1. Mac Laptop Holder For Desk New Owc Usb C Dock For Macbook Pro

By. 1:32 pm, October 27, 2016. An adaptor, like this hub from Satechi with a MacBook, will let you plug in your peripheral devices into the USB-C ports on the new MacBook Pro. Photo: Satechi Allow yourself to bask in the glow of a brighter screen and the multifunction. But when the high subsides and you’re ready to order the new MacBook Pro, you will need to deal with a slight inconvenience: all those USB-C ports. But because Apple prepared us for the new industry standard last year when it introduced a single USB-C port on the 12-inch MacBook, accessories companies responded with loads of affordable adapters that allow users to plug in peripheral devices. USB-C adapters: Hubs, docks and dongles The USB-C docks and dongles below are listed only to show the variety of possibilities and are not meant to be read as a review of the products.

There are plenty of online resources to help you shop. Because they were produced after the 12-inch MacBook was released last year, the colors may not reflect those of the new MacBook Pro. Fitting finishes for the new MacBook Pros are no doubt in the works.

A dongle can be used to define a number of small pieces of light hardware that plug into a computer port. We have listed these USB-C adapters into categories.

For the purposes of this post, we will narrowly define a “dongle” as a device that dangles from a small cord. A dock will be any adapter that fits flush with the machine or is meant to remain on a desk.

You will also notice companies will call their devices “hubs.” Just go down the list and pick one that covers all your plug-ins. Don’t let the format add to your USB-C anxiety.

You can do this. You will adjust. Dongles Apple sells a variety of accessories, from dongles that run around $20 to a handy digital AV multiport adapter.

The three-in-one USB-C dongle includes ports for HDMI, standard USB and USB-C. Apple makes a range of USB-C adapters, including this AV multiport adapter for $79.

Photo: Apple Another company, Moshi, offers five different adapters (all that can be ordered ): a dongle-style device that offers a standard USB port for $24.95; a VGA adapter that plugs into projectors or monitors for class and conference room presentations for $34.95; a Gigabit Ethernet Adapter for $39.95; an HDMI adapter with a 60Hz refresh rate for $49.95; and a 3-in-1 hub that includes an HDMI port for $79.95. This Moshi multiport adapter includes a standard USB port and supports video output. Photo: Moshi This Moshi dongle features a standard USB port. Photo: Moshi If you need more than one standard USB port, makes an adapter with three plugs for $21.98.

Run a USB-C cable and up to three standard USB cable with this hub from Belinda. Photo: Belinda offers a handy hub in black with a cool-blue checkerboard on it that features a USB-C port, Ethernet, HDMI and VGA video for $44.99. This eye-catching Cable Matters hub includes ports for VGA, HDMI and Ethernet. Photo: Cable Matters SCOSCHE Industries started making hubs and adapters since USB-C was announced as the coming new standard. They were among the first companies to offer adapters when Apple, in 2015, introduced the 12-inch MacBook with a single USB-C port. Last month, SCOSCHE debuted a new USB-C AV multiport adapter with three ports — HDMI, standard USB and USB-C — for. The hub to end all the hubbub about the MacBook Pro’s USB-C ports.

Photo: SCOSCHE The brand has three adapters to bring you into the USB-C era. One turns a single USB-C port into four ports: two standard USB 3.0, USB-C and HDMI, all for. Another is a HyperDrive 3-in-1 Connection Kit for that offers a USB 3.0 port plus slots for SD and microSD cards.

It is compatible with MacBook and MacBook Pro and a number of Android phones, but not the iPhone. Hyper is also taking sign-ups for a that will be available in March 2017. It will offer pass through charging, two USB 3.0 ports and slots for SD and microSD media cards. No price available but click here to sign up for an email notification. Handy HyperDrive hub converts a single Type C port into four ports.

Photo: Hyper Docks One of the most discreet and affordable adapters on the list is a little one-port dock that bills itself the world’s smallest. It offers a single standard USB port that only sets the buyer back $9.99.

If all you need is one little standard USB port, nonda has one little adapter for around $10. Photo: nonda With hours after Apple’s big announcement, Belkin announced the Thunderbolt 3 Express Dock HD. One dock, one cable and 85 watts of power that has two Thunderbolt/USB-C ports, three stand USB slots, a 1 Gigabyte Ethernet port, a display port, one audio in/out port and a second audio out port. This dock will let you daisy-chain up to five Thunderbolt devices.

The dock is still in production and no price is available. It will eventually be in Apple Stores or at on The Thunderbolt 3 Express Dock HD from Belkin.

Photo: Belkin is trying to make a play for the title of One-Stop-Dock with its Thunderbolt 3 Dock. The device has 13 ports, including two USB-C ports, five for standard USB, an SD card slot, FireWire, Ethernet, expanded audio in/out, S/PDIF and a mini-display port. All those ports will cost you $279 on pre-order. The Thunderbolt 3 Dock has 13 different ports to get you through the USB-C transition. Photo: OWC Digital makes a variety of aluminum adapters that blend with the colors and textures of Mac computers, including a slim 4K multi-port adapter that includes two standard USB ports, one for HDMI and a fourth for a USB-C plug.

This runs $59.99 on the Satechi website. The accessories company also has nifty USB-C Pass-through Hub that includes two standard ports, a USB-C port and slots for SD and Micro SD media cards. The hub costs $44.99 and will fit on any device, Mac or PC, with a USB-C port. This Pass-through Hub by Satechi also serves as a SD media card reader. Photo: Satechi If all you need is to plug in a media card reader, Satechi makes one for SD and Micro SD cards that plug right into the USB-C port for $19.99.

Hi all I have, after a rather long wait, received my OWC Thunderbolt 3 dock. What looks and sounds great turned out to be rather frustrating in the daily use. I have numerous issues with it, as follows.

LAN port (ethernet) is not connecting after the MacBooks start or a restart. The only thing that currently helps is unplugging the LAN cable, and plug it back it.

How convenient. I have two USB drives connected to the dock. When the MacBook sleeps, I see the drives shutdown and restart roughly every three minutes.

That must kill any conventional hard disk within months, I guess. There's no way to overcome this, I have tried all USB ports. I had the external monitor (I'm using the MacBook in clamshell mode) connected via the dock's mini display port (MDP), which didn't work at all - frequent MacBook freezes, or not reacting after a sleep. So I'm using a dedicated USB-C-to-Display-Port cable to the Monitor (a Dell 2715), which works more or less. More or less means that when the MacBook is sleeping, the monitor keeps blinking up and going back to sleep every three minutes - same as the drives. Then, I called OWC support, explaining. After waiting for 20min or so in their queue, I could talk to someone.

His reply was simply that this is the way it is and that they could do nothing as everything was Apple's fault, and that they're waiting for Apple to change this and that in the software. So, totally helpful.

I had a simple LMC USB-C docking before, and had everything plugged into it, which worked absolutely flawlessly. I bought the dock because I thought it allows me to have a little more order in the cables, and speedier connections. But what I got does not allow for seamless working, just hassle. Anyone else experiencing such issues?

At this stage, I cannot recommend the OWC Thunderbolt Dock 3. Thanks for help and comments.

I had the OWC Thunderbolt dock 2 (two) before, and it had similar problems - mostly related to sleep, too. When in use, the dock works well, it's just that around sleep, start, shutdown, restart, where things seem go wrong.

I still have high hopes that there's something wrong with TB3 software under the hood that can be fixed (like they said), as the USB-C dock worked flawlessly. The initial release of Mac OS Sierra was full of bugs, too, many of them having been fixed by now, so maybe.

Hope dies last. I wrote them.

Problem is, I am in Switzerland, and returning the unit to OWC is rather complicated and costly. I had really hoped that OWC is able to deliver a product that works. And, I am still not convinced it is all OWC's fault. Anyone experiencing the same? If you have the same dock and you don't have these issues, I'm wondering what your sleep/wake settings are, because the problem clearly is related to sleep. I was sitting in front of the 'sleeping' computer a while and was observing the following. I put the MacBook to sleep.

The drives spin down. The monitor remains on for a while, then goes to sleep, too. As soon as the monitor goes to sleep, the drives wake up again. Once the drives are back up, the screen wakes up for a second, then goes back to sleep - and the loop begins again. Sorry, but I don't have that unit.

I have, however, purchased new products from them in the past that were not really ready for market, and this sounds the same. You may have to wait for firmware updates.

In one case a long time ago, I got a multi-connection HDD dock, and the USB 3 never did work, even after a firmware update (but I didn't know this until long after the warranty had expired as I didn't have anything USB 3 to use at the time). So as much as I like OWC, they do sometimes have their problems. Just make sure you get it taken care of before warranty expires or you may be stuck with a unit that will always behave that way. No reply from OWC so far.

Meanwhile, I was searching the internet for possible solutions. Monitor settings (Dell P2715Q), pmset settings, printer queues, faulty USB hubs, faulty switches.

Nothing helped. So I went testing. Unplug one-by-one, check sleep state. Well, at least I now have an idea on where the problem may come from. It seems that the LAN connection (cable, RJ45) seems to be part of the problem. When I unplug the LAN, then the problem disappears - so, it seems to be something in the network. Something in the network wakes up the docking station (and the drives).

Went looking for womp settings and stuff. No luck so far. Does anyone among the readers of this post know how to log and analyze the network activities when the MacBook is sleeping? To figure out what wakes up the drives every two minutes?

All Hooooooooooray - I think I have solved the main problem. Believe it or not: it was most likely related to a misconfigured network.

I have two NAS and a number of switches in the network (the LAN, that is), and a FritzBox as router. Some of the DynDNS and port replications were misconfigured (possibly since a while), and I also fiddled around with the WOL settings.

I don't know exactly what caused the problem, but it was clearly coming from the LAN, and not the dock. Currently (since two days now) - the OWC Thunderbolt 3 dock works as expected. Everything goes to sleep properly, and everything wakes up properly. I observe the the LAN takes a few seconds to reconnect, but it does. So, in the end, it does not seem to be the docks fault, and I am extremely happy with that!

Still interesting whe the LMP USB-C dock worked correctly, despite the misconfigured router. Thanks all for help.

Not so hoorraayy in the end. I thought the issue to be solved, but it isn't. Everything came back, in different versions. I'm having a similar issue with the Caldigit TS3. When the Mac goes to sleep, my HP Z2740w goes to standby mode; if I move the mouse or press a key within an hour or two, everything comes back fine. But if it sleeps longer than that, the monitor does not wake up. If I shut the monitor off (power switch in back hard shutoff), and turn it back on, it comes back - but at 1280 x 720 resolution (this monitor's 'safety mode').

The only way to get the monitor working correctly again is to shut down, unplug the TB3 cable, and plug back in. I have a thread here, and a case # with Apple. That is simply the sheer horror, unbelievable. The USB drives are randomly ejected, LAN connection is randomly kept or dropped.

That is simply extremely poor work, and I have to assume it's Apple's. The Synology NAS in the network work flawlessly, almost totally hands-off. The sleep when they can, wake up when they have to, syncronize data seamlessly. With the MacBook, I have to unplug things after starting, have to manually wake up drives, reconnect networks.

Hassle, hassle, hassle. I am extremely disappointed by Apple, or by the thing creating this mess.

Anyone that can help, please!!!!!! I had the exact same issue! It turned out to be a piece of old software that was gumming up the works. Try reloading the laptop (command-R at boot) without transferring any of the software products from backup (it is OK to reload documents).

Reload any software fresh from the Store. After booting, any other software you want to load you can do so one at a time. It took me two weeks to get the internet connection to work all of the time, but it does not appear to be the fault of the device (at least in my case). Apple Footer. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only.

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