{"id":34300,"date":"2015-12-07T10:49:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T16:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=34300"},"modified":"2015-12-08T13:09:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T19:09:30","slug":"thunderbolt-usb-3-0-equipped-owc-drive-dock-tested-and-reviewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/34300-thunderbolt-usb-3-0-equipped-owc-drive-dock-tested-and-reviewed\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbolt, USB 3.0-Equipped OWC Drive Dock Tested and Reviewed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-34199\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PR_OWC_DriveDock-284x2991-284x299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"299\" \/>Simply put, <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/item\/OWC\/TB2U3DKR2\/\">OWC\u2019s Drive Dock<\/a> is the fastest way to access bare SATA drives. 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