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2016-09-16 OWC Drive Dock Now Available in USB 3.1 Gen 1 for about $75

2015-12-05 TESTED: OWC Drive Dock Takes 2 Bare Drives (HDD or SSD), Thunderbolt 2 or USB3

2015-11-13 OWC Price Drop and Deals: 8TB HGST Ultrastar He8 and TRIPP LITE USB3 Hub

2015-11-11 $150 off the Brand-New Apple iMac 5K

2015-11-11 OWC Deals: 4TB and 6TB Hard Drives, 32GB Memory for Mac Pro 2009-2012

2015-11-05 30-bit Color Support in OS X El Capitan with Dual NEC Wide Gamut Display + 32-bit Color

2015-10-30 10-bit Graphics Support in OS X El Capitan: Adobe Confirms Support is Coming for Photoshop

2015-10-27 Reader Question: Revamped Mac Pro Due?

2015-09-19 Two Products MPG Uses Every Day

2015-06-06 Storage and RAID Deals

2015-04-10 OWC Thunderbolt 2 Dock: All Sorts of Ports for Every Mac with Thunderbolt

2015-01-09 OWC Envoy Pro 1TB SSD In Stock

2015-01-01 OWC Envoy Pro 1TB SSD

2014-12-29 Elgato Thunderbolt Dock for $135

2014-06-25 Excellent USB3 Expansion: TRIPP LITE 7+1 Port USB3 Expansion Hub

2014-03-01 Is Thunderbolt Faster than USB3?

2014-02-26 2013 Mac Pro: USB3 Performance Impaired Relative to MacBook Pro (Single PCIe Lane Throttles Bandwidth)

2014-02-20 USB3 Ports and eSATA Ports on Older Mac Pro: NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G + USB3 PCIe Card

2014-02-20 Fast USB Digital Camera Card Readers

2013-12-26 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual: Thunderbolt or USB3 Dual Drive Enclosure

2013-12-26 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual as Fault-Tolerant RAID-1 Mirror over Thunderbolt

2013-12-23 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual: Thunderbolt vs USB for Dual-Drive RAID

2013-11-24 Are Thunderbolt Product Choices Poised to Balloon in Variety, Availability, Scope?

2013-09-30 Reader Comment: Hard Drive Warranty

2013-09-29 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Faster than the Current Model?

2013-07-24 Get the Existing Mac Pro While They Last?

2013-07-22 Thunderbolt Product Choices Poised to Balloon in Variety, Availability, Scope

2013-07-01 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Mini with 6G SSD on USB3 — Speed Increase

2013-06-12 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Thoughts on a Switchover from Existing Tower

2013-06-12 2013 Apple Mac Pro: The Good Parts

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2016-09-16 OWC Drive Dock Now Available in USB 3.1 Gen 1 for about $75

2015-12-14 OWC Drive Dock Takes 2 Bare Drives (HDD or SSD), Thunderbolt 2 or USB3: General Use, Video-Shoot Backup, etc

2015-09-19 Two Products I Use Every Day

Thunderbolt peripherals

Reviews of Thunderbolt products..

1. OWC Drive Dock: Thunderbolt + USB3 Connectivity Using Dual Bare Hard Drives or SSDs
2. OWC Thunderbolt 2 Dock for Port Expansion

OWC Thunderbay IV / 4 Thunderbolt Enclosure

High performance with hard drives or SSDs..

1. Thunderbolt vs USB3 with 6G SSD (SoftRAID, Thunderbolt v1)

Understanding Thunderbolt and USB3 Performance with the 2013 Mac Pro

Using the right ports is critical to performance..

1. 2013 Mac Pro: USB3 Performance Limitations

Connecting Stuff

USB3, networking, and add-on devices other than storage..

1. Expanding USB3 Ports: TRIPP LITE 7+1 USB3 with iPad Charging

Digital Camera Related

Camera cards and readers..

1. Fast USB Digital Camera Card Readers
2. Lexar Professional 2000X 64GB SDXC Camera Storage Card (Tested in 3 Card Readers)
3. Lexar Professional 1000X 256GB SDXC Camera Storage Card
4. Lexar Professional 1066X 128GB Compact Flash Camera Storage Card
5. SanDisk Extreme Pro 512GBSDXC Camera Card

Apple MacBook Pro Retina Quad-Core (June 2012)

Apple’s 2012 MacBook Pro Retina Display..

1. 2012 MBP Retina — USB3 Performance

Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch Quad-Core (June 2012)

Apple’s 2012 MacBook Pro (non Retina)..

1. 2012 MBP 15-inch — USB3 Performance

Drives and Expansion and Various

Reviews of various hardware and software..

1. CalDigit PCIe 2-Port USB3 Card for Mac Pro
2. NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G + USB3 PCIe Card
3. OWC Mercury Elite Pro (2012 w/USB3 model)
4. FirmTek U3 USB3 Swappable 2.5-inch Drive Enclosure

Older storage interfaces

Modern Macs use USB3 and Thunderbolt..

1. SATA, Firewire, and USB

Blog posts

2016

2016-09-16 OWC Drive Dock Now Available in USB 3.1 Gen 1 for about $75

2015

2015-12-05 TESTED: OWC Drive Dock Takes 2 Bare Drives (HDD or SSD), Thunderbolt 2 or USB3

2015-11-13 OWC Price Drop and Deals: 8TB HGST Ultrastar He8 and TRIPP LITE USB3 Hub

2015-11-11 $150 off the Brand-New Apple iMac 5K

2015-11-11 OWC Deals: 4TB and 6TB Hard Drives, 32GB Memory for Mac Pro 2009-2012

2015-11-05 30-bit Color Support in OS X El Capitan with Dual NEC Wide Gamut Display + 32-bit Color

2015-10-30 10-bit Graphics Support in OS X El Capitan: Adobe Confirms Support is Coming for Photoshop

2015-10-27 Reader Question: Revamped Mac Pro Due?

2015-09-19 Two Products MPG Uses Every Day

2015-06-06 Storage and RAID Deals

2015-04-10 OWC Thunderbolt 2 Dock: All Sorts of Ports for Every Mac with Thunderbolt

2015-01-09 OWC Envoy Pro 1TB SSD In Stock

2015-01-01 OWC Envoy Pro 1TB SSD

2014

2014-12-29 Elgato Thunderbolt Dock for $135

2014-06-25 Excellent USB3 Expansion: TRIPP LITE 7+1 Port USB3 Expansion Hub

2014-03-01 Is Thunderbolt Faster than USB3?

2014-02-26 2013 Mac Pro: USB3 Performance Impaired Relative to MacBook Pro (Single PCIe Lane Throttles Bandwidth)

2014-02-20 USB3 Ports and eSATA Ports on Older Mac Pro: NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G + USB3 PCIe Card

2014-02-20 Fast USB Digital Camera Card Readers

2013

2013-12-26 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual: Thunderbolt or USB3 Dual Drive Enclosure

2013-12-26 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual as Fault-Tolerant RAID-1 Mirror over Thunderbolt

2013-12-23 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual: Thunderbolt vs USB for Dual-Drive RAID

2013-11-24 Are Thunderbolt Product Choices Poised to Balloon in Variety, Availability, Scope?

2013-09-30 Reader Comment: Hard Drive Warranty

2013-09-29 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Faster than the Current Model?

2013-07-24 Get the Existing Mac Pro While They Last?

2013-07-22 Thunderbolt Product Choices Poised to Balloon in Variety, Availability, Scope

2013-07-01 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Mini with 6G SSD on USB3 — Speed Increase

2013-06-12 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Thoughts on a Switchover from Existing Tower

2013-06-12 2013 Apple Mac Pro: The Good Parts

2013-06-11 Reader Comment: OpenCL Support for the dual AMD GPUs

2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Video User Comment

2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: TMP?

2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Misses the Mark for Video Users

2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Hive Storage

2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: CPU Choices Predictions

2013-06-10 “In general is it better to purchase the older 6 core Mac Pro or get this newer machine?”

2013-06-10 WWDC: The New Apple Mac Pro

2013-06-10 New Mac Pro: WHEN?

2013-06-10 New Mac Pro: 1866MHz DDR3 memory

2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Visuals

2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Thunderbolt 20 Gbps

2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Reader Comments

2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Faster or Slower, Elegant but Klunky, Promise vs Reality, Video Oriented

2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: CPU Choices

2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Bear Proof?