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Originally Posted by afv011
He was specifically talking about ios devices, so it's definitively lightning, not thunderbolt.
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I don't know if there's a bandwidth difference (maybe he was thinking of Thunderbolt), but lightning is different than USB. It's also allegedly more adaptable to new tech, without physical changes (so in theory may be able to keep up with new/faster protocols).
He was specifically talking about ios devices, so it's definitively lightning, not thunderbolt.
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The speed could be better, but this is still based on USB 2.0 specs, not 3.0 or Thunderbolt. That means gains will be modest, not magical.
Some googling indicates it is indeed just USB 2, so those claims of "much greater bandwidth" are simply untrue:
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Accurate as usual.
In my opinion, usually anything faster than USB2 like USB3 or the second version of Firewire (800 up) is overkill unless you are trying to copy whole hard drives. Say an image.
Backup software usually is the slow link.
Back in the 90s I used Firewire for peer to peer networks, connection and backups. All on Windows machines.
I wouldn't even guess how many FireWire external hard drives I have in my hardware clutter.