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puma1552

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I have a new mid-2015 MBP with Thunderbolt 2 Ports. I also run a 2 TB Time Capsule (final generation I believe) and I do wireless Time Machine backups to it. I have 100 Mbps home internet.

I bought my first dongle from Apple last week, a USB-A to ethernet adapter.

I didn't even realize Apple makes a Thunderbolt to ethernet adapter, which I understand supports much faster internet.

I never use wired internet, but I do use this adapter for one thing - major Time Capsule backups (typically first full backup when getting a new computer, etc.).

Would I have been better off/seen increased backup transfer speeds with the Thunderbolt adapter? I can still return the USB-A adapter if so. Or, put another way, is there any reason at all to have bought the USB-A version over the Thunderbolt version?
 
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