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Oof. I'm looking for a thunderbolt dock. Probably should hold off a while eh? Please share if you find resolution or find one you like that does work well.
 
Suggest you look at the announcements from Caldigit on the M1 Pro/Max compatibility with their product line.
 
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Suggest you look at the announcements from Caldigit on the M1 Pro/Max compatibility with their product line.

Link above shows compatibility of the OWC thunderbolt hub. Scrolled all the way down for the new 2021 MacBook Pro M1
 
The front page of MacRumors has a notice that some people running Monterey are having trouble with USB ports on many docks/hubs.
I'm thinking this may be a similar issue...?

I have a similar OWC TB4 dock (the one with more USB ports, ethernet and SD card slot), however, and it's running fine on my M1 MacBook Air running Monterey. All of the USB and USB-C ports, and the audio out port, are occupied.

You should contact OWC support and see if they've tested it on an M1P or M1M machine yet.
 
Mine works. Newest owc dock with 3 downstream Thunderbolt ports, Ethernet, ssd card, usb a ports. Running it 16hrs per day no issues with M1 max 14”.
 
I can confirm that the Sonnet dock works perfectly. I too had issues with my OWC gear, specifically their 10Gig ethernet adapters. This is what I use with my M1 Max. I actually hang my Pro Display XDR with a 50' Corning Thunderbolt 3 optical cable and also a 10 Gig Sonnet thunderbolt off of the dock without any issues. Its really amazing tech and Sonnet supports Apple Silicon perfectly.

 
For those that are having issues, make sure you install the OWC Dock Ejector tool. That seems to have fixed all my issues.
 
I bought this dock and Im out of the return period. My Samsung 870 QVO 8TB isnt showing up. Wonder how to troubleshoot this. The enclosure is an ORICO USB3 drive. I have a 14 M1 Max.
 
Sounds like a defective dock.

No issues here once I installed the Ejector app.
Are you talking about the same dock? I just received my pre-order Thunderbolt 4 dock yesterday. I have the 2021 16” pro max. All my devices work well so far, including output to 1 4k monitor.

I don’t see the eject tool for this new TB4 dock.
 
I contacted OWC today and asked with this hub supports the M1 MAX. They confirmed. I have the Element hub from Caldigit but might return since is not working with my 30” ACD. I'm in between OWC or the Sonnet.
 
I can confirm that the Sonnet dock works perfectly. I too had issues with my OWC gear, specifically their 10Gig ethernet adapters. This is what I use with my M1 Max. I actually hang my Pro Display XDR with a 50' Corning Thunderbolt 3 optical cable and also a 10 Gig Sonnet thunderbolt off of the dock without any issues. Its really amazing tech and Sonnet supports Apple Silicon perfectly.


Have you had any issues with waking your computer from sleep? Are you able to wake your computer via keyboard or mouse consistently?
 
I just ordered the OWC TB4 on Black Friday. Let's see how it works with my MBP Max and ACD 30". If doesn't work well, I guess will return it and go for the Sonnet Echo.
 
Got the same problem. Brand new install from factory MacBook M1 Pro 16". No migration. Installed the dock ejector. Still says No OWC dock Attached. Gotta wait til they open to resolve
 
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