iMac Thunderbolt

Bill · 2019-02-24T17:52:42+00:00

OK, moving on from an argument I was having here about Mac vs PC, I do appreciate that I am the blind leading the blind.I've been trying to help this friend who has bought an iMac with a 3.06 i3 processor, 4 usb ports and 2 Thunderbolt ports. It was sold to him as refurbished and came with what he describes as a cheap and nasty keyboard, which he has replaced.I've linked up with him via Teamviewer a few times and we now seem to have got the keyboard into the correct country mode and working, and set things up so that he can work on his writing etc and his emails work.I have no idea why he has moved from his well sorted out, fast and reliable W10 machine with SSD plus internal 2TB HD to this much older and slower iMac with just a 500GB HD, and he has only said that he always wanted one.He has now started to move his various external drives across and has run out of usb ports. His external usb hub works, but he keeps asking me whether he can get Thunderbolt to usb adapters to reduce the clutter on the desk. He bought one, but says it "doesn't fit". I have advised caution and told him not to try to get a firewire to usb adapter.He thinks the machine is a 2011, I suspect from the spec it might be 2010. He can't find a model number, just a serial number. I assume it might be Thunderbolt or Thunderbolt 2, not Thunderbolt 3. He has asked the supplier who has just told him to plug his external drive into a usb port.As I understand it, KB and mouse use 2 usb, his 4TB and 2TB external backup and source drives use the other two, and he wants to be able to leave another video drive connected, and plug usb sticks in.How does one find out whether or not the Thunderbolt port can be adapted to usb?

Feb 24, 2019 Last reply: 7 years ago 20 Replies

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Bob Eager 7 years ago

I have some Model M keyboards. Once a year, I take them apart and clean out all the hairs with a brush!

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