Questions & Answers for LaCie 4TB d2 USB 3.0 Thunderbolt Series Hard Drive
LaCie 4TB d2 USB 3.0 Thunderbolt Series Hard Drive
9 Questions + 13 Answers
9 Questions from the Community
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Yes, the product is stated to be Time Machine compatible according to the Product Highlights.
- Answered by Matthew F from Wichita Falls
- Jan 25, 2013
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Is this fast enough to edit HD video from the drive - not just as a storage device?
I am editing 1.5 TBs of HD footage on an iMac off of a G-RAID USB 2.0 external hard drive, but its just not fast enough to keep up while I edit in HD (continues to skip/freeze/pause, etc).
Will using a Thunderbolt drive like this help me to edit HD footage from a drive without these issues?- Asked by Dore K from Los Angeles
- Mar 24, 2013
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Yes, and no. It mostly depends on your HD compression, or lack thereof. For example, in the high-end professional arena, uncompressed 1080i @ 29.97 fps (59.94 fields per second) video will never play consistently in real time from this drive, regardless of the fast connection. That's why most use multi-spindle raid drives configured so that the data from each video frame is divided up and recorded across several drives at once, increasing the bandwidth (your limitation was the 2.0 USB bandwidth). Conversely, in the less demanding home-based and pro-sumer arenas, various HD compressions (H264, Apple ProRes, DNxHD, etc.) could yield very satisfying results on this drive - based, however, on several factors: long GOP compression vs short, 8 bit vs 10 bit, video frame rates, data rates, etc.). Finally, another big factor is whether you are performing fades, video layering, or other transitional effects, from one video clip to another, obviously because this drive will have to buffer heavily and play two or more streams of HD video at once. Bottom line: choose the right HD compression and this drive will run steady. If you need more quality, you'll need more bandwidth (drives).
- Answered by Curtis E from Snellville
- Apr 17, 2013
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will lacie d2 4TB thunderbolt work wirelessly with time machine, how do I set it up to work?
I'm using an early 2012 Macbook pro Lacie d2 4TB. Can they work wirelessly with time machine? How do I configure it to work?
- Asked by Donald J from Calgary
- May 4, 2013
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How long is the included thunderbolt cable?
- Asked by Kyunghoon L from Atlanta
- Mar 14, 2013
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The Thunderbolt cable included with this drive is 1 meter long.
Shorter and longer cables are available from the Apple Store.- Answered by Mike M from Beaverton
- Mar 27, 2013
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Can I connect 2 computers to this drive at the same time... One connected through the USB 3.0 and the other through the Thunderbolt connection?
- Asked by Mark L from Belle Isle
- Mar 27, 2013
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No. Only one interface can be used at a time.
So connect only to one computer directly.
If you turn on File Sharing on the computer that is directly connected to the drive, you can share files/folders located on the external drive to other computers within your computer network via Ethernet and WiFi.- Answered by Mike M from Beaverton
- Mar 27, 2013
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I have the below system, will this item be compatible?
ardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 1.83 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM41.0055.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.1f5- Asked by Aimee W from Kenwood
- Jan 21, 2013
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Your iMac has USB2 ports. It does not have USB3 nor thunderbolt. If you purchase this product even though I believe its a great product you'd be wasting your money. You'll never achieve realistic performance out of it. Your best choice is to purchase a firewire 800 product. In todays world firewire 800 is too darn slow.
Bottom line buy a guad core iMac and get in the modern world or be satisfied with what you currently use.- Answered by Don H from Woodhaven
- Feb 20, 2013
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Will this work with iPad 3
Ie can it connect to wifi or via a cable to iPad 3 to back up my iTunes library, videos and pictures?
- Asked by Daniel S
- Mar 1, 2013
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No, not directly.
You can connect the drive to your Mac as an external drive. Your iPad would then be able to backup to the drive when both are connected to your Macintosh computer. Instead of backing up to the Mac's internal drive, you would backup to the external drive. iTunes can work with the internal or external drive connected to your Mac computer.- Answered by Mike M from Beaverton
- Mar 2, 2013
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Why it says Impressive speeds up to 180 MB/s
isn'that thunderbolt speed is up to 10 GB/s because it says Impressive speeds up to 180 MB/s i have 128GB SSD Drive on my MB pro 8GB DDR 1033 Ram 15 inches Laptop...
i think that 180Mb/s speed is like firewire 800- Asked by Aykun T from Besiktas
- Feb 5, 2013
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Don't confuse interface speed with speed of the storage medium iside.
The Thunderbolt interface can communicate at 10Gbps (small "b" means bit; large "B" means byte).
The thrupust is limited by the speed of the drive mechanism. This 7200 RPM drive can deliver up to 180B/sec sustained thru-put over Thunderbolt.
If this were FireWire 800, speed would be limited to approx 80 MB/sec due to limitations of the FireWire interface, not the drive mechanism.- Answered by Mike M from Beaverton
- Feb 13, 2013
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Can you place iPhoto libraries AND Time Machine iPhoto Libraries on this drive?
I need a several 4-6T drive to act as a server AND back up via time machine w/ iPhotos as a primary objective.
- Asked by Susan O from Lafayette
- Jan 29, 2013
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