Thunderbolt PCI card for 2010 Mac Pro

There are no such devices/cards. Presently TB has to be built into the logic board.

You can use file sharing that is built into the Macs. They have to be connected to the same network.

I second Illaass' response about there is no such device/card nor will there ever be one.

My suggestion would be to get a ThunderBolt to Firewire adapter for your 2013 MP then use Firewire to connect to the 2010 MP. If the FW400 is to slow, you can get a FW800 PCIe card for the 2010 MP.

No. If you read the description carefully you will notice that it is designed for ThunderBolt ready motherboards. The motherboard in your 2010 MP is not ThunderBolt ready. Under the specifications it also states the following;

So it will do you no go to get that card for your 2010 MP

No. Note the description includes "1 x 5-pin J1 header, connecting to the motherboard THB_C header by the included THB_C header cable".

The logic board already has to have TB as I said.

msajidjan wrote:

please check is this compatible with mac pro 2010?

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1129341-REG/gigabyte_gc_thunderbolt_2_pcie _card.html

Yes. If you go to the Intel web site and read about Thunderbolt, you will discover that it requires that certain chips be included on the motherboard in order to implement it. Without those chips, there is no way to have TB. Your 2010 MP, just like my 2010 MP, does not have those chips hence it is not TB ready.

Allan Eckert wrote:

My suggestion would be to get a ThunderBolt to Firewire adapter for your 2013 MP then use Firewire to connect to the 2010 MP. If the FW400 is to slow, you can get a FW800 PCIe card for the 2010 MP.

The 2010 Mac Pro has only FW 800, no FW400. A USB 3 card could be added, although attached drives would not be bootable.

Sorry. It was slip on my part. When I was writing that reply some how I managed in my mind to go back to the specs on my Power Mac. By the time I noticed my mistake the edit period had expired.

There is a ThunderBolt to USB 3 adapter available.

Allan Eckert wrote:

Sorry. It was slip on my part. When I was writing that reply some how I managed in my mind to go back to the specs on my Power Mac. By the time I noticed my mistake the edit period had expired.

There is a ThunderBolt to USB 3 adapter available.

Well, the 2006 Mac Pro has at least one FW400 port on the front. I can't see the back of mine right now to see if there are any others. I don't know when FW400 was eliminated, but maybe in the 2007 models?

When you say "share" through Thunderbolt, what exactly are you trying to accomplish?

If you are trying to create a two node network (e.g. to share with another local Mac), then you can also do that through Ethernet or even FireWire. Even though you likely can't add Thunderbolt to the Mac, you can connect a FireWire cable between the two Macs, or an Ethernet cable, and set up a two node local network between the two that will allow sharing.

The 2009 model has front and rear FireWire 800 ports. Conversion to 400 i2s just a plug adapter or a cable adapter.

If you can get each Mac onto the Internet without re-plugging cables, you already have the infrastructure for Built-in File Sharing, just turn it on. If you have a Gigabit Ethernet switch and 8-wire cables, Gigabit Ethernet is a fast as most rotating Hard drives.