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The computers sit side by side on my desk and could be opposite sides of the planet because they cannot talk to each other which seems ridiculous to me, a 70+ year old former mechanical services engineer.
iMac, macOS 10.13
Welcome!
But I don't have any sockets that accept my external drives and the new computer appears to not want to connect to them!
Without knowing the exact Mac models and years, we have to guess, but I suspect your old computer has USB-A ports and your new one has USB-C.
Adapter are readily available to make an external drive with USB-A work with a new computer with USB-C. Like this:
or this:
OWC USB-A to USB-C (USB 3) Adapter Cable
Should work fine.
AJ
77-year old retired ballistics systems engineer. 😉
Welcome!
But I don't have any sockets that accept my external drives and the new computer appears to not want to connect to them!
Without knowing the exact Mac models and years, we have to guess, but I suspect your old computer has USB-A ports and your new one has USB-C.
Adapter are readily available to make an external drive with USB-A work with a new computer with USB-C. Like this:
or this:
OWC USB-A to USB-C (USB 3) Adapter Cable
Should work fine.
AJ
77-year old retired ballistics systems engineer. 😉
(Belated post here, had too many screens open & system froze.)
Your old mac probably has some kind of later USB variant ports
that use some type of USB but maybe not Thunderbolt. Likely
might have early Power Delivery cable. Co it might charge and
power products attached through correct cable and ports.
By correctly identifying the old computer build model and sales
year that could be very helpful. Then you could use OWC mac
sales pages online to match the products with specs and images.
..see following for more extensive but maybe still lacking details..
[see their charts for comparison compatibility between port types + cable versions]
In most modern technology devices, there will be some form of USB connection
available to connect equipment. Despite supposedly being universal, there are
different variations of USB types and versions; including what connectors and
cables each can use.
Identifying Your USB Connector and Cable Types | A Full Guide
(from european site)
They likely can but it might be far easier to copy to an external drive.
But I don't have any sockets that accept my external drives and the new computer appears to not want to connect to them!😣
K Shaffer wrote:
(Belated post here, had too many screens open & system froze.)
Understood. It's been tough here too, all in ASC. Everything else works fine.
transferring photos from my old (20+ yrs) computer to the one I bought a year this year, no I'm not by any chance an expert just a guy who likes to do things well
