WD USB 3.0 my book

[joaoferro99]

just got it this morning, can anyone tell me how to reach usb 3.0 speed?

 

[spinnerlys]

Using a computer with a USB 3.0 port perhaps?

Other than that, nothing.


It also depends on what Mac you have, as a Mac Pro allows PCI-Express cards and the MPB 17" supports ExpressCard /34 cards.

But I don't know if Mac OS X supports USB 3.0.

Maybe MRoogle might help you with that.

Or more information from your side.

 

[joaoferro99]

i plug in WD's USB 3.0 host card, but nothing shows up. I could only use MacPro's builtin usb 2.0 port. do I need driver for the host card?

 

[spinnerlys]

i plug in WD's USB 3.0 host card, but nothing shows up. I could only use MacPro's builtin usb 2.0 port. do I need driver for the host card?

Were there no drivers with the hostcard on a CD?

Looking at the WDC support site, the HDD is formatted with the NT file system (NTFS) so in order to use it, you have to format it with HFS+ (Mac OS Extended) via Disk Utility, so you can at least use it via USB 2.0.

Information is out there, it seems there are no Mac OS X drivers or support yet.

 

[schalliol]

The USB on my Mac Pro is a bit flaky and am going to get a USB card to help things out, but since it's backwards compatible, I thought I'd get a 3.0. I take it then you've found no solution to get USB 3.0 in the last week. Correct?

 

[schalliol]

What about this? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0030CHI14

 

[Cynicalone]

What about this? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0030CHI14

It looks like Buffalo's card doesn't work with OS X yet.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10405534-263.html

And here is the main part of that article that is of interest...

I contacted Buffalo about the possibility of USB 3.0 support in Macs, and unfortunately the supplied PCI-e card will not work in OS X. An email response I received from Buffalo states the following:
Unfortunately we're only supporting Windows with our PCI Express Card as we're using an NEC based controller and there are no Mac drivers available for it at the moment. It might change in the future, but as it's out of our hands - as we don't create the drivers for this piece of hardware - we can't guarantee it.
Let's hope NEC and other manufacturers start supporting OS X soon, or at least have Apple supply a generic USB 3.0 driver. Meanwhile, people should still be able to use the PCI-e card by installing Boot Camp.