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My MBP 15"" Retina (Mid 2014) does only show usb 3.0 and Thunderbolt 2 connectors. Its lacking any port to attach a USB-C device.
Is there any other mean (hub, adapter…) to have such a possibility, since USB-C devices are now the “de-facto” standard regarding external connection ?
Many thanks in advance for any pointer .
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I managed to get hand on a second hand Kensington SD4700p USB-C 3.0 Docking Station (at a reasonable price).
This device offers USB-C and USB3 ports and other bells and whistles (like gigabit ethernet, HDMI & DisplayPort ports).
This is not the kind of device to bring on the move (it requires a specific power supply), but at home, this unit can be of valuable interest.
This one resolves in some way my issue with my 2014 MBP Retina...
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Sadly your systems ports don’t offer USB-C abilities natively!
With that said many USB-C devices do offer older USB connectivity. As an example the Samsung T5 Ext SSD drive Note the Interface line: USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps), Backwards Compatible
Basically, the USB-C standard incorporates some of the signal lines for compatibility to the older USB 2.x/3.1 standards as they knew people needed this to move forward.
To be clear you won’t get the higher throughput in older USB-2.x or USB-3.0 systems but you can start the process of switching over to newer devices like drives.
Now let’s look at it from the other direction: Your older USB-A connecter devices will now need an adapter to connect to USB-C systems. So consider what you have now that you’ll carry forward and the cost to replace them. As well as the waste of a still very useful device going into land fills!
Many people are still very glued to the older USB-A based devices and not likely to switch over anytime soon.
We’ve seen the same effect within Ethernet networking! As the data rate increased the need to switch out your wiring became a hardship for companies and people homes with in-wall wiring. Cat-5e wiring is what you’ll find as much as the industry tries higher Cat-6 or 7 wiring and connectors are not being pulled. People are just jumping to glass fiber if they can afford it! As its too is costly to rewire and besides how many people are even pushing 1 Gbps!
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Thunderbolt 3 ports are compatible with USB-C devices.
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The MBP of interest has only Thunderbolt 2 ports (not compatible with USB-C) , which leads to my question...
@jolejeune For USB-C devices that are backwards compatible with USB 3.0 in wiring, you can use an adapter like https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08HGFQHCW/r...
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