SD card really annoys me. I use my camera a lot, but don't want to shell out the £45 apple are asking for one. So I just plug my camera into the USB cable, which I then attach the USB-A dongle to, which I then connect to the MacBook.....
I have never needed to look for one, but there should be cheaper 3rd party options, no? I agree that £45 seems a bit steep.
You're right, cheapest one at apple is £45. Found a couple other ones online £15-20, but they look quite cheap. I might give one a shot!
2 x USB-C to USB-A ( USB BD writer and a clients USB drive at minimum )
1 x USB-C to digital Multiport ( power cable in, HDMI Out and an external drive that has a fixed cable )
1 x USB-C to Display Port to hook to a color grading external screen.
1 x USB-C to SD card reader. or at times another C to A adaptor and a CF card reader.
these 4 I have plugged in quite regularly at client sites, now sometimes I also need:
1 x USB-C hub because I ran out of ports
1 x USB-C to VGA ... because lots of old projectors still out there.
1 x USB-C to LAN ... some places don't let you on wifi
@Kcetech1 why did you buy the MBP in the first place? Have you looked at the other multiport adapters (some include a NIC too)? Those might cut down on the amount of separate items you have to carry and if you take 2 of those you also have a backup.
If you have to connect a lot of peripherals then notebooks aren't very suited devices because they have a limited amount of ports. The amount of cables and adapters you are carrying with your MBP sounds very familiar to me. I did that at school and later at work as well. Alas, that's what you get when you're a technician. You have to be able to connect every possible exotic piece of hardware. Luckily this has improved since USB, Firewire and Thunderbolt (read: less proprietary stuff).
That problem is not going away as I've seen demonstrated today and many times in the past. People do forget their charger sometimes and in those cases it seems to be rather difficult to find a replacement. Either because they are hard to find or because someone else needs to use their own just as badly or both.If I forget to bring any adapter or even the charger, I am generally ****ed because I can't borrow one from anyone else as in most cases others are using an older model. It's a problem that goes away eventually but at the moment it is annoying to have to worry about it when on the previous models this was a non-issue, I could expect to connect that one HDMI or USB port when needed.