03-01-2025, 02:33 AM
Quoting Everymac:
"Thunderbolt also supports other peripherals that use the Thunderbolt standard which provides up to 10 Gbps of bandwidth in both directions."
That will beat the pants off USB, up to USB 3.2Gen2. If your TB2 dock will take a 2.5" drive, you're golden. Just drop a 2.5" SSD in there. Maybe you'll need a cable???
I'm excited to hear how it works.
"Thunderbolt also supports other peripherals that use the Thunderbolt standard which provides up to 10 Gbps of bandwidth in both directions."
That will beat the pants off USB, up to USB 3.2Gen2. If your TB2 dock will take a 2.5" drive, you're golden. Just drop a 2.5" SSD in there. Maybe you'll need a cable???
I'm excited to hear how it works.
Spiff wrote:
Thanks all! Not sure how viable it will be for me to crack into the machine itself and replace the skinny platter thingy. I can try the TB2 port, but it is described as a port for display. I will have to try it. I do have an OWC Doc for TB2. I can try that.
Edit: Why did I not think of the Dock idea? Because EveryMac described the TB2 port as a display port. I was not thinking that it could also work for data transfer. Duh.