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<blockquote data-quote="pm-r" data-source="post: 1892366" data-attributes="member: 175845">I may get corrected on this but it doesn't seem that your mini has a USB-C connector, and the PORTABLE SSD T7 doesn't have a compatible port for the others, which would be slower anyway.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/specs/mac-mini-core-i5-2.5-late-2012-specs.html#macspecs2[/URL]With my confused understanding of all the multi-use ports and names these days, I would suspect that you should be able to use a compatible USB 3 hub which should give you more than enough ports for your other USB devices if you needed any, but I believe that Mini already has 4 USB ports which is a pretty good number, considering what some of the later minis don't have!!![URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://computer.howstuffworks.com/usb.htm[/URL]I have no idea if that would slow things down drastically or not, but I would suspect there may be some sort of slowdown if you were to use a hub.I would think that should be able to provide you with enough USB 3.0 ports for your use if you were a normal user, and keep providing you with the speed that you have and want.And as for some of the other ports. FireWire 800 would be about half as fast as USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt 1&nbsp; =&nbsp; 10 Gbps per channel (theoretical). USB 3.0 external drive tops out at around 110MBps, so I think you have already found your sweet and fastest spot.- Patrick=======</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pm-r, post: 1892366, member: 175845"] I may get corrected on this but it doesn't seem that your mini has a USB-C connector, and the PORTABLE SSD T7 doesn't have a compatible port for the others, which would be slower anyway. [URL unfurl="true"]https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/specs/mac-mini-core-i5-2.5-late-2012-specs.html#macspecs2[/URL] With my confused understanding of all the multi-use ports and names these days, I would suspect that you should be able to use [I][B]a compatible USB 3 hub [/B][/I]which should give you more than enough ports for your other USB devices if you needed any, but I believe that Mini already has 4 USB ports which is a pretty good number, considering what some of the later minis don't have!!! [URL unfurl="true"]https://computer.howstuffworks.com/usb.htm[/URL] I have no idea if that would slow things down drastically or not, but I would suspect there [I][B]may[/B][/I] be some sort of slowdown if you were to use a hub. I would think that should be able to provide you with enough USB 3.0 ports for your use if you were a normal user, and keep providing you with the speed that you have and want. And as for some of the other ports. FireWire 800 would be about half as fast as USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt 1 = 10 Gbps per channel (theoretical). USB 3.0 external drive tops out at around 110MBps, so I think you have already found your sweet and fastest spot. - Patrick ======= [/QUOTE]

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