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How are your CF card transfer to Mac without USB3.0 port?

Rollei6008i

Member
Since USB 3.0 is new to MAC , what gear let you transfer CF card to your Macbook pro just only thunderbolt, fw800 ?? Speed is 1st priority.

Pls. advice.
 

Dan Ortego

New member
I'm running a 2009 MacPro so I use the Hoodman USB3 Reader into the USB2 port with Hoodman 8gb UMDA-6 CF's with very respectable results. Takes less than a minute to transfer 204 RAW images from my A900.
 

GrahamWelland

Subscriber & Workshop Member
If speed is your priority then you can use a Dual CF card cardbus adapter combined with a thunderbolt cardbus express/34 adapter. This I goes as fast as the cards can deliver.

I have the sonnet adapters/cards and also use the cardbus cf adapter with my 17in MBP too .

Otherwise, as mentioned a USB 3 UDMA reader such as from Lexmark works well enough but only at USB 2.
 

Rollei6008i

Member
If speed is your priority then you can use a Dual CF card cardbus adapter combined with a thunderbolt cardbus express/34 adapter. This I goes as fast as the cards can deliver.

I have the sonnet adapters/cards and also use the cardbus cf adapter with my 17in MBP too .

Otherwise, as mentioned a USB 3 UDMA reader such as from Lexmark works well enough but only at USB 2.
I also found your mentioned Sonnet, how long to transfer a 16G full CF to MBP? IS it still on production now since I found some statement that this product is discontinued. Any heard about thunderbolt CF reader ?
 

Flynnyfalcon

New member
I find the Sandisk FW800 to give very good transfer rates. Unless your downloading large cards on multiple occasions during the day, the increase in speed to say USB3 I doubt would be hardly worthwhile.
 

Rollei6008i

Member
I find the Sandisk FW800 to give very good transfer rates. Unless your downloading large cards on multiple occasions during the day, the increase in speed to say USB3 I doubt would be hardly worthwhile.
Sandisk FW800 discontinued & diffcult to found. Can it support UDMA 7 ?
 

GrahamWelland

Subscriber & Workshop Member
I also found your mentioned Sonnet, how long to transfer a 16G full CF to MBP? IS it still on production now since I found some statement that this product is discontinued. Any heard about thunderbolt CF reader ?
I have this and the thunderbolt express/34 adapter:
Sonnet - Pro Dual CompactFlash Adapter ExpressCard/34: Dual-Slot CompactFlash (CF) Memory Card Reader & Writer for MacBook Pro

It works with all CF cards I've tried. I can't speak to current availability at the moment as I've had it quite a while.
 
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Professional

Active member
I have 3 Mac computers, 1 is Macbook Pro model 2008, and then Macbook Pro model 2009[early i think], and Mac Mini model 2009, in fact i bought that Mac Mini and MBP 2009 because my MBP 2008 stopped working or died, so i took it to USA while i was there for vacation in 2009 and they didn't know how to fix unless i pay a price closer to one new, so i rejected to repair under that cost and later i repaired it locally under much lower price by surprise.

So with all above i only have FW800 and USB2.0, i have Lexar Professional CF card reader that is using FW800 only, very nice one and very happy with it until the time i can buy a newer model of Mac with Thunderbolt or USB 3.0, but i really don't know how much fast i really need if i am not in rush.
 
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