Now, the next generation Thunderbolt 2 which is already on the Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, Mac mini and iMac with 5K display has twice the speed of the original Thunderbolt I/O bringing it up to 20 Gbps, using two 10Gbps channels. Unless specified, it is safe to assume that most portable hard drives are based on the first generation Thunderbolt. Aug 06, 2020 Step 1. Connect the destination external hard drive or flash drive to the computer with an installed copy of WinToUSB, then run WinToUSB. Click the button, then click 'Next'. Select the destination USB or Thunderbolt drive in the drop-down list. The OWC Thunderbolt Hub’s four Thunderbolt (USB-C) ports and one USB port massively expand your connection possibilities. Now you can do more, effortlessly on your Apple M1 Mac, any Apple ‘Intel’ Mac with Thunderbolt 3, or any Thunderbolt 4 PC. Aug 06, 2020 If you have a Windows installation CD/DVD, you can use WinToUSB to install Windows on your USB or Thunderbolt drive as a Windows To Go workspace. This guide focuses on how to create Windows To Go from a CD/DVD drive, so please read this guide carefully before creating Windows To Go.
From About Thunderbolt ports and displays - Apple Support,
Use Thunderbolt ports with Boot Camp and Windows 7, 8, or 10
If you use Thunderbolt ports with Windows 7, 8, or 10 in Boot Camp, please note:
- Thunderbolt devices are 'hot pluggable,' or usable without a restart, in some cases.Windows 8 or 8.1 on all 2014 and later Mac computers support hot plugging.
- A Mac that uses Windows 7, 8, or 10 doesn't sleep when you plug in a Thunderbolt device.
- Windows 7, 8, and 10 don’t support Target Display Mode or Target Disk Mode on a Thunderbolt-capable iMac.
- If you use the Taskbar tool to eject a Thunderbolt device and then reconnect, your computer won't recognize it. You must first restart your computer. This is also true if you disconnect the Thunderbolt cable.
- If your Apple notebook computer hibernates because its battery is low, all Thunderbolt devices disconnect. To reconnect your devices, connect to power, wake the system, and restart your computer.
- If you insert an ExpressCard into your MacBook Pro while a Thunderbolt device is connected, your Mac doesn’t recognize the ExpressCard. To use your ExpressCard slot, disconnect or eject the Thunderbolt device.
- Using a device in Target Disk Mode with Windows on a USB-C equipped Mac is not supported.
Based on this, your Early 2013 does not support 'hot-plugging'. You need to boot into Windows with the drive already connected for it to be visible on the Windows side.
Dec 20, 2017 7:47 AM
I have a mid-2012 iMac and just bought a new external SSD which works fine from the USB ports but using a Thunderbolt to USB-C adapter and a male/male thunderbolt cable it won't power up. Do those Thunderbolt ports have any power? Are they somehow turned off and can be turned back on? I see the ports in my hardware configuration but they show nothing connected. The whole point of buying this hard drive was to use the Thunderbolt port because two of my USB2 ports aren't working properly.
Cd Drive Not Working
I also have a 2014 Mac Mini and tried it there too with no luck.
Thanks for any help with this.
Thunderbolt Cd Drive Mac Seagate
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
Thunderbolt Cd Drive Mac Compatible
Posted on Jul 13, 2019 8:23 PM