Can two computers be linked via Thunderbolt?

[LoneRider]

So say you have a lot of files on one computer you want to transfer to a second computer and both have Thunderbolt ports.

Can you hook them up and "see" the other to transfer files or is Thunderbolt only for "peripherals" and doesn't allow such a connection?

 

[Intell]

You can connect the two using Target Disk Mode. Just like with FireWire, but instead using Thunderbolt. I am not sure if you can create a network between two Macs connected via Thunderbolt like you could FireWire.

 

[Carlanga]

Target Disk Mode

yes you can:

http://www.macworld.com/article/1160887/targetdiskmodethunderbolt.html

 

[Freyqq]

interesting. Can you do this in OSX without target disk mode too? 10Gb\s transfer speeds would be nice

 

[theSeb]

interesting. Can you do this in OSX without target disk mode too? 10Gb\s transfer speeds would be nice

No, you cannot. In addition you don't get anywhere near those theoretical speeds. In fact, target disk mode via thunderbolt is painfully slow right now.

 

[carestudio]

you will need to do this through NIC. Atto has a new Thunderbolt gigabit solution.

 

[Brandon263]

You can use Airdrop to wirelessly connect them.

 

[shardey]

You can use Airdrop to wirelessly connect them.

The OP is wanting to connect via Thunderbolt for speed. Hell even connecting through ethernet would provide much greater bandwidth with lower latency.

 

[Dangerous Theory]

No, you cannot. In addition you don't get anywhere near those theoretical speeds. In fact, target disk mode via thunderbolt is painfully slow right now.

Not to mention no HDD/SDD has read/write speeds at even 5Gb/s