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Question from Shelley Y.: Hi Rick. I read your article about adding USB 3.0 ports to a PC and I was wondering if they can be added to a Mac too?
My computer is an older Mac Pro MC560LL/A and it only has USB 2.0 ports. I’d really like to be able to use a USB 3.0 hard drive with this computer.
My question is can I add some USB 3.0 ports to my Mac Pro?
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Question from Gill: On a whim I bought a used Mac Pro at a yard sale for a ridiculously low price. I figured it was worth taking a chance on.
When I got it home I plugged it in and it powered up just fine, but I found out there was no hard drive in it.
I had a used hard drive that I had removed from another computer so I installed it in the Mac Pro.
The problem is I don’t know how to install OS X onto the new hard drive. Can you tell me the best (and hopefully easiest) way to do that?
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