On the PC side they are in a similar situation with thunderbolt where windows support is still fairly early and error prone, and few PCs support it and Apple had a 1 year exclusivity lead. Currently OS X only natively supports the native intel USB 3.0 controller and recently some fresco logic controllers (which are probably going to appear in an apple device at some point like updated thunderbolt display or new mac pro) I would not assume that third party controllers will ever work very well (ie current mac pro) unless OS X starts using broader class level drivers. This will surely improve over time and i am sure that BM wants to make drivers available for their USB 3.0 devices on Mac. Many mac users have issues with this or that USB 3.0 device on their USB 3.0 enabled macs, even things as simple as hard drives and USB sticks. I have also read that the OS X implementation still has some issues and is not completely at spec. Third party controllers had PC drivers much sooner than (and only a few to this day) mac ones. PCs started shipping standard with USB 3.0 much earlier than they were standard on macs. I think everyone needs to realize that it takes a bit of time and engineering but these issues should get resolved on both fronts. The PC space and Apple space were fairly reversed as far as their approach to thunderbolt and USB 3.0. If a windows OS is not listed then its safe to say its not yet supported. I do not know if the thunderbolt version works with the PC yet, but i imagine you can find that out by looking at the system requirements for that device. Sure the situation is a bit tricky right now. Unless this issue is resolved I will be part of the dark side. I read a few bad reviews regarding Black Magic but I thought I would give them a try. Only after the fact, after hours of looking through configurations do I see a juxtapositional chart after running a google search (not a Black Magic Support search) showing that only the Intensity Pro and the Thunderbolt are compatible with Mac OS.īlack magic owes me a free Thunderbolt Intensity Shuffle or drivers, beta or otherwise, that will support the Mac Mini USB 3.0 configuration. I think it is an absolutely failure in regards to customer support selling a product that has no easily identifiable indicators to product limitations.īefore I purchased this USB 3.0 I looked and looked to make sure there was no limitations and that it could be used on the Mac Mini such that I could move from Mac to Windows if needed. The BM web site does not clearly state product limitations and it is a demonstration of poor customer service. DXFreak said in nice terms an obvious issue that STILL has not been resolved. I actually will not be so kind as DXFreak.
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