Ok, I know this has been discussed in other threads too, but I'm a noob to this. I have a new M1 mini. Bought a Samsung T7 for storage, and pardon me for being behind the times, but after reading stuff here, got the Blackmagic app.
Speed of T7 connected directly to Mini with Samsung provided cable is in the 735 range, which sounds about right from what I've read (i.e. not ideal but what do I know). Just got a new OWC hub https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-thunderbolt-hub to get a few more ports. Thought from what I've read that that helps the slow usb-c issues, but the T7 connected to the hub (which is connected to mini with the OWC T4 cable) is in the 530 range. Not sure what is going on here. Connected T7 to mini with OWC T4 cable and back to 735 or so.
I didn't think from everything I've read here that the OWC hub would make things slower, when they're not ideal to begin with? I'm not overly worried about it (enough to ask I guess, but...), the drive is speedy enough for me, and I love the mini, but short of buying thunderbolt drives, am I missing something here? I would be happy if the T7 got the same speed through the hub as it did connected to the mini. If the Samsung cables were the issue, then why would the drive get the same speed as the OWC cable when connected directly?
Just a noob question - maybe I wasted money on a fancy, over-priced OWC hub, not know what I'm doing. Maybe I shouldn't care because I'm not video-editing in 8K or whatever and be happy.
But, if it was just a simple matter of accepting that Apple slacked off, and a few new cheap cables might allow me to use my hub at a sub-par speed of 735 for a T7, I'd like to know.
Sry for the book
Speed of T7 connected directly to Mini with Samsung provided cable is in the 735 range, which sounds about right from what I've read (i.e. not ideal but what do I know). Just got a new OWC hub https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-thunderbolt-hub to get a few more ports. Thought from what I've read that that helps the slow usb-c issues, but the T7 connected to the hub (which is connected to mini with the OWC T4 cable) is in the 530 range. Not sure what is going on here. Connected T7 to mini with OWC T4 cable and back to 735 or so.
I didn't think from everything I've read here that the OWC hub would make things slower, when they're not ideal to begin with? I'm not overly worried about it (enough to ask I guess, but...), the drive is speedy enough for me, and I love the mini, but short of buying thunderbolt drives, am I missing something here? I would be happy if the T7 got the same speed through the hub as it did connected to the mini. If the Samsung cables were the issue, then why would the drive get the same speed as the OWC cable when connected directly?
Just a noob question - maybe I wasted money on a fancy, over-priced OWC hub, not know what I'm doing. Maybe I shouldn't care because I'm not video-editing in 8K or whatever and be happy.
But, if it was just a simple matter of accepting that Apple slacked off, and a few new cheap cables might allow me to use my hub at a sub-par speed of 735 for a T7, I'd like to know.
Sry for the book
