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The Thunderbolt 2 ports seem to be almost useless, What can I use these ports for?
Hi @mayer From what I know thunderbolt 2 is only really useful if your using it with things from around its time,so like you said it’s pretty useless nowadays but here’s what I am aware of that can be adapted into HDMI VGA USB Ethernet/LAN Audio DVI There’s probably a few more but these are the ones that I am aware of and that are most common:-) Hopefully this helps Any questions please ask Thanks:-)
Sadly, @mayer they are limited to Thunderbolt 1 or 2 drives DVD, HDD or SSD. I have two RAID cases which I use One is populated with HDD’s and the other is with SSD’s. You can also plug in a 27" Thunderbolt display or two, or a miniDisplayPort display or TB/mDP adapter for a VGA display. There were some external GPU units which mostly failed as they just couldn’t get the needed I/O throughput they needed. When Apple moved to the USB-C connection with Thunderbolt3 and now 4 with the newer Mac’s TB1/2 systems where left in the dust. Even still nothing has really changed.
