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  How do I retrieve footage from a Thunderbolt Media Drive without a Thunderbolt Computer?

  Posted by David Carr on April 15, 2017 at 12:33 am

  I have firewire 400/800/USB 2 and 3.

  And no access to a Mac with thunderbolt to get this media.

  I want to transfer the media to my firewire drive, but short of purchasing/borrowing a mac with thunderbolt, how can I do it?

  There don’t seem to be any thunderbolt to firewire adapters going from a device to a computer.

  is there a docking station I could use (pc laptop to docking via usb, then docking out to thunderbolt drive)???

  help.

  Shane Ross replied 9 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Glenn Sakatch

  April 15, 2017 at 1:11 am

  you are screwed…make a new friend. At some point in the chain, you need to be able to plug TB into the computer.
  Most TB drives have USB 3 as well, unless its a raid device.

  Go to a local high school or college that has a Tv program.
  Or call someone in a local post facility. If they are decent at all they would probably do it for free or next to free.

  Mac Minis are what 400- 500 bucks? that is probably your least expensive adapter. Most TB hubs are several hundred dollars anyway.

  Glenn
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  David Carr

  April 15, 2017 at 1:19 am

  thanks.

  yeah, this is a g-tech thunderbolt raid…so now usb 3.

  i think i’ll look for a used mac laptop with tb.

  or maybe a pc laptop with tb.

  who nows, it’s the wild west when it comes to ports.
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  Shane Ross

  April 16, 2017 at 12:36 am

  This the same David Carr that worked at Beantown?

  Shane
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