Hello!
I couldn't find a straight answer so i will ask it for my personal usecase.
I have got an m1 mac 2020, connected on this laptop are: Apple AV adapter, hdmi screen, 6 tb ext hdd and a 1 tb SSD.
The av adapter i sometimes take to college for presentations, but this is once in a while, for the rest its all hooked up at home.
I take my macbook daily, but don't take my charger or other stuff.
I use both ports on this mac, and sometimes i need to put in another usb device or cardreader or whatever and i like the everything through 1 usb-c port. I need to unmount the ssd and this got me thinking:
I don't want to buy another dock or spend a "load" of money, i am happy with this AV adapter (that also was a rip-off for €79!)
Will it work if i buy a powered usb-a hub that i hook up on this AV adapter and connect my 2 externals on this?
Or will this be too much for the usb-a connection on the adapter and through the usb-c on my mac, will it conflict with drive numbers or whatever?
I guess it should be usb 3.0 and powered.
Doesn't have to be tidy, for now i only have this av adapter on my desk (and the usb c from the ssd), the cabes and hdd's are on a small shelf under my desk, i will put the hub there as well.
Edit: when i bought this m1 mac i had the anker 11 in 1 dock, that connected with the 2 usb-c, there was some issue where some power delivery docks broke the macbook, so i returned it and bought the official av adapter.
I couldn't find a straight answer so i will ask it for my personal usecase.
I have got an m1 mac 2020, connected on this laptop are: Apple AV adapter, hdmi screen, 6 tb ext hdd and a 1 tb SSD.
The av adapter i sometimes take to college for presentations, but this is once in a while, for the rest its all hooked up at home.
I take my macbook daily, but don't take my charger or other stuff.
I use both ports on this mac, and sometimes i need to put in another usb device or cardreader or whatever and i like the everything through 1 usb-c port. I need to unmount the ssd and this got me thinking:
I don't want to buy another dock or spend a "load" of money, i am happy with this AV adapter (that also was a rip-off for €79!)
Will it work if i buy a powered usb-a hub that i hook up on this AV adapter and connect my 2 externals on this?
Or will this be too much for the usb-a connection on the adapter and through the usb-c on my mac, will it conflict with drive numbers or whatever?
I guess it should be usb 3.0 and powered.
Doesn't have to be tidy, for now i only have this av adapter on my desk (and the usb c from the ssd), the cabes and hdd's are on a small shelf under my desk, i will put the hub there as well.
Edit: when i bought this m1 mac i had the anker 11 in 1 dock, that connected with the 2 usb-c, there was some issue where some power delivery docks broke the macbook, so i returned it and bought the official av adapter.