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Kheerthi

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Q: What is the transfer speed?

What is the transfer speed using Thunderbolt port between two Macbooks with OS X Maverics platfrom?

MacBook Air

Posted on Feb 12, 2014 10:35 PM

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by leroydouglas,

leroydouglas Feb 12, 2014 10:46 PM in response to Kheerthi
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Feb 12, 2014 10:46 PM in response to Kheerthi

Thunderbolt gives you two channels on the same connector with 10Gb/s of throughput in both directions. Ultrafast, ultraflexible

Thunderbolt 2 pushes that to 20Gb/s.

http://www.apple.com/thunderbolt/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20088164-1/thunderbolt-vs-usb-3.0-why-its-a- lose-lose/

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57614844-263/how-to-transfer-large-amounts- of-data-between-macs-quickly/

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9-brings-fast-but-choppy-thunderbol t-networking/

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5872?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
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