macbook pro thunderbolt external hard drive

Having now read this forum I understand that it can’t do this because it is display port not thunderbolt. I found that if I passed through the display port on the 30' to the G-RAID it wouldn’t display. At first I tried connecting the G-RAID 8TB to the thunderbolt connector port on the Macbook Pro, replacing the 30' monitor display port connector. I placed the G-RAID on a flat table with plenty of space around it. It currently has around 3TB of data on it which I want to transfer to the G-RAID. Ok, so I bought the G-RAID 8TB to replace the troublesome 5TB seagate HD which struggles to maintain 25MB/s copying files. A 30' Dell Monitor with Apple Dual DVI-D to Mini display port adapter, connected to the other thunderbolt port.Ĭonnected to the 27' Thunderbolt monitor ports is: Seagate 2TB USB 3.0 Time Machine HD (bus powered), 5TB Seagate USB 3.0 HD (external powered), and wired Ethernet connection.Ĭonnected to one of the USB ports on the MacBook Pro is a Powered USB 2.0 hub servicing iPod/iPhone docks and the USB power cable needed for the Apple DVI-D to mini display port adapter (connecting direct to the Mac removes any remaining ports so it is done this way to leave one USB 3.0 port on the Macbook Pro free for other uses like USB 3.0 flash drives, etc. Connected to one of the Macbook Pro thunderbolt ports is a 27' Apple Thunderbolt Display. Macbook Pro (late 2013) with 1TB SSD and El Capitan 10.11.6 installed. This week I purchased a brand new G-RAID Thunderbolt 2 / USB 3.0 8TB external unit from the Adelaide Apple Store and have had nothing but trouble with it.

I am Epsilon, from Adelaide, South Australia.

Macbook pro thunderbolt external hard drive