch/

2012 Macbooks came with USB 3

And does these USB 3 ports are compatible with USB/USB2 keys and external Hard drives, or do we need an adaptator ? :-/

Thanks

Both USB 3.0 ports are USB 2.0 backwards compatible.

Tanks :-)

The answer is "Yes." Although I see you already got that, but in not the most polite form from one responder.

Just curious why that tone in your reply in which you could have just simply said "Yes. You can find all of the specs at this link...." instead of donning a armor suit of attitude. Just be nice.

on my Mac at work, i'm running OS 10.6.8. i would upload a screen snapshot, but this feature is apparently not working here... but here's the data which is given in System Profiler:

USB High-Speed Bus:

Host Controller Location: Built-in USB

Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBEHCI

PCI Device ID: 0x3a3c

PCI Revision ID: 0x0000

PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086

Bus Number: 0xfa

and the second one...

USB High-Speed Bus:

Host Controller Location: Built-in USB

Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBEHCI

PCI Device ID: 0x3a3a

PCI Revision ID: 0x0000

PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086

Bus Number: 0xfd

please explain to "the rest of us" how we are supposed to know whether this is a USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 from this data?

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AH HA! i found another listing labeled "USB Bus", with "Hub" under it which when selected says:

Hub:

Product ID: 0x0001

Vendor ID: 0x089d (Icron Technologies Corporation)

Version: 1.25

Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec

Location ID: 0x3d100000 / 2

Current Available (mA): 500

Current Required (mA): 0

so it looks like this 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Mac only has a USB 2.0... GEEZE! looks like Apple was a bit late with its implementation of USB 2.0, seeing how the specs for it were released in April of 2000 — this Mac was released in 2006!

don't get me wrong, i love Mac's as opposed to ANY other lame PC running Windows, but i wish Apple would incorporate new technology such as this at a faster rate than it often does!

I agree - why reply at all if you can't be polite. It's not like it's your job and you have to reply or anything. In fact if it was your job you would have to be polite. If you are doing it out of generosity and friendliness you would be polite. It's like some people just like to give the inexperienced or someone who they feel should have used another form of inquiry before Apple forums a slap in the face.

Apple included a USB 1.2 hub in many earlier MacBook and MacBook Pro models, to attach the internal keyboard and trackpad to. In those days, the USB 1.x controller chips were probably cheaper than the USB 2.0 chips, and you didn't really need more speed for a keyboard and mouse. Also know that some of the original USB 2.0 chipsets were quite buggy, so avoiding the cheap ones was looking out for the users.

That is the funniest thing I have heard. So they where buggy for 5 + years OK! And they where just looking out for us OK.

It's unfortunate your answer is so offensive, rude and lacking in common courtesy.

This is why snide 'find it yourself' answers are ********: