Failed SSD - External Hard Drive Replacement but only one USB-C port.

[patneligan]

Hi All,

Thanks to all those that helped with my previous issue, one more question....

My SSD recently failed on my Macbook and I am currently stuck abroad with no means of returning it to the store to fix under warranty.

I need to get it working and thinking of buying an external SSD hard drive for use to boot my mac and use as my current drive until I can get back to the UK to fix it.

Only issue is that my Macbook has 1 USB-C port (no other ports, I use that as my charging port also) is this going to be feasible and workable? What sort of set up do you suggest as I would need to charge (which uses that USB-C port) at the sametime as having the hard drive plugged in. Imagine I would need some sort of dongle that wouldn't throttle the speed of the port or the hard drive.

Don't want to fork out for a new SSD and multiple USB-C ports to find that I can't charge and use my external hard drive at the sametime. I am using a.Apple MacBook 12 Retina 2016 Core m5 1.20GHz 8GB 500GB SSD Silver Mojave.

Imagine Ill want to buy an SSD hard drive with the quickest read speed, but what about the adapter / dongle?

Let me know if this is a good idea for a temporary fix?

Thanks

P

 

[Stephen.R]

You need a USB-C dock/hub that has USB-PD (power delivery) pass through.

So you plug the dock/hub into the Mac, the power into the PD-in port on the hub and accessories into the hub.