LaCie has released a new Mac USB 3.0 driver. No Mac ships with a USB 3.0-ready port by default, so the driver can only support accessories on a Mac Pro equipped a LaCie PCI Express adapter, or a MacBook Pro with the company’s ExpressCard/34 adapter. Either way, Mac OS X 10.5 is required.
The company is claiming that it delivers speeds of up to 130MBps for single hard drives, and 220MBps for dual hard drives. Several models are compatible, including the Minimus, as well as USB 3.0 versions of the 2big, d2, Rugged and Rikiki.
[Electronista]
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driver, LaCie, Mac, USB 3.0
caldigit released one a month ago. and its open to third party products. this guy did a review and found out that the driver is locked:
http://blog.fosketts.net/2010/11/05/lacie-usb-30-driver-mac-osx-troubleshooting/
The thing is that this card work only with LaCie USB 3 external hard drives on Mac, hence it won’t support the other brand.
However on PC no problem, the PCI express card LaCie will support any USB 3 external hard drive no matter the brand.
I’m working for LaCie in France so I know what I’m talking about!