crowley
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Apple removes headphone jack from new 10th generation iPad
They'll take it off the MacBooks next, which is funnily enough the device where I have the least use for it.
At least they sell a USB-C to 3.5mm adaptor. Annoying though.
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Apple Siri Remote now USB-C, as death knell tolls for Lightning
Hedware said:Apple was obviously waiting for the Europeans to mandate USB-C for mobile devices. Apple is obviously on the side of the socialists and communists.
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New iPad requires USB-C Apple Pencil adapter for pairing & charging
Why would you throw them away? If you have no further use for them then give them to someone else. There will be plenty of Lightning iPhones and iPads circulating for many years yet, and people will need to charge them.mike1 said:CheeseFreeze said:If they'd adopted an actual standard years ago, we wouldn't have to be in dongle nightmare today.
And no wireless charging is just an ridiculously bad user experience. A pen sticking out the port... pfffff....Oh please. Then you would have complained about the transition years ago.Over the next year or so, I will throw away about a dozen or more lightening cables for no good reason and then spend extra $$ to replace them just to have a USB-C connector. It is what it is, I guess
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Satechi Thunderbolt 4 Dock review: A compact port extender for Mac
Crikey, I hope you don't do your own taxes.JP234 said:
So you have one port that connects to the Mac. That leaves three that can be used for I/O. But without the hub, you have (minimum) 2 that you can use for I/O. Net gain: 1 port.roundaboutnow said:
FTA: On the front of the dock is a Thunderbolt 4 host port, which connects to your Mac and can provide 96 watts of power delivery.JP234 said:
Your math is just one port off: you have to connect one of those 3 on the dock to one of the TB ports on your Mac. That's a total of 3.ITGUYINSD said:
Depends on what Mac you connect it to. Worst case, the MBP 13 M1 has 2 TB ports. One used for this dock, leaves me with 1 on the MBP and 3 on the dock. 4 Total by my count. And it's not just "some USB" ports, they are 10Gbps each. So yes -- if you just need some generic ports to plug in a mouse or a thumb drive, a $20 dock is fineJP234 said:So give up a Thunderbolt port on your Mac to get more thunderbolt ports? You had two, now you have three. And some USB ports, Ethernet, and an SD port.I got a dock with HDMI, Ethernet, SD, micro-SD, (2) USB 3.0 for $16.19 on Amazon.
Is this one really worth $300? Not to me. Maybe you.
For those who need more TB4 ports and high-speed USB 3.2 ports plus Ethernet, this is good. Expensive, but good. There isn't much else out there like this.
Like M68000 said -- no HDMI is a big bummer.Thunderbolt is expensive tech, no matter who's producing it, and it's really only useful to a handful of professionals in the I/O intensive applications. 10Gb/s USB-C will do just fine for the other 99.99%. So will two USB-C ports, for that matter.So there are four TB ports — one in front, three in back.Also, an HDMI port would be nice, but a TB to HDMI cable about the same price as an HDMI-HDMI cable.
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Satechi Thunderbolt 4 Dock review: A compact port extender for Mac
I'm sure it'll work, but there's little reason to use this with a Mac Studio which already has those ports and won't benefit from the power pass through.michelb76 said:Not compatible with the Mac Studio? Also, how hot does this dock get? I find that Satechi products have very poor heat management.