Yes, a Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter on our Thunderbolt Station will allow you to utilize a DVI monitor.
Yes, as long as the devices are designed to be bus powered. Please refer to the device's documentation.
The number of Thunderbolt displays that can be connected is restricted by the Thunderbolt technology, and dependent on your hardware. Some Macs are capable of daisy chaining multiple Thunderbolt monitors, and some will only work with one. Please visit http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5219#dispnum to see how many Thunderbolt monitors your Mac will support.
Yes. You can use an external Thunderbolt storage device to boot your OS.
Yes, you can use an HDMI to DVI cable/adapter to connect to a DVI monitor.
Yes, the Thunderbolt Station can support two monitors if one of them is an Apple Thunderbolt Display. You cannot use a monitor with a mini display port to DVI/VGA/HDMI adapter while using the HDMI port on the device for a multiple display configuration because only the first display that is detected will function.
For example
1. Thunderbolt Monitor and HDMI Monitor - Yes
2. Mini-Display Port Monitor and HDMI Monitor - No
3. Mini-display port adapter to DVI Monitor and HDMI monitor - No
4. Thunderbolt Display and HDMI adapter to DVI Monitor - Yes
Yes, the USB 3.0 ports can power external devices. This includes external bus powered storage devices and SD card readers. Please refer to the device's documentation for details.
Yes, the Thunderbolt Station's USB 3.0 ports support the latest USB 3.0 protocol for improved performance.
Yes, you can connect multiple USB 3.0 external storage devices at the same time.
Yes, any 2011 Mac (Non-USB 3.0) can connect to USB 3.0 devices through the Thunderbolt Station.
Yes, it is compatible with USB card readers. However we recommend that you use USB devices that are USB-IF compliant. Please refer to the device's documentation.
More information available at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5172
Yes, the USB 3.0 ports are hot pluggable.
Yes. However we recommend that you use USB devices that are USB-IF compliant. Please refer to the device's documentation. More information available at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5172
Yes.
Yes, the Thunderbolt Station will power an Apple Keyboard and provide additional current to the USB 2.0 port.
Charging support is only supported on OS X 10.9.2 or later. It now supports iOS Devices such as iPad and iPhone charging. Please download CalDigit driver to enable this function. https://archive.caldigit.com/Support/TS/CalDigit-Thunderbolt-Station-Charging-Support.zip.
NO. We encourage Mac OSX users to update to Mavericks (10.9) in order to take advantage of the built-in drivers.
Yes, you can boot your OS from an external USB 3.0 drive connected directly to the Thunderbolt Station if you are using OS X 10.9.2 on a 2013 Mac or later.
Yes.
Yes, if your are using OSX 10.8 you will need to install the Thunderbolt Station's LAN driver. This driver is not required if you are using OSX 10.9. To download the driver please visit CalDigit's Support page.
Yes.
Analogue.
The update to Yosemite reverts all of the previous settings back to its default state. You will need to go into your system preferences and change the output audio device back to the Thunderbolt Station, which should be listed as “USB Audio Codec”.
SuperDrive support is only supported on OS X 10.9.2 or later. Please download CalDigit driver to enable this function. https://archive.caldigit.com/Support/TS/CalDigit-Thunderbolt-Station-Charging-Support.zip
The total monitors that your computer can support including builtin monitor is based on the GPU, monitors that you use, bandwidth for displayport signal and resolution. Please check with the manufacturer for more information on the external monitor support. For example, if you have MacBook Pro Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012, you can visit its website http://support.apple.com/kb/SP658 and you should look into the "Graphics and Video Support" section for more information.
