My iMac is, sadly, just a little too old to have Thunderbolt 3/USB3 ports.
I have been able to find almost nothing that will connect to the Thunderbolt 2 ports. Not even an adapter.
I am even operating an external SSD through an ordinary USB port. This works OK.
I'm sure someone out there will prove me wrong.
Thanks
Laurence
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015), macOS Sierra (10.12)
Unfortunately not a lot of drive manufactures embraced or made Thunderbolt drives and so they are very expensive compared to the more common USB 3.0 drives.
OWC has Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2 hard drives, plus expansion docks and adapters.
look half way down the page, at > Thunderbolt External Hard Drives, Docks, Adapters and More
You can also use your Thunderbolt port for an external Display using a Mini DisplayPort or Thunderbolt adapter.
Unfortunately not a lot of drive manufactures embraced or made Thunderbolt drives and so they are very expensive compared to the more common USB 3.0 drives.
OWC has Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2 hard drives, plus expansion docks and adapters.
look half way down the page, at > Thunderbolt External Hard Drives, Docks, Adapters and More
You can also use your Thunderbolt port for an external Display using a Mini DisplayPort or Thunderbolt adapter.
thunderbolt 2 has the same connector and works with all thunderbolt 1 devices just at a higher speed
one can connect external storage and extra monitors and dock station with extra ports and various converters to thunderbolt
if you mean ordinary usb port mean usb2 then it would be a shame ssd harddisk can transfer 500+MB/sec and usb2 can transfer around 30MB/sec so usb2 is even a limitation for a normal magnetic harddisk which can transfer around 100MB/sec
https://www.lacie.com/gb/en/professional/d2/
Many thanks den.thed. Must start saving up!
Rudegar, if there was a device that would enable me to connect the SSD to the Thunderbolt 2 port I would be glad to do so.
Uses for Thunderbolt 2 ports
