The USB 3 port is working great. This SSD drive has made a big difference in my Mac. Everything is much faster! I used Carbon Copy Cloner to create a bootable Big Sur clone, then I had to boot into recovery to choose Big Sur SSD as the startup drive. Because as of now, Big Sur will not show the clone in the startup disk selection even though it is bootable. Carbon Copy Cloner Says that Apple is aware of the problem. Then once I booted using the new SSD, I was able to select it as the startup disk in system preferences. So far all is well. Thanks, Rob
> On Apr 15, 2021, at 10:24 AM, dan d. <dandun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Your machine uses thunderbolt 2. There are thunderbolt3 to thunderbolt2 > adaptors. The usb--c and thunderbolt3 ports are the same. I > predictt the thunderbolt line of connections will be merged into the usb line > of connectivity. > > On Wed, 14 Apr 2021, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries wrote: > >> Dear List, >> Today I received my first FireWire SSD, >> >> Item: 480GB OWC Envoy Pro FX Thunderbolt 3 + USB-C Portable NVMe SSD. The >> fastest, most compatible portable drive ever made that works with >> yesterday's, today's and tomorrow's Thunderbolt and USB computers and >> devices.; 3 Year OWC Limited Warranty. (OWCTB3ENVPFX.5) >> I am using a late 2015 iMac. >> I never held a ThunderBolt 3 cable before. I was trying to purchase a drive >> to plug into the thunderbolt connection, but this seems to be a USB C cable >> with a standard USB adapter. >> There are two ports on my Mac but this cable will not fit. >> I am very confused. >> Are they calling USB C Thunderbolt? >> Thanks in advance, >> Rob >> >> > > -- > XR > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/alpine.OSX.2.23.453.2104151018260.569%40dans-mac-mini-2.home. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/B482616C-3D44-4F5B-A066-A285A2D2CB6A%40icloud.com.
