Speaking of a USB-C favored market, we’d recommend picking up a USB-C hub. This will allow you to interface between Thunderbolt 2 and 3 with the use of only one cable and one dongle.įor more info, check Apple Thunderbolt USB C Adapter In the event that your agency’s Mac is blessed with nothing but USB-C ports, you will need to pick up a Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 connector. While you’re at it, you can never be too prepared for Mac imaging.
As with the Thunderbolt 3 cables, these can be quite expensive, so we’d recommend sticking with the shortest version they offer just in case you ever need it.įor more info, check Apple Thunderbolt Cable A Thunderbolt 2 cable can be handy for completing Target Disk Mode images, but it isn’t going to be as widely used moving forward. Thunderbolt 2 has been phased out of Macs as Apple moved towards USB-C but is still present on many Macs from 2011 to 2017. Thunderbolt also comes in various iterations depending on the year of Mac you’re working with. We have seen a varying performance with off-brand Thunderbolt 3 cables, so we would recommend sticking with Apple’s own cables.įor more info, check Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) Cable The price for Thunderbolt 3 cables increases with the length. Thunderbolt 3 is an interface that Apple has developed, allowing blazing-fast transfer speeds (up to 40 Gbps) and the capability to connect two Macs together via Target Disk Mode or Share Disk Mode. In order to help make sure each and every examiner is prepared for any Mac they might encounter, we thought it might be helpful to show some of the most common tools that can make the difference between a successful image versus a lot of painstaking documentation on how you were unsuccessful.įirst in our bag is a ThunderBolt 3 cable. In addition to your favorite input devices, some of the most important parts of a go-bag are cables, hubs, and dongles. One of the essential things for any examiner to have is a fully ready go-bag to include your favorite compact keyboard and mouse/trackpad. How often have you gone on scene and realized that the Mac has some port you didn’t prepare for? How often have you attempted to conduct an acquisition over Target Disk Mode and then realized that the cable you’re using wasn’t working? How many times have you attempted to make an acquisition to a Mac that only has two ports?
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