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freeradical wrote:
I think you need to define what you believe a dongle is. Plugging in your phone to me does not qualify as a dongle. Nor does a USB hub for a desktop computer. To me, a dongle is something that translates one protocol to another, especially for laptops.
:agree:
As discussed in an earlier thread, a cable with two different flavors of the same interface fittings on each end (like USB-C and USB-A) is not a "dongle".
To convert Thunderbolt to HDMI or Ethernet, that would take a "dongle"
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DeusxMac wrote:
[quote=freeradical]
I think you need to define what you believe a dongle is. Plugging in your phone to me does not qualify as a dongle. Nor does a USB hub for a desktop computer. To me, a dongle is something that translates one protocol to another, especially for laptops.
:agree:
As discussed in an earlier thread, a cable with two different flavors of the same interface fittings on each end (like USB-C and USB-A) is not a "dongle".
To convert Thunderbolt to HDMI or Ethernet, that would take a "dongle"
So how do you plug in an iPhone? To my knowledge they still ship with a USB cable. Sure you can swap that for a usb-c to lightening, right? But the charger is still regular usb so you either have to haul two cables around, or a dongle.
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M A V I C wrote:
[quote=DeusxMac]
[quote=freeradical]
I think you need to define what you believe a dongle is. Plugging in your phone to me does not qualify as a dongle. Nor does a USB hub for a desktop computer. To me, a dongle is something that translates one protocol to another, especially for laptops.
:agree:
As discussed in an earlier thread, a cable with two different flavors of the same interface fittings on each end (like USB-C and USB-A) is not a "dongle".
To convert Thunderbolt to HDMI or Ethernet, that would take a "dongle"
So how do you plug in an iPhone? To my knowledge they still ship with a USB cable. Sure you can swap that for a usb-c to lightening, right? But the charger is still regular usb so you either have to haul two cables around, or a dongle.
Is there some reason your iPhone wouldn't charge when it was connected to a USB-C Mac?
Or you could get one of these...
https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Charge-Type..._5?ie=UTF8&qid=1486128927&sr=8-5&keywords=USB-C+charger
https://www.amazon.com/Charger-Tronsmart..._2?ie=UTF8&qid=1486128926&sr=8-2-spons&keywords=USB-C+charger&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Type-C-5-Po..._3?ie=UTF8&qid=1486128927&sr=8-3&keywords=USB-C+charger
etc., etc., etc.
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good article.
http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-us...-and-hubs/
I am waiting for the HyperDrive to ship, I think it will benefit one of our clients immediately - she's holding off on a new MBP13in purchase due to the dongle situation.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyp...-hub-for-m
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hyper...book-pro#/
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DeusxMac wrote:
[quote=M A V I C]
[quote=DeusxMac]
[quote=freeradical]
I think you need to define what you believe a dongle is. Plugging in your phone to me does not qualify as a dongle. Nor does a USB hub for a desktop computer. To me, a dongle is something that translates one protocol to another, especially for laptops.
:agree:
As discussed in an earlier thread, a cable with two different flavors of the same interface fittings on each end (like USB-C and USB-A) is not a "dongle".
To convert Thunderbolt to HDMI or Ethernet, that would take a "dongle"
So how do you plug in an iPhone? To my knowledge they still ship with a USB cable. Sure you can swap that for a usb-c to lightening, right? But the charger is still regular usb so you either have to haul two cables around, or a dongle.
Is there some reason your iPhone wouldn't charge when it was connected to a USB-C Mac?
Or you could get one of these...
https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Charge-Type..._5?ie=UTF8&qid=1486128927&sr=8-5&keywords=USB-C+charger
https://www.amazon.com/Charger-Tronsmart..._2?ie=UTF8&qid=1486128926&sr=8-2-spons&keywords=USB-C+charger&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Type-C-5-Po..._3?ie=UTF8&qid=1486128927&sr=8-3&keywords=USB-C+charger
etc., etc., etc.
In a car, next to a bed... There's many times one might want to charge but isn't near a Mac. Buying new wall and car chargers doesn't seem any better than buying dongles or extra cables.
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......be aware that some will chastise you for playing with your dongles.....
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NewtonMP2100 wrote:
......be aware that some will chastise you for playing with your dongles.....
You got that wrong, its dangly bits they will chastise you for...
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decay wrote:
good article.
http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-us...s-and-hubs
Outstanding article! :ftw:
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M A V I C wrote:
[quote=DeusxMac]
[quote=M A V I C]
[quote=DeusxMac]
[quote=freeradical]
I think you need to define what you believe a dongle is. Plugging in your phone to me does not qualify as a dongle. Nor does a USB hub for a desktop computer. To me, a dongle is something that translates one protocol to another, especially for laptops.
:agree:
As discussed in an earlier thread, a cable with two different flavors of the same interface fittings on each end (like USB-C and USB-A) is not a "dongle".
To convert Thunderbolt to HDMI or Ethernet, that would take a "dongle"
So how do you plug in an iPhone? To my knowledge they still ship with a USB cable. Sure you can swap that for a usb-c to lightening, right? But the charger is still regular usb so you either have to haul two cables around, or a dongle.
Is there some reason your iPhone wouldn't charge when it was connected to a USB-C Mac?
Or you could get one of these...
https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Charge-Type..._5?ie=UTF8&qid=1486128927&sr=8-5&keywords=USB-C+charger
https://www.amazon.com/Charger-Tronsmart..._2?ie=UTF8&qid=1486128926&sr=8-2-spons&keywords=USB-C+charger&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Type-C-5-Po..._3?ie=UTF8&qid=1486128927&sr=8-3&keywords=USB-C+charger
etc., etc., etc.
In a car, next to a bed... There's many times one might want to charge but isn't near a Mac. Buying new wall and car chargers doesn't seem any better than buying dongles or extra cables.
If you've already got the USB-A cable and wall charger that came with the iPhone, and a USB-A car charger, why would you need anything besides a single USB-A to USB-C cable added to those items?
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I have 2 users, each with 2x2016 MacBook Pros. One dongle each for giving presentations, the same as when they had their 2012 and 2013 MBPros. So no difference for either of them with the new ones.
One uses a TBdock (with a TB3-TB2 adapter) for a single connection to a monitor, ethernet, USB3 devices and the other uses a USB-C dock for the same uses. I suppose you could call the TB3-TB2 adapter a dongle.
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