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The first Macs with USB 3.0 were introduced in June 2012
« on: February 14, 2020, 04:05:14 AM »
The first Macs with USB 3.0 were introduced in June 2012
https://appsliced.co/ask/do-macs-have-usb-3-0

Macs do not currently have USB 3.0. The newest generation of Macs (2011 MacBook Pro and 2011 iMac) feature the Thunderbolt Port instead.

UPDATED JUNE 2012:
The first Macs with USB 3.0 were introduced at WWDC.

Check out the USB 3.0 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro.
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook-air/specs/macbook-air-core-i5-1.8-13-mid-2012-specs.html
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i5-2.5-13-mid-2012-unibody-usb3-specs.html

*** basically usb3.0 support picks up directly where firewire 800 support ends, in 2011/2012
the mid-2012 macbook pro models are the only ones that have both firewire 800 + usb 3.0


https://everymac.com/systems/by_capability/macs-with-usb-firewire.html
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MacBook Air "Core i5" 1.3 11" (Mid-2013)2 (3.0) & None1
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MacBook Air "Core i5" 1.4 11" (Early 2014)2 (3.0) & None1
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MacBook Air "Core i5" 1.8 13" (2017*)2 (3.0) & None1
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