Belkin do a sort of hub which runs to your thunderbolt port, has 2 thunderbolt connections (but one has to go to your computer), and 3 usb3 connections, plus HMDI and ethernet. It's not ideal, thunderbolt is really underdeveloped, chaining seems expensive and I can't find a thunderbolt hub anywhere. But at least this way the usb3 goes really fast and you do get some connectivity.
Ranulph On 27 Sep 2014, at 09:26, Sam - MacAmbulance <i...@macambulance.co.uk> wrote: > You could always get a USB3 hub and connect your devices to that. It'll shift > down to USB2 speeds on your iMac then when you upgrade to a MacPro ;) it'll > shift back up to USB3 speeds. I have an 8 port Anker USB3 hub with a > dedicated charging port, it's ace. > > Regards > > Sam > > > MacAmbulance Ltd. > Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development > > Sam Mullen ACMT > +44 (0)7747778022 > i...@macambulance.co.uk > www.macambulance.co.uk > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > > On 27 Sep 2014, at 09:17, Phil Ward <phil_w...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Sam, >> >> Of course what I also needed to mention, but forgot, is that the new drive >> really needs to be Firewire. >> >> P >> >> ---- >> Phil Ward >> >> Skype: aphilw >> E: phil_w...@mac.comw: www.philward.biz >> W: http://soundcloud.com/philberish >> W: www.thegalleons.comW: https://www.facebook.com/thegalleons >> W: http://thegalleons.bandcamp.com/album/the-galleons >> W: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-galleons/id520549816 >> >> * Freelance writer and product designer. >> * Exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com. >> * Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine. >> >> On 27 Sep 2014, at 08:58, Sam - MacAmbulance <i...@macambulance.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> I would say 2TB western digital passport as they don't require an extra >>> power supply and come with a 3 year warranty. You can either start from >>> scratch and back up normally, or use SuperDuper to clone over the historic >>> time machine backups (Carbon Copy Cloner doesn't support cloning TM >>> backups). >>> >>> If your current drive has a bad block, which would interrupt a SuperDuper >>> clone, CCC might be able to do a block clone and skip that one. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Sam >>> >>> >>> MacAmbulance Ltd. >>> Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development >>> >>> Sam Mullen ACMT >>> +44 (0)7747778022 >>> i...@macambulance.co.uk >>> www.macambulance.co.uk >>> MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration >>> number 8466597 >>> This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain >>> privileged or confidential information. 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