Your iMac will be USB2 on the back yes, the drive will shift down to USB2 when plugged in to the Mac.
Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulance.co.uk i...@macambulance.co.uk On 1 Apr 2013, at 14:05, Phil Tomlinson <philip.tomlins...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Thanks Sam but not sure if I've got USB 3 - thought it was 2 at the back of > the iMac and an even lesser type of port on the keyboard. How do I find out? > The info on "Hardware" says Built-in USB, controller device USBUHCl > > > On 1 Apr 2013, at 13:35, Sam - MacAmbulance <i...@macambulance.co.uk> wrote: > >> I'd go for a USB3 hard drive, it'll run nicely via USB2 on your iMac, then >> shift to 5gb/sec USB3 on a new Mac. >> >> Regards >> >> Sam >> MacAmbulance >> Providing affordable Apple & PC services >> >> Sam Mullen >> 07747 778022 >> http://www.macambulance.co.uk >> i...@macambulance.co.uk >> >> >> On 1 Apr 2013, at 12:19, Phil Tomlinson <philip.tomlins...@btinternet.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear SMUGs >>> Can anyone advise on the prudent purchasing of new equipment for someone >>> with an elderly mid 2007 iMac? For example, the firewire in the Mac simply >>> says '"up to 800Mbps". Googling "Firewire" there seems to be various types. >>> My Mac is,of course, too old for "Thunderbolt". My question is if I buy a >>> new backup hardrive or indeed any other new stuff, will I be safe in >>> getting something with Firewire? Firewire + Thunderbolt (to be future >>> proof)? Some other combination of connectivity? >>> >>> Phil T >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
