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It arrived...well, the adapter arrived.
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Another awesome feature of 12" rMB that is often overlooked! I can now bring one small adapter with me wherever I go, and charge all my Apple devices with it - MacBook and iPhone alike. I can also charge my Bluetooth earbuds with it too.
I wish I could, but we've been charging our iPad with a multi-charger device for a while, and I can't find the original power brick for it. Based off of memory, they're similar in size, but I can't give you the exact differences.
That's correct, but it's only a matter of time before Lightning to USB-C cables become available.
Yeah, I got the little usb-c to usb-a adapter, too, so I can charge the iPhone, iPad and Macbook all off of the new little power brick, although obviously not at the same time. I'd love to see a y-cable that is usb-c on one end and usb-c and lighting bolt on the other, so I can charge the Macbook and iPhone at the same time off of the power brick. Even better, 2 lightning bolts and a usb-c on the one end.
If you've got a measuring tape and time on your hands you could let us know the dimensions.
More important question though - will the extension cord from existing chargers fit?
If you've got a measuring tape and time on your hands you could let us know the dimensions.
More important question though - will the extension cord from existing chargers fit?
Sure. It's roughly a 2 1/8" square, and about 1 1/16" thick. Now that I'm looking at it, it may be a bit larger than the iPad's brick. Need to check the dimensions on that.
The extension cord from my 15" rMBP charger does fit.
EDIT: Now that I'm looking at iPad charger pics online, it does look even smaller, by maybe a half inch?? Sorry for the misinformation, but this new Macbook charger is still pretty small.
i just don't understand why apple uses a usb-c on the adapter. why not regular usb? then i will only need one for both computer and idevices.
but I'm sure pretty soon there will be those wall adapters on the market, and i already have a regular usb to usb-c cable
but I'm sure pretty soon there will be those wall adapters on the market, and i already have a regular usb to usb-c cable
i just don't understand why apple uses a usb-c on the adapter. why not regular usb? then i will only need one for both computer and idevices.
but I'm sure pretty soon there will be those wall adapters on the market, and i already have a regular usb to usb-c cable
no top or bottom on the plug, no 'one end or the other'. just the way things are going...so we should be seeing lots more usb-c adapters, flash drives soon...
That wouldn't work, since the Macbook switches the power supply voltage to 14V when charging (which could even damage the iDevices).
Since you have a USB to USB-C adapter, could you try if you can charge the Macbook from an iPad power supply? This won't damage anything, but I'm curious if the Macbook can trickle charge at 5V (which is the only voltage the iPad power supply can output).
Good point about the voltage. That makes sense.
I don't actually have the computer, yet, so I can't test it. I ordered my adapters and power brick in a separate order than my MacBook, because I didn't want a delay on the computer, just in case.
i understand what's behind usb-c just for now, as apple doesn't release usbc-lightning, the macbook and idevice have two very similar, but completely different charging system. this kinda complexity doesn't seem like what apple likes.
Yeah, the unfortunate thing is that USB-c is still larger than lightning, so I don't think we'll see USB-c in the phones.
Not really - im in the UK so that tiny thing doesn't really exist here. Most of the time I need to get away with one socket. This fits well, can charge my ipad or phone easily plus I know the mb will get the proper charge as well. It comes with global interchangeable plugs as well so that's a bonus.
i believe macbook can charge off a 5v power, even a portable battery. there is a cnet video on youtube tested it. macbook did pop up the charging notification, but the speed could be extremely slow.
but the logic is this, the macbook has approximately the same battery capacity as iPad 4 ~40wh, and they do have the same battery life over one charge. so they should has pretty much the same power consumption. so if a 12w wall charger can support an iPad4 charging and using at the same time, it shouldn't be a too big problem for macbook. though when using heavy applications, macbook does have significant higher power consumption
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not essentially larger, but definitely thicker.
so a lightning-usbc cable might be something we are waiting.
with that, we just need one charger, one cable and we can sync&charge both computer and iPhones.
but right now, we will need two chargers, two cables, one adapter to perform the same task. apple really should look into this. this doesn't seem like what apple would do. (probably samsung lol)
It could have worked out the same anyway. Whenever I've ordered accessories with a newly released computer, they always arrived separately because they're coming from a different place.
Whoever designed the UK plug clearly was overcompensating for something!
Look at European plugs!
I kind of don't mind using my iPhone's lightning cable with the USB-c to USB-a adapter, because I think I'd probably need that adapter, anyways. What I'd like to see is the $79 Apple adapter without the video out. Just a smaller version with one USB-c and one USB-a.