![]() This Mac Studio M1 Max also has four ports, but each of those has its own bus, and its own 32 Gb/s for data transfer. Connect four fast SSDs to those ports, and you’ll see that each pair of ports is limited to that maximum. ![]() Each of those two buses has up to 32 Gb/s for data transfer. You can check your Mac’s hardware in the Thunderbolt/USB4 section in System Information.Īlthough this iMac Pro has four ports, those are connected to just two buses. ![]() In Intel Macs, those are Intel chips supporting two ports per bus, whereas Apple’s integrated controllers in Apple silicon chips normally support one port per bus. Thunderbolt is a high-speed bus for connecting peripherals, that relies on the host Mac and all data devices on the bus having Thunderbolt controllers. This article provides recommendations for connecting Thunderbolt peripherals primarily for Apple silicon Macs, although it doesn’t ignore Intel Macs altogether. As the number of peripherals grows, and we each accumulate more devices, so proper planning becomes more important if those peripherals are going to deliver the performance they should, and that we expect. Of all the external buses we use to connect peripherals to our Macs, Thunderbolt is the fastest and most reliable, and is least likely to disappoint.
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