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Anyone heard of a time-tested approach to labeling USB-C cables?
(Anything other than a label-maker label around one end - my current approach)
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Anyone heard of a time-tested approach to labeling USB-C cables?
(Anything other than a label-maker label around one end - my current approach)
Here's the question: if I get an iPhone 15 Plus, will the current Type C to Type C cables sold by the likes of Anker, Belkin, etc. work to charge the iPhone 15 Plus at the rated 20 watts?
Reports say that the entire iPhone 15 line is limited to 20 watt charging, so no.
I have swapped out all of my various USB-C 3.x and TB3 cables with Plugable 240 watt Thunderbolt 4 cables - $30 for a 1m length at Amazon. They are not braided, but they are Thunderbolt Certified.
Welcome to USB-C. People who expected one cable to rule them all will be sadly disappointed. The spec is so broad that it should have been called RSB-C for Relatively Standard Bus.
What are the speeds of the versions that have been coming with the ipad pro if the new one is only usb 2
Buy USB-C to Lightning Cable (2 m)
The USB-C to Lightning Cable connects any iPhone, iPad, or iPod with Lightning connector to a USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) enabled Mac. Buy now at apple.com.
www.apple.com
Afaik all Apple charging cables supplied with devices are USB 2.What are the speeds of the versions that have been coming with the ipad pro if the new one is only usb 2
Buy USB-C to Lightning Cable (2 m)
The USB-C to Lightning Cable connects any iPhone, iPad, or iPod with Lightning connector to a USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) enabled Mac. Buy now at apple.com.www.apple.com
All the USB-C cables that came with my Samsung external SSDs are marked SS 10, which apparently indicates a transfer speed of 10 Gb/sec. But, yes, USB-C is a mess overall, with many unmarked cables.
I know you won't reply, but is there a reason that you feel compelled to insult other posters in nearly every post you make?
This is the biggest annoyance with USB-C.
It's 2023. We have the ability to put controllers into the devices that can tell how much power is being delivered and how much it needs. My rechargeable flashlight might not need 240W so it can say only send me 5W.
But for the consumer, they should be able to pick up a USB-C cable and plug it wherever they want and that cable should be able to deliver USB 3.0 speeds at a minimum.
Since they can't do that, it's too bad they can't mark them some way with a color on the connector, stripe down the side, something. Like I'm seeing this nice cable that is charging my MBP and I'd like to unplug it from the wall, plug it into an external HDD, and expect it to transfer at least at 3.0 speeds.
It's 2023. We have the ability to put controllers into the devices that can tell how much power is being delivered and how much it needs. My rechargeable flashlight might not need 240W so it can say only send me 5W.
But for the consumer, they should be able to pick up a USB-C cable and plug it wherever they want and that cable should be able to deliver USB 3.0 speeds at a minimum.
Since they can't do that, it's too bad they can't mark them some way with a color on the connector, stripe down the side, something. Like I'm seeing this nice cable that is charging my MBP and I'd like to unplug it from the wall, plug it into an external HDD, and expect it to transfer at least at 3.0 speeds.
I backup my iPhone 11 Pro via USB to my MBP. I don't know how necessary this is with iCloud backups but I don't think iCloud backs up Health data.
Currently, I'm using this method to do a backup and restore because my iPhone was out of storage and I wanted to update to the latest iOS version.
This isn't something that's necessary and I might do the backup maybe every month or two. I think I asked on here a year or two ago if it was still necessary and I was told to do it to help diversify backups.
I wonder how many even have a PC to do syncing with? Most of the people I work with don't have one.
The wattage of the charger is related to how fast the average user would want to recharge the battery. All MacBooks/Pros use far less than 70w or 140w when in use. Such that, a 30w charger can keep up with most workloads and will continue to charge the battery, slowly, even when in use.
I’m making a wild guess here to say that there’s likely not many that can provide any feedback as most of are only plugging in to charge, as well. I’ve done data transfer before, but only to/from SD cards, never using a cable.
The old cable is capable of 100w, though. I have one I used just this morning charging a 100w battery pack and it does indeed handle well over 60w.
IF Apple’s actually using the same cable, then they are just labeling it 60w?
Update: Got my cables mixed up. Going from my 100w capable battery to MacBook Pro 16, both the cable bought weeks ago and the current one tops out just above 60w I have a longer cable (that would be the analog of the new 240) that does indeed do 100w. So, it’s NEW in that, at some point in the future, the packaging will include 60w (even the Apple employee was surprised to see 60w called out in the catalog, but not on the box
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And yet, “I don’t want to have to carry multiple cables” folks have been hearing for this bad user experience design for years
Honestly, I didn't even consider that. I think I would try that years ago, the connection wasn't reliable, so I didn't bother.
How would I get the MBP to have the iPhone pop up in Finder through wifi? I've only seen it come out using a cable.
I haven’t synced in years (but it worked great when I did):
Sync content between your Mac and iPhone, iPad or iPod touch over Wi-Fi
On your Mac, sync content with your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch over Wi-Fi.
support.apple.com
If it wasn’t clear before, it should absolutely be clear to anyone now that most don’t understand USB. They didn’t like having cables that had actual different connectors because then you had to have different cables for each device BUT, when looking at a cable, you knew from a glance which one of your panoply of devices could possibly use that cable. Back then, the USB cable that carried USB3 signals was physically different from those that carry USB2 signals.
Now, 1) cables across the entire feature set of USB use the same connectors on both ends AND
2) due to the rules set by the USBIF, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO LABEL THE CABLES
The one undesirable “which cable do I need” situation was replaced with another “which cable do I need” situation, but added a “you have no idea looking at this cable what it can do!”
I’m sure someone has released (or is planning to release) plastic covers to snap on USB-C cables so they can get back to at least the point where a glance can let you know what that cable is capable of.I'll turn this on and see how it works going forward. I would think it'll be faster than a wired connection.
Because there are members of the USBIF that still want to turn out cheap cables for charging, it’s almost guaranteed that the USB standard will always include USB 2.0 speeds.
(Well, to be fair, there are also those making things like the Roland Aira Compact synths that want to include a cable, but not a more expensive USB 3.0 speed one)