LaCie 5Big ThunderBolt 2 with Thunderbolt 3 Mac

[iChernov]

Hey guys,

Did anybody manage to connect LaCie 5Big ThunderBolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 - enabled mac? I do have MacBook Pro 13" with two thunderbolt 3 ports, to which I am trying to connect this 5Big device using Thunderbolt 2 - Thunderbolt 2 cable and Thunderbolt 2 - Thunderbolt 3 adapter. Seems like it does not work at all. LaCie support gently telling me to go *** myself with my strange requests.

Any ideas anybody? Did anybody connect it successfully?

 

[chabig]

You need Apple's USB-C to Thunderbolt 2 adapter:

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/...2663a8d55aae68d0786e02736c080368fd899308ddb3e

Plug that into your MacBook Pro. Connect the adapter to your Lacie drive with your current cable. That's all there is to it. If one port doesn't seem to work, try the other. Try another cable if you have one. Also, what machine do you have specifically?

 

[iChernov]

I found out what was that.

Of course I was using Apple's Thunderbolt 3->2 adapter. The problem was to explicitly allow in Security settings to allow the specific kernel extension to work. When I allowed it and restarted the mac - everything started working perfectly

 

[chabig]

Why would a hard drive require a kernel extension?

 

[iChernov]

Why would a hard drive require a kernel extension?

Ask LaCie. And no, it is not a hard drive, that's a raid hard drive - as I understood the proprietary LaCie software and custom controller of the system require special kext on macOS.

 

[MCAsan]

Good reason to an enclosure that lets you use Disk Utility to setup RAID 0 or 1. When selecting RAID 0 you can also define the block size you want. Could not do that with the WD My Book Duo controller.

 

[Eugene Magee]

I found out what was that.

Of course I was using Apple's Thunderbolt 3->2 adapter. The problem was to explicitly allow in Security settings to allow the specific kernel extension to work. When I allowed it and restarted the mac - everything started working perfectly

Hey iChernov would you be able share a step to step guide to fixing it? If you could that would be sweet.

 

[iChernov]

Hey iChernov would you be able share a step to step guide to fixing it? If you could that would be sweet.

- You install LaCie RAID manager
- Connect LaCie RAID to your Mac
- Go to System Preferences
- Open Security & Privacy Preferences. Click on 'Open Security & Privacy System Preferences' from the Intego software alert window: ...
- Click the 'Allow' Button. ...
- Press 'Continue' for the LaCie kernel extension
- Restart computer

 

[MyopicPaideia]

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