Apple Ethernet dongle and Macbook Air M1

[rmarinheira]

Hi all.
I am about to buy an ethernet dongle to my Macbook Air M1, and I would give preference to an Apple produced one.
Yet, in the Apple Online Store the only one available is this:

Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter - Apple (UK)

Apple Store Search Results

www.apple.com

The compatibility section does not mention the new M1 Macs.
Will this be compatible?

 

[Juicy Box]

That is for TB1 and TB2 Macs.

You should be looking for this one:

Apple (UK)

Apple Store Search Results

www.apple.com

 

[wur10]

Or you can use the TB2 to TB3 Adapter together with the TB2 Ethernet Adapter.

 

[chrfr]

Hi all.
I am about to buy an ethernet dongle to my Macbook Air M1, and I would give preference to an Apple produced one.
Yet, in the Apple Online Store the only one available is this:

Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter - Apple (UK)

Apple Store Search Results

www.apple.com

The compatibility section does not mention the new M1 Macs.
Will this be compatible?

The Apple adapter works very well if you also buy the Apple Thunderbolt 2 to 3 as shown in the post above mine, but that adds quite a bit to the price. I would suggest just getting the Belkin USB-C ethernet adapter.

 

[rmarinheira]

The Apple adapter works very well if you also buy the Apple Thunderbolt 2 to 3 as shown in the post above mine, but that adds quite a bit to the price. I would suggest just getting the Belkin USB-C ethernet adapter.

Thank you all for your contributions.
I was thinking precisely that: the need for a second adapter to use the Apple ethernet adapter is a bit a deal braker.
Unless it performs better than the belkin adapter.
Anyone has any experience with the two solutions?

 

[chrfr]

Thank you all for your contributions.
I was thinking precisely that: the need for a second adapter to use the Apple ethernet adapter is a bit a deal braker.
Unless it performs better than the belkin adapter.
Anyone has any experience with the two solutions?

I use both from time to time. I do find the Apple combination is a bit more reliable and a little bit faster but not enough to notice.

 

[xraydoc]

Or you can use the TB2 to TB3 Adapter together with the TB2 Ethernet Adapter.

While this works, the picture definitely seems like a dongle joke meme.
Just use a high quality USB-C to ethernet adapter and be done with it.

 

[rmarinheira]

The Apple adapter works very well if you also buy the Apple Thunderbolt 2 to 3 as shown in the post above mine, but that adds quite a bit to the price. I would suggest just getting the Belkin USB-C ethernet adapter.

Thank you all for your contributions.
I was thinking precisely that: the need for a second adapter to use the Apple ethernet adapter is a bit a deal braker.
Unless it performs better than the belkin adapter.
Anyone has any experience with the two solutions?

While this works, the picture definitely seems like a dongle joke meme.
Just use a high quality USB-C to ethernet adapter and be done with it.

Agree 🙂
It's a perfect memo

 

[mikeboss]

I'm using both adapters. during large filetransfers, the USB based adapters create CPU load of approx. 150%.
thread -> https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-air-usb-c-ethernet-unreliable.2287743/