To charge an iphone ipad or ipod touch from a thunderbolt 3 or usb c port without one of these adapters you can use the apple usb c to lightning cable instead.
Apple thunderbolt to usb c cable.
With thunderbolt 3 a single usb c port can deliver power in both directions.
This article refers to thunderbolt 1 and thunderbolt 2.
Thunderbolt 3 usb c allows six devices in a chain so you can use this cable between your mac and each device in the chain.
The simplest and cheapest option seems to be a usb a to usb c cable.
It s important to know too that your usb c accessories and cables will work with a thunderbolt 3 port.
Either cable can be used with the apple usb c power adapter.
Thunderbolt is the brand name of a hardware interface developed by intel in collaboration with apple that allows the connection of external peripherals to a computer thunderbolt 1 and 2 use the same connector as mini displayport mdp whereas thunderbolt 3 re uses the usb c connector from usb.
Apple sells the belkin usb a to usb c cable.
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And it s capable of delivering up to 100 watts of power so a single cable can be used to connect to a dock or display and charge your macbook pro or macbook air simultaneously.
Ethernet if you re using an ethernet cable with your device use a third party usb c to ethernet adapter such as the belkin usb c to gigabit ethernet adapter.
The thunderbolt 3 usb c to thunderbolt 2 adapter lets you connect thunderbolt and thunderbolt 2 devices such as external hard drives and thunderbolt docks to any of the thunderbolt 3 usb c ports on your macbook pro.
Thunderbolt 3 usb c cable and adapter options are quite complex and confusing.
All thunderbolt 3 ports are also usb c ports.
Connect your iphone ipad or ipod with lightning connector to your usb c or thunderbolt 3 usb c enabled mac for syncing and charging or to your usb c enabled ipad for charging.
The apple thunderbolt 3 usb c cable has thunderbolt logo on the sleeve of each connector.
You can also use this cable with your apple 18w 20w 29w 30w 61w 87w or 96w usb c power adapter to charge your ios device and even take advantage of the fast.
While a usb c port and thunderbolt 3 port look the same thunderbolt 3 has some extra hardware compared to the more widely adopted usb c.
It was initially developed and marketed under the name light peak and first sold as part of an.
The simplest and thunderbolt 3 usb c cable and adapter options are quite complex and confusing.