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Thunderbolt

I have a Mac Pro 5.1, its about mid 2012 old. I have a thunderbolt port next to my Display port. Is that the one I use for my new GDrive, TB 4TB drive?

Mac Pro, Mac OS 9.0.x

Posted on Feb 9, 2016 4:38 PM

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Answer 1

Linc Davis

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Feb 9, 2016 6:14 PM in response to josecolonsr

If you have a tower-model Mac Pro (not the cylindrical model of 2013), it doesn't have a Thunderbolt port and you can't use any Thunderbolt devices with it.

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Answer 2

Feb 10, 2016 8:10 AM in response to josecolonsr

If that port is on a graphics card, it is likely to be a Mini DisplayPort.

That port is the display subset of ThunderBolt, but there is NO possible way to attach anything except a display to it.

The only Macs that can ever use ThunderBolt left the factory with a ThunderBolt port.

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