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USB-C to TB2 Adapter
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I have one of these one the way - http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extre...F8&qid=1457890129&sr=8-2&keywords=extreme+900
Will be using it as a portable drive with with FCPX for editing video via USB3, but thought I would get a higher throughput with TB2, considering TB2 would be more suited for streaming data while video editing over USB3?
If not, USB3, although Gen1, would still work fine for me as Im only editing 1080p video...
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- I see. Then it makes sense. You didn't mention that the drive had USB 3.1 gen 2. I haven't heard of any Thunderbolt devices equipped with that, unfortunately.
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- You're thinking plug the TB 3 end into the drive and then use a TB 2 cable from the other end to the MBP?
If so, I doubt very much the adaptor would work in the direction of Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3.
The second adaptor wouldn't do any good at all.
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Drives (HD or SSD) have native SATA interfaces, not TB, USB, FW or other. So you can easily move a drive from an enclosure with one external interface into another enclosure that has the preferred external interface. That way there you don't have to try to find odd adapter boxes or cables that you will not want or need in a year or so.
- Except the drive in question clearly doesn't use a SATA connection. Its 850 MB/sec speeds are above what SATA can do.
Unless it's using an mSATA RAID 0 implementation with multiple independent drives, which I guess is possible...
There are USB-C --> USB 3 cables readily available, which would give you good transfer speeds (USB 3 @ 5Gbps nominally). Here's one from Monoprice for $10.99:
http://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=103&cp_id=10303&cs_id=1030319&p_id=13011&seq=1&format=2
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No because the drive speaks USB and TB2 only speaks Thunderbolt. You need the new TB3 for this to work and since TB3 also uses USB-C no adapter is required. A USB-C to TB1/2 adapter can only be used with Thunderbolt equipment.