Interesting, I've never heard of or experienced this issue. We have a TB3 dock connected to an M2 Max Studio since day one with no issues, and I've had a Mac with TB3 since 2017 that never had any problems with various TB/USB devices.
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OWC's Upcoming Thunderbolt 5 Hub Adds Three More Thunderbolt 5 Ports to Latest Macs
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I will never rely on any dock or hub until macOS fixes the constant disconnects, especially when it has Ethernet which constantly drops for me. I’ll get the Mac Studio or Mac Pro just for the ports.
Nice. They put the upstream port on the back! I'm looking forward to what Caldigit has to offer... hope to see the TS5 soon!
Does anyone know what that plastic shelf is under the monitor that the memory is on? Looks like it would fit nicely under my iMac screen.
Edit: nevermind, I found it. I didn't realize the monitor was on it in the phone. It's too tall to use as storage under the iMac anyway.
Edit: nevermind, I found it. I didn't realize the monitor was on it in the phone. It's too tall to use as storage under the iMac anyway.
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It would be sooo awesome if they made one of these that also had a thunderbolt 2 bi-directional port on it. The more flexibility on a dock the better, particularly since they are limited on the actual computer.
I would love to be able to swap in one of my older intel Macbooks, easily use it in my setup and then be able to pop a new M series Mac back in. And of course if you happen to have any older peripherals, it would also be great - there’s not much downside. I wouldn’t even mind a firewire port for some things we have lying around that are still useful. And obviously it should have hdmi. What’s the point of empty space on the back of the dock or having to use dongles?! particularly at a premium price.
I would love to be able to swap in one of my older intel Macbooks, easily use it in my setup and then be able to pop a new M series Mac back in. And of course if you happen to have any older peripherals, it would also be great - there’s not much downside. I wouldn’t even mind a firewire port for some things we have lying around that are still useful. And obviously it should have hdmi. What’s the point of empty space on the back of the dock or having to use dongles?! particularly at a premium price.
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I can pick up a similar USB dock for 12 bucks on amazon. Who would pay 190 bucks for this thing???
I've used the same Kensington TB3 dock for the last 7 years with multiple monitors for several hours a day without issue... I'm sure some people have disconnect issues with some Thunderbolt devices, but it's hardly a universal issue.
A bigger issue I've had is monitors that improperly implement DisplayPort(especially when tunneling over USB-C). I've run into several monitors that implement some part of the spec in some asinine or wrong way that makes their USB-C port unusably flaky. A workaround is to use one of the monitors HDMI or DisplayPort ports instead of trying to use USB-C directly. A poor implementation of DisplayPort without USB-C can be rectified by adding a repeater/hotplug-maintainer/DCC-fixer that allows you to ignore the broken parts of the monitor. e.g.
A bigger issue I've had is monitors that improperly implement DisplayPort(especially when tunneling over USB-C). I've run into several monitors that implement some part of the spec in some asinine or wrong way that makes their USB-C port unusably flaky. A workaround is to use one of the monitors HDMI or DisplayPort ports instead of trying to use USB-C directly. A poor implementation of DisplayPort without USB-C can be rectified by adding a repeater/hotplug-maintainer/DCC-fixer that allows you to ignore the broken parts of the monitor. e.g.
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It's a marketed as a "hub," not a "docking station" (but it actually does add a USB-A port!). This is typical and not unlike their Thunderbolt 4 (I think? the generation isn't clear...) hub and Belkin's "Connect" hub.
similar only in that both have the words 'usb' and 'dock', totally dissimilar in terms of the power they can provide, the speeds they can run at and the devices they support. but hey, why buy a Mercedes for $70K when you can buy a pedal go kart on amazon for $249.
Each downstream port has a 15W USB-C connector (without Power Delivery). However, the upstream port will not have any remaining 140W USB-PD power.
I'm of mixed opnions on OWC. I bought one of their external SSD TB3 drives and it's incredible, a great buy despite the expense. I'd highly recommend it. But I bought the TB3 version of this hub and it was the worst experience. The thing constantly refused to reconnect if the computer was rebooted or if the hub lost power. I wasted so much time after reboots trying to get the darn thing to reconnect. I wound up buying a TB hub from Satechi and it's been far more reliable than the junk hub OWC made.
M4 can only support so many lanes, this gets you nothing
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...use-with-the-mac-studio.2337454/post-33308652 We have a bunch of exciting things coming, some sooner and some later.
$189.99 isn't a bad price but adding just 2 TB5 ports (since you will be sacrificing one port on the Mac) and 1 USB-A port isn't much of an upgrade.
It seems interesting to add additional power supply, as high-performance peripherals tend to have high energy consumption. Devices like M2 drives or external Thunderbolt 10G network cards would be powered by the Thunder5 hub
I have their Thunderbolt 3 dock (not hub) and love it. I close my MBP, put it in a stand, and plug one cable in. You get video, audio, Ethernet, card readers, USB ports, and computer-charging in a very tidy setup.
Do you have a recommendation for a better dock?
I read some bad reviews, but so far my dock has been very solid. I had video issues at first, which appear to have been due to a bad USB DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapter. Now all is good.
Do you have a recommendation for a better dock?
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Too bad it didn’t come with a ssd memory slot 
I can't help but ask... as someone that had a CD collection, whenever I popped one in to play, I found it easy to load it into my iTunes so I never had to put the actual disk in again. So.. why keep playing physical media from a device designed to store it?