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I have a 13" late 2013 MBPr 2.6/8/256, and I use all of the ports except thunderbolt

Hieveryone

Hieveryone

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I have a 13" late 2013 MBPr 2.6/8/256

Right now I'm using the power cable, one USB for a printer, the headphone jack for external speakers, the other USB for an external drive for TimeMachine, and the HDMI port for my external display.

The thunderbolt ports are empty. What can I use them for?
 
Hieveryone said:
Can you find one for better price? This one is $250. I need USB and HDMI especially.
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He was nice enough to do a quick search for you and you are asking him to keep searching, when you can web search just like he did? That takes a lot of nerve. Why not just say thank you for the reply, and do your own internet search now that he has pointed you in the right direction?
 
BasicGreatGuy said:
He was nice enough to do a quick search for you and you are asking him to keep searching, when you can web search just like he did? That takes a lot of nerve. Why not just say thank you for the reply, and do your own internet search now that he has pointed you in the right direction?
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Yeah you're right, thank you. I was just asking because I was driving in the car and didn't want to be typing on my iPhone and thought it would be easier to ask him. Plus he might not mind idk no harm in asking.
 
Hi guys I need some help.

I am trying to find a dock that has HDMI, audio, and at least 3 USBs.

It would be nice to just connect my power cable and ONE thunderbolt dock plug into the computer and done.
 
Hieveryone said:
Hi guys I need some help.

I am trying to find a dock that has HDMI, audio, and at least 3 USBs.

It would be nice to just connect my power cable and ONE thunderbolt dock plug into the computer and done.
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Here you go... http://www.caldigit.com/thunderboltstation2/

I've one of these (the first generation one though), and it works fine.

I also hooked up an eGPU setup to my TB2 ports for gaming: http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-...0gbps-tb2-sonnet-echo-express-iii-d-win8.html

I also have a Promise Pegasus R6 12TB RAID array connected via Thunderbolt.

Footnote: There is no such thing as a cheap TB product. The controller itself isn't cheap, and the cable itself isn't cheap either. The cable itself even has a micro controller with its own firmware.
 
I have the same model rMBP, and I don't used the thunderbolt ports. Nothing says you have to. I never used the Mini DisplayPort in my mid-2009 MBP either. Apple includes such things for "pro" users who will make use of them, but the average joe usually doesn't need to worry about them. :rolleyes:
 
Hieveryone said:
Hi guys I need some help.

I am trying to find a dock that has HDMI, audio, and at least 3 USBs.

It would be nice to just connect my power cable and ONE thunderbolt dock plug into the computer and done.
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I have the CalDigit dick and it lets me connect all my devices with just the TB connection to the MBP. Very quick to unplug and take the MBP with me. M
 
alex0002 said:
Flashing your boot ROM. :cool:
https://trmm.net/Thunderstrike
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Thanks eveverybody for the feedback.

I'm really happy to have found because of you guys an option to dock everything.

My only concern is this post this fine man posted.

Uhmmm hello?!? Malware through thunderbolt that's PERMANENT?

I understand that Apple will probably come out with a fix but does anyone think thunderbolt might be too new at this point?

I read the article and was like What the fuuuuh?
 
Hieveryone said:
Thanks eveverybody for the feedback.

I'm really happy to have found because of you guys an option to dock everything.

My only concern is this post this fine man posted.

Uhmmm hello?!? Malware through thunderbolt that's PERMANENT?

I understand that Apple will probably come out with a fix but does anyone think thunderbolt might be too new at this point?

I read the article and was like What the fuuuuh?
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I genuinely wouldn't worry about the security issues. It requires an attacker to have physical access to your machine and it assumes that said attacker brings their own thunderbolt device with malicious code on. You aren't going to experience issues like this with off-the-shelf docks.
 
Donfor39 said:
yjchua95 said:
Here you go... http://www.caldigit.com/thunderboltstation2/

I've one of these (the first generation one though), and it works fine.

I also hooked up an eGPU setup to my TB2 ports for gaming: http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-...0gbps-tb2-sonnet-echo-express-iii-d-win8.html
the thunderbolt station you are using looks excellent

i'm considering a eGPU setup

Will also need a +500 watts psu +GPU
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Alright, note that plug-and-play eGPU setups like mine only work in a UEFI installation of Windows (it can be installed in this manner in an external drive for older Macs, or natively via Boot Camp in Haswell and later Macs).

My setup is a Sonnet IIID, GTX 780 Ti and a Corsair RM450 PSU (for 8-pin cable only. Jumped the 12V rail with small piece of metal.)
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JoelTheSuperior said:
I genuinely wouldn't worry about the security issues. It requires an attacker to have physical access to your machine and it assumes that said attacker brings their own thunderbolt device with malicious code on. You aren't going to experience issues like this with off-the-shelf docks.
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Physical access is one possible method, but not the only one. But I don't wish to hijack this thread as I previously started another one on the subject.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1836112/

If you have time, the annotated version of the 31C3 talk on Thunderstrike covers the basics quite well and the video presentation is also worth a look.

https://trmm.net/Thunderstrike_31c3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BrdX7VdOr0
 
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