I ordered one early this morning. Just got an email a few minutes ago it shipped from China. 
Delivery estimate is 8/7.
Delivery estimate is 8/7.
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rMBP users: Are you going to get the Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter?
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I ordered one early this morning. Just got an email a few minutes ago it shipped from China.
Delivery estimate is 8/7.
Same here! This confirms what I suspected with this whole situation...there is absolutely NO reason they should be individually shipping from China. That costs Apple so much money (FedEx International). Seems to me like they would case ship the adapters to distribution centers in the US and other countries, then individually mail them (as they did with my TB -> Ethernet adapter).
Wonder what the hiccup was....
Yeah, it does seem wasteful. I guess it does cut down the time it takes for users to get it by a bit.
FYI...mine has gone from Shenzhen to Hong Kong already.
Yeah, it does seem wasteful. I guess it does cut down the time it takes for users to get it by a bit.
FYI...mine has gone from Shenzhen to Hong Kong already.
Same here...looks like our adapters are traveling together.
Daisy chaining my FW external to my camcorder has given me some issues so I'll get one for my 17 inch MBP. The expresscard slot is going to be occupied by an esata card which is used far more frequently than the need for two independent FW ports.
Mine arrived today. That's either two days early, or a month late depending how you look at it.
Works fine. No problems.
Mine arrived today. That's either two days early, or a month late depending how you look at it.
Works fine. No problems.
Got mine as well -- getting a FW800 drive in the mail tomorrow and will put the adapter through it's paces.
Received mine this morning and OS X is working very nicely with my HD video camera. I haven't tried Windows 7 or 8 yet.
Bought and has already arrived. For my 1TB G-Tech external.
It's for temporary use though... planning to upgrade to a 2TB My Passport or G-Tech's new USB3 externals.
It's for temporary use though... planning to upgrade to a 2TB My Passport or G-Tech's new USB3 externals.
Broken?
I'm not doing a lot with USB 3.0 on my rMBP, but a Transcend USB 3.0 Flash drive and a LaCie 3.0 Rugged drive both have been working flawlessly for me and my Mac.
Broken?
I'm not doing a lot with USB 3.0 on my rMBP, but a Transcend USB 3.0 Flash drive and a LaCie 3.0 Rugged drive both have been working flawlessly for me and my Mac.
Google it - a lot of people are having issues. Personally, my Western Digital USB 3 HDD mounts maybe 1 in 10 tries. Only way I can reliably get it to mount is if I force USB 2 mode by using a USB 2 cable.
I know it's not the drive because it works just fine on the USB 3 ports in my PC.
Got it. Dang.
I see I was lucky to go with a LaCie drive...
The drives I've been using with the Firewire/Thunderbolt adapter are also one LaCie drive and a few OWC enclosures. Maybe I'm lucky there too, but I can say they've all been working flawlessly too.