Hi Peter, To answer your question, yes you can use USB2 to boot your MacBookPro. I have a USB 2 'cheap' drive here which I book my MacBook from and although a little bit slow it nonetheless works fine.
Please refer to Apple's article at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1948 Bear in mind though that USB 2 does not support 'Target Mode', at least that is my understanding. Kind regards, Philippe On 12/12/2011, at 1:02 PM, Curtis Peter wrote: > Hi > So, to carry on from my last email, and being in a regional centre > (Kalgoorlie) > I can't get any IDE drives for an old enclosure I have, they say these drives > are too slow and out of date! > I can't get a SATA hard drive with a firewire connection, they say these are > out of date being surpassed by USB2 and USB3, which they say is quicker > anyway. (I'm sure I don't have USB3 in my MacBookPro anyway) > My question is - can I boot my MacBookPro with USB2? > Regards > Peter > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
