“Can this be used with a 2.0 USB port? I have a early 2008 iMac, only have 2.0 USB port or 800 firewire.”

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• Yes - the USB 3.0 interface is fully backwards compatible with USB 2.0 ports, you will just not achieve the faster data rate of a USB 3.0 port. You will note that the USB 3.0 interface on the drive itself will not fit your older USB 2.0 cables, but the drive (as do most USB 3.0 devices) comes with it's own USB 3.0 cable. The end that plugs into your computer is the same familiar flat USB plug that will fit any USB 2.0 or 3.0 port.

  Answered by demusn 9 years ago

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• Most USB 3.0 are backward compatible. Your transfer speed will read completely different than the one posted for USB 3.0. 2008 iMac motherboard is 4x slower than todays iMac's.

  Answered by MCMLX 8 years ago

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• Yes

  Answered by ACKCGCMC 9 years ago

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• Yes USB 2.0 is supported

  Answered by jtb1 9 years ago

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• Yes.

  Answered by TMElite 9 years ago

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• No

  Answered by Neffer1439 9 years ago

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• Yes the drive can be used with a USB 2.0 connection.

  Answered by plrknb 9 years ago

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• Yes I am using it with a 2.0 Drive

  Answered by Tonydata 9 years ago

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• Yes

  Answered by JonS 9 years ago

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• No, it requires a USB 3.0 port.

  Answered by CommunityAnswer 9 years ago

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