USB 3.0 actually transferring much slower than 2.0??

josh air balloo · josh air balloo #1 (**permalink**)

05-14-2011, 12:50 PM

I recently bought a western digital 2 TB external hard drive. Its a usb 3.0, so I was thinking it would transfer a lot faster. But it actually goes much slower. It just took me 17 minutes to transfer a 7GB movie. Why is this? My computer specs are in my signature. Thanks for the help.

whitehorse84 · whitehorse84 #2 (**permalink**)

05-14-2011, 12:52 PM

Hey Josh.. apple unfortunately doesn't utilize USB 3.0.... instead, they went with the all mighty "thunder bolt"

This means that even if your external drive has usb 3.0 you still wont get speeds any faster than 2.0. Does it have a FW 400/800 port?

BrianLachoreVPI · BrianLachoreVPI #3 (**permalink**)

05-14-2011, 12:52 PM

What signature? None of the Macs have USB 3.0 ports yet - so all you will see is 2.0 rates.

josh air balloo · josh air balloo #4 (**permalink**)

05-14-2011, 01:15 PM

Ok, I understand that, but it isnt even going at 2.0 speeds, its going much slower.

And i have a white macbook from 2010, so no firewire.

quin · quin #5 (**permalink**)

05-14-2011, 01:47 PM

I may be wrong but 17min for a 7GB from an external drive, most likely 5400 rpm, sounds about right with USB 2 since it's not USB 3.0 compatible.

duncanbrodie1 · duncanbrodie1 #6 (**permalink**)

05-16-2011, 03:00 AM

I don't understand why apple removed the firewire port on the 2010 macbooks. And replaced it with nothing. why not firewire 800?

josh air balloo #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 27, 2008 Posts: 3	05-14-2011, 01:15 PM Ok, I understand that, but it isnt even going at 2.0 speeds, its going much slower. And i have a white macbook from 2010, so no firewire. 2010 White Macbook, 10.6.7 Snow Leopard, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB Memory, 150GB Internal Harddrive.
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josh air balloo #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 27, 2008 Posts: 3	05-14-2011, 12:50 PM I recently bought a western digital 2 TB external hard drive. Its a usb 3.0, so I was thinking it would transfer a lot faster. But it actually goes much slower. It just took me 17 minutes to transfer a 7GB movie. Why is this? My computer specs are in my signature. Thanks for the help.
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whitehorse84 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 28, 2010 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 306 Mac Specs: 15" 2.4ghz i5 Macbook Pro	05-14-2011, 12:52 PM Hey Josh.. apple unfortunately doesn't utilize USB 3.0.... instead, they went with the all mighty "thunder bolt" This means that even if your external drive has usb 3.0 you still wont get speeds any faster than 2.0. Does it have a FW 400/800 port?
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quin #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 19, 2009 Posts: 426 Mac Specs: MBP 13, 2.4, 8GB, 120GB SSD OCZ	05-14-2011, 01:47 PM I may be wrong but 17min for a 7GB from an external drive, most likely 5400 rpm, sounds about right with USB 2 since it's not USB 3.0 compatible.
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duncanbrodie1 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 08, 2011 Posts: 83 Mac Specs: 15" Macbook Pro i7, 500Gb / 32Gb iPhone 4 / 16Gb Ipod Touch, 4th Gen / 30Gb Ipod Video	05-16-2011, 03:00 AM I don't understand why apple removed the firewire port on the 2010 macbooks. And replaced it with nothing. why not firewire 800?
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