The adapter came in the mail, and I almost ripped it out of the box in anticipation. I Googled “FireWire to Thunderbolt adapter.” The very concept of wanting to adapt a Thunderbolt port to a FireWire cable is an absurd idea, because FireWire is so darned slow. So this time, I’d prefer to keep my credit card in my pocket.Īctivate your inner MacGyver and figure out a workaround! (And for those of you who would remind me of my mantra to “always side with newer drives,” I will remind you that this is a multi-drive RAID, which can survive when one drive fails.)
#EXTERNAL RAID STORAGE FOR MAC UPGRADE#
That’s a sweet unit with blazing-fast Thunderbolt 3.īut I don’t need the pricey upgrade yet. I’d go for the G-RAID with Thunderbolt 3 8TB External Drive. But USB 2.0 is slower than even rusty FireWire.īut upgrading to a new G-Technology product is wicked pricey: My old G Speed Q does have a USB 2.0 port, which could connect to my new iMac. My new iMac is generations beyond FireWire technology and only uses USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt 3 ports.
The problem was I wanted to use that same RAID drive with my new iMac, and as it turned out, there was no apparent way to hook it up. The Curse of Newer Ports with Faster Transfer Speeds I haven’t cared that Apple has since moved on to Thunderbolt. Once upon a time, I dropped a boatload of money on a G-Technology G Speed Q 4TB 4-bay RAID storage solution to protect all of my home video files and also have enough speed to serve up those videos for editing in FCPX.Īnd it was great working with a FireWire cable. When it comes to external drives, I think I suggested that money was no object. Last time, I blogged about opening up my wallet to the digital gods to bring home some extra peripherals. I might have mentioned that I just bought myself a new iMac.
(I thought this might peak your interest.) Would you like to know how spending $27.29 can save you $650? Though technology has moved on, and it doesn’t look like your new Mac can talk to the RAID, there could be a way to save your external drive from the trash pile. Stop! Don’t retire your old RAID external drive.
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