Re: time to replace the 2010 MBP

2018-11-13 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
2018 4:41 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: time to replace the 2010 MBP I believe the new macbook air and pro have thunderbolt ports that handle only usb c devices? Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiD

RE: time to replace the 2010 MBP

2018-11-13 Thread Simon Fogarty
: time to replace the 2010 MBP Correct. That's why you need adapters to go from USB type A, which most drives and other connectors still are for now, to the new USB type C. Thunderbolt is just a speed standard defining the speed of data transfer over the port, it's not a physical aspect

RE: time to replace the 2010 MBP

2018-11-13 Thread Simon Fogarty
No, they actually only have USB-C ports which handle only thunderbolt 3 connections, From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sarai Bucciarelli Sent: Monday, 12 November 2018 4:41 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: time to replace the 2010 MBP I believe the new

Re: time to replace the 2010 MBP

2018-11-11 Thread 'Alex Hall' via MacVisionaries
lli> > > From: 'Alex Hall' via MacVisionaries > Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2018 9:41 PM > To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > Subject: Re: time to replace the 2010 MBP > > Sorry, I may have read wrong. I believe you said you are using (or getting) a > new Mac

RE: time to replace the 2010 MBP

2018-11-11 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
:41 PM To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: time to replace the 2010 MBP Sorry, I may have read wrong. I believe you said you are using (or getting) a new Mac with only USBC? If that's the case you'll need to have a way for the USB-A (the older ports you probably think of when you thi

Re: time to replace the 2010 MBP

2018-11-10 Thread Karen Lewellen
x Hall' via MacVisionaries Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2018 5:42 PM To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: time to replace the 2010 MBP Anything will work, as USB3 is backward-comptabile with the USB2 on your old Mac. I'd definitely get a USB3 storage device, even though it's more exp

Re: time to replace the 2010 MBP

2018-11-10 Thread 'Alex Hall' via MacVisionaries
cciarelli > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli> > > From: 'Alex Hall' via MacVisionaries > Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2018 5:42 PM > To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > Subject: Re: time to replace the 2010 MBP > > Anything will work, as USB3 is backward-

Re: time to replace the 2010 MBP

2018-11-10 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli> *From:* 'Alex Hall' via MacVisionaries *Sent:* Saturday, November 10, 2018 5:42 PM *To:* 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries *Subject:* Re: time to replace the 2010 MBP Anything will work, as USB3 is backward-comptabile with the USB2 on your old Mac. I'd definitely get a USB3 s

RE: time to replace the 2010 MBP

2018-11-10 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
naries Subject: Re: time to replace the 2010 MBP Anything will work, as USB3 is backward-comptabile with the USB2 on your old Mac. I'd definitely get a USB3 storage device, even though it's more expensive, because it will be a lot faster. As to the question of connection types, that's what ad

Re: time to replace the 2010 MBP

2018-11-10 Thread 'Alex Hall' via MacVisionaries
Anything will work, as USB3 is backward-comptabile with the USB2 on your old Mac. I'd definitely get a USB3 storage device, even though it's more expensive, because it will be a lot faster. As to the question of connection types, that's what adapters are for. Grab a USBC adapter or three, or a

time to replace the 2010 MBP

2018-11-10 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi all: My April 2010 MBP over-halled with an SSD is getting long in the tooth with Voiceover, as well as cannot be updated anymore. So, all of my Windows machines, and my Mac have the regular 2.0 USB port. The MBP or MBA have these new thunderbolt ports. If I want to by an external HD, or a