
We’re continuing to share all this information with our contacts at Apple.
#How to find external drive on mac mac#
We were going to test our new NewerTech display adapters ( USB-C to HDMI and USB-C to DisplayPort 1.4), but with our testing thus far revealing that the key to a speed boost is that there MUST be a Thunderbolt signal/device connected to the host M1 Mac and not only a USB-C or HDMI signal/device, we figured that proceeding was a moot point. This is a head-scratcher, so we’ll be looking into this further. Sadly, neither of these docking products offered any speed boost to an external drive while following the conditions required above. They are also fully USB4 future compatible. These feature Thunderbolt 4 ports to offer a universal multi-connectivity solution for millions of existing and future Thunderbolt and USB-C computers and devices. Next up to be tested were the popular new Thunderbolt Hub and Thunderbolt Dock. But, unfortunately, there was no drive speed increase. We were hopeful a low-cost solution to this issue would be our NewerTech HDMI Headless 4K Display Emulator. Note: Thunderbolt-equipped drives get the most significant increase, but USB-C drives have seen up to a 25.8% speed increase as well.

#How to find external drive on mac pro#
When using an OWC Envoy Pro EX (Thunderbolt 3) drive connected to an M1 Mac, a USB-C display connected to the OWC Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock, and the Dock connected to the M1 Mac, there was a 56% write speed increase! The good news here is our Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock and the Mercury Elite Pro Dock (a unique combination of storage and connectivity) both provide a speed boost.


So, in between designing cool new products that we are launching throughout the rest of 2021, our engineering and product development teams took the time to examine a few of their hypotheses thoroughly. We wanted to do some additional testing to see what other device configurations might offer a similar speed boost. In our recent post, Get Up to 67% Faster External Drive Performance With Your M1 Mac, we promised to keep looking into the Thunderbolt drive speed issues.
