Even my old 16 intel machine would slowly drain the battery under heavy load if I only had the TS3 powering it. The real power supply never skipped a beat. I expect that'll be even worse with the 140 watt one!
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Macbook Pro with ThunderBolt Dock A Solid Solution?
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Yep. But all we need to do is plug in the magsafe. Not exactly a great effort needed to undock by unplugging a thunderbolt 3 cable and a magsafe.
Not sure, but I think it will be ok. My dock supplies 85w, and as a test I'm simultaneously exporting images from Lightroom (which uses CPU) and Capture One (which uses GPU), and am not seeing any battery drain indicated. The powermetrics terminal command is showing about 45 watts of "package power" usage (though I don't think that includes the LCD backlighting, but power usage for that is not showing up for me).
Yup, so it's not really a port loss for me because of that. The machine's smart enough to draw from the biggest supply.
encoding videos in batch is what triggers it for me...spikes all the CPU cores to 100%
Oh sorry, I was thinking of the Intel 16”. Anyway, I have 14” M1Max on order and I’m hoping to get by with the CalDigit Element Hub that delivers a fixed 60W. It’s because they mention in their marketing that it’s fixed 60W vs variable wattage on other hubs that I know this is how others do it. Worst case I will also need to plug the MagSafe when pushing the machine. Still better than having to plug everything every time.
No worries, it is hard to keep track of all the different specs.
Nice on the 14 MBP, do report back once you have it, and on how well the Element works with it. Good point on the fixed supply, another thing for em to watch out for
Yeah, it's just another thing to keep in mind. My sister calls it the law of conservation of hassle. When you switch to something new, it's never less of a hassle. It's just a different kind of hassle. Typical example: Bluetooth headphones. No cable, but why doesn't it connect? Or here: just one cable, but will it work with all my stuff and then what if I do this or that?Good point on the fixed supply, another thing for em to watch out for
60's going to be a bit tight if you have any sort of load. USB-C is capped at 100W if I recall right, which is the other reason for the return of magsafe
I read somewhere that the 16” at full load uses somewhere around 65W. For normal work I do, those 60W should be enough. But I’ll let you know when I get the 14”. Current date is end of the month.
That's surprise me given that it ships with a 140w supply, but please, post back with experience.
No I know that, I meant the alleged 65w under load. Should have quoted that post.
So I remembered the 60W but the reality is more complicated indeed. I probably remembered the CPU only scenario because I hardly have a need for the GPU. And to be clear: this is the 2021 16”, not the Intel one. For more details on the exact specs tested, check the article.
140W is only there for fast charging. I’ll definitely report back when I get the 14” M1Max 32GB. I now know what a Mac does when the power supply doesn’t provide sufficient power. I connected my Intel 16” to my iPad charger recently ?
I've got a TS3+ with my M1 Pro, a LG 34" Ultrawide and lots of ports in use - all works fine.
Occasionally I need to open the lid of my laptop to get the monitor to wake, but that's been an issue with Macs and thunderbolt-connected monitors for as long as I can remember.
Dude, you’re a wealth of info on Thunderbolt. Thanks for the insight, you’ve cleared up a ton of questions for me (a guy moving to MacBook/Thunderbolt/Logic with zero experience on Macs)
Cheers…
Anyone tried the Kensington SD5750T(https://www.cdw.com/product/kensing...derbolt-4-3-x-thunderbolt-gi/6732279?pfm=srh#) that comes with 180w for Macbook Pro Max? I have 3 Display Monitors and Macbook display(Totally 4 screens) with my current MBP 13" 2019. I have ordered M1 Macbook Pro Max 16" and yet to receive it. I currently use startech dock and i do have TS3 Plus as well. I was curious to check whether Thunderbolt4 dock would be better for new MBP?
Well most Docks using TB4 are hard to find, I currently got a TB4 Dock from DELL but costed me around 300€.
A mate of mine got the Calldigit one and he’s happy with it but paid a whopping 400€
I just took delivery of an OWC ThunderBolt 4 Dock, 300 Euros too from the Europe store. A lot fo ports mind...
I will report back once I have tested it out
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Do give us some feedback, looking forward to itI just took delivery of an OWC ThunderBolt 4 Dock, 300 Euros too from the Europe store. A lot fo ports mind...
I will report back once I have tested it out