Early Amazon Prime Day deals on Thunderbolt docks and USB-C hubs are on now! We've rounded up all the best deals from Anker ...

Using a Thunderbolt 4 cable, for example, won't give you the faster speeds promised by that standard if you plug it into a Thunderbolt 3 port or USB-C Gen 3.2 port, and connecting two Thunderbolt ...

Plugable has just launched the 11-in-1 TBT-UDT3 Thunderbolt 5 hub, and it looks promising for any potential dock setup. At the core of the TBT-UDT3 is Intel's Thunderbolt 5 techno ...

How to connect USB-C devices. The Thunderbolt ports in the current Mac Studio, 24-inch iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air work with USB-C devices, which have the same connector shape.

When it comes to USB-C ports, performance depends on the protocol it is running on. The latest version of the USB protocol, USB 4, runs on an open version of Thunderbolt 3.

What does the Lightning port look like It’s a small rectangular oval port that looks a lot like a smaller USB-C or Thunderbolt/USB 4 port. Lighting is a female connector, so it doesn’t have a ...

Say you plug a USB 3.2 solid-state drive into a USB 3.2 port on your computer, but use a USB 3.0 cable—data will only transfer at USB 3.0 speeds. Make sure every link in your chain is rated for ...

Another downside is that unlike USB4, USB 3.2×2 will not function at its full 20Gbps on most Thunderbolt 3 or 4 ports, instead dropping to 10Gbps — the rate of most native USB implementations ...

When you bought your computer, you probably heard or read the word Thunderbolt in reference to ports that, to your knowledge, look and function just like the USB-Cs you use to charge everything ...

For example, a USB-C port that doesn’t support Thunderbolt is capable of transfer speeds up to 20Gbps (this is referring to a USB-C 3.2 port; an older USB-C 3.1 port maxes out at 10Gbps). The newest ...

Using a Thunderbolt 4 cable, for example, won't give you the faster speeds promised by that standard if you plug it into a Thunderbolt 3 port or USB-C Gen 3.2 port, and connecting two Thunderbolt ...

A Thunderbolt port only works its magic when you use a Thunderbolt cable. These too tend to look just like regular USB-C cables. Before learning what Thunderbolt is, you gotta know the basics of USB.