Bruce Schultz
January 15th, 2013, 12:03 PM
I've been using the Seagate Thunderbolt adapter ( Amazon.com: Seagate GoFlex Thunderbolt Adapter (STAE121): Car Electronics ) with all of my Atomos HD enclosures for a while now and it greatly reduces my transfer times of footage vs using the Atomos docking station with only it's USB and FW800 ports.
One thing I have noticed though is the sequence with which you need to plug in the chain to work on a MBP laptop. If you put the Atomos HD in a caddy on the adapter first then plug into the TBolt connector it won't mount, however if you first plug in the TBolt adapter then plug in the caddy with drive it will mount. Not sure why this is, but it is what it is I guess.
I'm also using the Seagate USB3 adapter ( Amazon.com: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Upgrade Cable USB 3.0 - STAE104: Electronics ) in the same way with vastly superior transfer times than the USB 2.0 docking station.
One thing I have noticed though is the sequence with which you need to plug in the chain to work on a MBP laptop. If you put the Atomos HD in a caddy on the adapter first then plug into the TBolt connector it won't mount, however if you first plug in the TBolt adapter then plug in the caddy with drive it will mount. Not sure why this is, but it is what it is I guess.
I'm also using the Seagate USB3 adapter ( Amazon.com: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Upgrade Cable USB 3.0 - STAE104: Electronics ) in the same way with vastly superior transfer times than the USB 2.0 docking station.