iPad Pro Hub for charging and data....

[Jon2017]

Hi
Mac virgin here looking to buy the new iPad Pro.

With just a single lightening socket, I want to know if there is a dongle with at least 2 USB (1 for charging, the other for data) ?

I have had a look but there doesn't seem to be any out there......

 

[ericwn]

Check out dual lightning adapters. A quick internet search showed some at Amazon already. Btw, the company is called Apple and Mac is a different product entirely.

 

[JulianL]

Not exactly what you asked for but the official Apple USB3 camera adapter (https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MK0W2ZM/A/lightning-to-usb-3-camera-adapter) probably does what you want. It has a lightning plug to plug into your iPad Pro and then two input sockets, a standard USB-A socket for data and a lightning socket that is just for charging.

Presumably with what you were asking for you would have used a USB-A to USB-A cable to plug into the charging port so the only difference with this solution is that you need to a standard USB to Lightning cable to plug into the charging socket. By all means use the one that came with your iPad Pro but if for some reason that is needed elsewhere then there are plenty of third party cables available at reasonable prices.

By the way, the term "camera adapter" is misleading. The USB is a general purpose data port. I use my Apple Camera Adapter as an audio interface to get digital data in and out from my guitar effects processor and I know others who do the same.