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Qio for Mac
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Driver (2)
IDDownload TitleDownload LinkPost Date
496 Qio System Installer and Uninstaller (OS X) 1.2.1Apr-30-2013
725 USB 2.0 Over Thunderbolt Patch for Qio/Qio E3Nov-02-12
 
Firmware (2)
IDDownload TitleDownload LinkPost Date
600 Qio Firmware Updater (Mac OS) 1.3Dec-21-2012
642 Qio Serial ROM Flasher (Mac OS) 1.0Feb-15-2012
 
Manual (2)
IDDownload TitleDownload LinkPost Date
497 Qio Mac User's Guide [English]Nov-09-11
498 Qio User's Guide [Japanese]Nov-22-10
 
FAQ (29)
IDArticle TitlePost Date
491 Are Sonnet Tempo SATA cards compatible with the Drobo S?Feb-02-11
495 My P2 card is unexpectedly unmounting from my Qio after I wake a MacPro or MacBook Pro from sleep.Mar-24-10
499 I get a blue screen on my Mac Pro/MacBook Pro instead of booting when I connect QioMar-24-10
501 Are all C600X CF Cards more or less equal performance in a Qio?Mar-22-10
503 Can I power the Qio from a FireWire port on a MacBook Pro?Mar-23-10
509 Is the Qio driver compatible with a 64-bit kernel boot of OS X 10.6 or 10.7?Feb-28-12
510 Can I use the AJA IO Express with the Sonnet Qio in a MacBook Pro?Mar-23-10
Yes. Just plug the AJA ExpressCard/34 adapter into one of the Qio's two ExpressCard/34 slots.
 
512 My Qio was working fine with my ExpressCard/34 bus interface card, but the Qio does not work with my PCIe Express bus interface card in an early 2009 MacPro.Mar-31-10
514 My unibody MacBook Pro will spontaneously restart after shutdown with Qio attached.Mar-31-10
516 What kind of battery can I use with the Qio?Apr-08-10
527 Why does my Macintosh take so long to boot when the Qio is attached? Apr-27-11
528 Why can't a Mac Pro acknowledge the Qio if it is plugged in after the Mac is booted? Aug-31-10
536 With a Qio, my Mac Pro kernal panics when I shut down after using Avid Media Composer.Oct-28-10
547 I'm getting a Mac OS X kernel panic when I remove an SxS card from the Qio connected to a Mac Pro that also has a video capture card installed.Jan-17-11
563 I'm getting a long blue screen when I boot a Macintosh with Qio installed.Apr-27-11
566 I upgraded to 10.6.8 and my system no longer boots.Sep-26-11
576 What version of Mac OS X do I need for Qio?Jan-17-13
OS X 10.5.8-10.8 required for Mac Pro and MacBook Pro (non-thunderbolt).
OS X 10.6.8-10.8 required for MacBook Pro (Thunderbolt).
 
581 Is Qio Compatible with 17" Thunderbolt MacBook Pro?Dec-21-11
632 Is Qio compatible with Echo ExpressCard/34 Thunderbolt Adapter?Dec-21-11
633 Is Qio compatible with the Matrox T/ADP Thunderbolt Port Adapter?Feb-28-12
No, the Qio software is not yet compatible with a Thunderbolt connection. When Qio is compatible, it should work with the Matrox T/ADP Thunderbolt Port Adapter.
 
639 Is the Qio PCIe 2.0 Bus Extender card compatible in all slots of the Mac Pro 5,1?May-06-13
646 How can I read UDF Formatted SxS cards?Apr-20-12
You need to download and install the Sony SxS UDF Driver, available here http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/cat-recmedia/resource.downloads.bbsccms-assets-mkt-recmedia-downloads-upgrades.shtml
 
648 Why is the Panasonic Mac OS X P2 driver not compatible with 64-bit mode, while the Sony SxS driver, CF driver and SATA drivers are compatible with 64-bit mode?Feb-28-12
The Sonnet QIO reader provides standard ExpressCard/34 slots and CardBus slots, which use standard Sony SxS drivers for the ExpressCard/34 slots, and standard Panasonic P2 drivers for the CardBus slots. Under Mac OS X, Sony supports 32-bit and 64-bit mode, and Panasonic supports only 32-bit mode. The Sonnet Qio family also supports Windows Vista and 7. Under Windows, both the Sony SxS driver and Panasonic P2 driver support 32- and 64-bit modes. (Also note that although the Qio P2 read speed is only 25MB/sec under Mac OS, it is 50MB/sec under Windows in the same Qio device.) Sonnet provides drivers for the Qio itself, the Qio's standard Compact Flash slots and the SATA ports, but the ExpressCard/34 and CardBus card drivers are provided by the proprietary card manufacturers\u8212 Sony and Panasonic, respectively.

Note that Panasonic has released a Mac OS X 64-bit driver for their proprietary PCD35 P2 reader, but not for their CardBus P2 driver, which would be needed to support 64-bit mode in the industry-standard CardBus slot of the Qio.
 
651 Do Qio and Qio CF4 support UDMA 7 CompactFlash cards?May-06-13
Yes, Qio and Qio CF4 support UDMA 7 CompactFlash cards in UDMA 6 mode.

Background: CompactFlash Revision 6.0 (November 2010) added UltraDMA Mode 7 (167 MB/s), which is up to 20% faster than UDMA 6 (133MB/sec). All UDMA 7 CompactFlash cards are compatible with UDMA 6 cameras and readers.

The Qio's CompactFlash slots can be read concurrently. The Qio can read the fastest CF cards at up to 133MB/s each and a total aggregate of 200MB/s (two cards).

The Qio CF4 can read all four CompactFlash slots concurrently. When connected to a desktop machine, the maximum aggregate read speed is 133MB/sec (one card), 266MB/sec (two cards), 400MB/sec (three or four cards).
 
653 I connected a Red Station media reader to the eSATA ports, but the media would not mount. How do I mount the media?May-06-13
678 Is the Qio compatible with OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)?May-06-13
693 My computer kernel panics after updating OS X to 10.8.2. What can I do to fix it? (Qio/Qio CF4/Qio E3 issue)Nov-06-12
713 My Qio Does Not Recognize My SD-to-SxS AdapterMay-07-13
730 I have a Retina MacBook Pro (or other Mac introduced in 2012), and my machine won't boot after installing Qio software.Dec-06-12
 






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