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USB Interface Cards for Mac

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  • 18-04-2006 3:36pm
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    monkeyfudge
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    16 hours to transfer 40GB... hmmm... looks like my G4 Powermac is only USB 1 and not USB 2.0.

    Can anyone tell me if I just stick a cheap (Marx have them for €10) USB 2.0 Interface card into the Mac will it be recognised? Or do I have to track down some special mac compatable card.

    I'm running 10.4 by the way.


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    ZENER
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    I personally did this in a G4 Digital Audio Power Mac and it worked without any intervention at all - i.e. no additional drivers or sourcing a Mac specific card!! You only require that your OS supports USB2.0, and I think everything from Panther up did. It was a cheap (20 quid) offering from a PC Parts Supplier.

    Won't cause any harm as it's PCI based so worth the try.

    ZEN


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    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    Yep. I figured as much.

    And €10 isn't much to gamble with anyway. Apple themselves are pushing a pricey €50 Belkin card.


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    ZENER
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    This place sell several PCI USB cards and all are cross platform compatible. The 480Mpbs promised by USB is dependent on the CPU of the host machine. What about Firewire ?

    I've also found some PC network cards that work on Mac too.

    ZEN


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    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    I'd prefer Firewire myself... but a lot of the cheap external hard drives you can pick up are just USB 2.0.


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