![]() ![]() “USB-C” is a port and cable spec, but those ports are capable of a lot more than just USB! They’re where you connect power, video, peripherals, and docking stations. You have two to four USB Type-C ports on your MacBook Pro.Here’s the TL DR on those USB Type-C ports on the side of your new MacBook Pro: ![]() For more information, read Total Nightmare: USB-C and Thunderbolt 3! These things can do quite a lot but you must be careful about what cables and accessories you buy! Revisiting USB Type-C and Thunderbolt 3 I wrote a very popular article on this topic. ![]() Still, the forced change shows how tightly the company wants to cling to its darlings, or at least modify its products on its own schedule instead of somebody else’s.So you bought a late-2016 MacBook Pro? Congratulations! So did I! But how will you connect your favorite monitor, hard drives, and other accessories to those pesky new USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports? Read on for my “survival guide”, listing the essential cables and accessories you should (and shouldn’t) buy to go with your new MacBook Pro! Your new MacBook Pro includes up to 4 Thunderbolt 3-capable USB Type-C ports. It’ll likely go all-in on USB-C next year, maybe even cheerfully marketing the new connector as a way to reduce excess e-waste at its next flashy iPhone announcement event. Of course, Apple’s not likely to take much of a financial hit from the death of the Lightning cable. It meant iPhone users would have to get those charging cords straight from Apple, as opposed to taking that money to any other manufacturer of USB-C cords. Having a proprietary charger on the iPhone was just another piece of that strategy. The goal is to keep customers under the Apple dome at all times. It’s why the company switched from Intel chips to its own proprietary silicon and quadrupled down on its streaming service offerings. Apple’s overarching business ethos is to control every bit of its product line. This is a change the company has resisted for years. ![]() Clearly, Apple isn’t exactly happy about the ruling. ![]()
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