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USB-C: I Can't, I'm on a Mac

Fairchild said:
Dude...You only need to buy one dongle that does it all:

https://www.amazon.com/Satechi-Type...=1478566166&sr=8-1&keywords=satechi+usb-c+hub
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Maybe it's just me but this dongle looks like a recipe of disaster. With the lever effect of the length of this thing, you put quite some pressure on this little USB-C port, just a matter of time to wear it out or break it. Well luckily on the base 13" at least you have a second port, on the MB you are out of luck altogether when this happens...
 
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maflynn said:
Rene Ritchie of iMore postulates that the MBP was due to be released before the iPhone 7, and if they did that. The port selection (and head phone jack) would have made sense.

Its a logical conclusion, but I know what you mean.
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RR is totally pulling that idea out of his butt. Not sure how the port selection has any tie in to the iPhone 7 as they have ZERO shared port types. Unless he is dreaming that the iPhone 7 was going to have USB-C and was changed at the last minute?
 
The next iPhone absolutely needs to be USB-C. If Apple is gonna go all-in on USB-C for Macs, they need to get iOS devices on board ASAP.

One port to rule them all, please. It's time.
 
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First generation of anything can have this types of scenarios. If I had to buy a 2016 Macbook Pro and I knew I was going to a conference or a classroom, I'd have a multi port dongle in my laptop bag. If I do presentations with my 2012 Macbook Pro Retina, I bring a thunderbolt to VGA adapter for those old projectors. Always double check your bags too to make sure you have everything including your power adapter.
 
zhenya said:
Nobody who takes their job seriously would walk into a meeting with ANY modern computer and assume they have the proper connection to the projector. EVERYONE who ACTUALLY does this carries dongles with them already.

In our Windows network of ~100 machines, I think 2 of them have SD card slots - and those are micro-sd so hardly useful for reading most camera cards.

Talk about the entitled generation...
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I've been carrying a TB-DVI, TB-VGA, TB-HDMI, and a USB3-GbE dongle in my backpack for work for the last ... let's see, since summer of 2012. So, almost 4.5 years so far. No stranger to dongles, and really not looking forward to a time when they all have to be replaced with something else, from a monetary point of view.

DVI one sees the least use, followed by the VGA one. It's a toss up between the last two over which one gets used most often, but the usage gap between those two and the VGA/DVI pair is huge.

Regarding the OP's statement about the iPhone and AUX jack on a car stereo ... made me chuckle. I have a factory Bluetooth head unit in my current vehicle that I got 3 years ago. Vehicle before that, I stuck an aftermarket head unit in it that had Bluetooth, for less than $200 CDN six years ago. Not to mention that using that AUX port is still possible with the lightning-3.5mm adapter that comes in the box with the new iPhones. (That's why I chuckled.)

I get the angst about the ports. It sucks. However, some of these complaints are a bit extreme. Not most of them. Most of them are legit. Just that some of them, a small number, are rather pushing things a bit, IMO.
 
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I don't post much but a lurker. I have always been a Apple guy. iPhones and Ipads and macbooks and apple tv 2 and new apple tv. I was waiting for the new macbook pro, budget was $2000 give and take a few hundred, but this is just nuts, I am a minimalist type of a person, why I went apple to begin with, wires and dongles just annoy the hell out of me. I use to feel proud that with apple I would never have to deal with this. I went and ordered a surface book, will be switching over my entire line of electronics since I want them all to work and sync together. Apple didn't screw it self, it screwed fans who have been all apple for decades, good luck with all your thunderbolt ports, could have left a regular usb 3 port and sd card on there Tim Cuck
 
No but you sure post a lot for some who has a life and registered a few months ago. And I been here since 2011. Kuti.
 
tooRiski said:
I don't post much but a lurker. I have always been a Apple guy. iPhones and Ipads and macbooks and apple tv 2 and new apple tv. I was waiting for the new macbook pro, budget was $2000 give and take a few hundred, but this is just nuts, I am a minimalist type of a person, why I went apple to begin with, wires and dongles just annoy the hell out of me. I use to feel proud that with apple I would never have to deal with this. I went and ordered a surface book, will be switching over my entire line of electronics since I want them all to work and sync together. Apple didn't screw it self, it screwed fans who have been all apple for decades, good luck with all your thunderbolt ports, could have left a regular usb 3 port and sd card on there Tim Cuck
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Really? That's what you want to say?
 
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Exile714 said:
You only need to take them when you'll need them. You can't leave ports (and the bulk they require) behind.

No, but seriously, I don't even know why I'm here reading week-and-a-half-old gripes from people who spend their time complaining about products they're NOT buying.
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The need for which is unpredictable. Your post exactly validates the OP's concern that led to the creation of this thread.
 
Did it ever occur to people that there are more iPhones sold than macs? Not just a hundred more, but A LOT MORE? Why should I be punished and be unable to connect my iPhone to my Windows pc with only USB A? Or my Mac Pro 2010 with USB A only? Or my 2014 iMac with USB A? or my 2013 rMBP with USB A? So millions of people should be punished for the minority that use USB C currently?

This is why the new iPhones came with USB A instead. Just get a $6 pack of not one, but TWO USB C to USB A adapters.
 
hj576 said:
Dont buy them
Honestly, dont buy apple products, they are horrible, just like you stated
BUT FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THATS HOLY AND PURE, STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND FREAKING OVER AGAIN !!!!!
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Can we sticky this as its own thread to the top of this area of the forums? Please?
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Mechinyun said:
OP is right.

This is what I see in every pro apple reply, BUY BUY BUY BUY. BUY MORE.

SHEEP. All of you.

You are now getting LESS for MORE. Right out of the box. Then what? Go SPEND MORE.

No wonder everyone is in debt and has bad credit.
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r/OldPeopleFacebook is leaking.
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xmonkey said:
The next iPhone absolutely needs to be USB-C. If Apple is gonna go all-in on USB-C for Macs, they need to get iOS devices on board ASAP.

One port to rule them all, please. It's time.
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I'm sure there millions of non-Mac users would love that! I think there should be a choice going forward USB-A or USB-C
 
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xWhiplash said:
Did it ever occur to people that there are more iPhones sold than macs? Not just a hundred more, but A LOT MORE? Why should I be punished and be unable to connect my iPhone to my Windows pc with only USB A? Or my Mac Pro 2010 with USB A only? Or my 2014 iMac with USB A? or my 2013 rMBP with USB A? So millions of people should be punished for the minority that use USB C currently?

This is why the new iPhones came with USB A instead. Just get a $6 pack of not one, but TWO USB C to USB A adapters.
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The iphone thing has been so dumb to me the entire time. You realize at least how many people would have flipped their **** if their iphones came without a regular usb cable
 
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fox10078 said:
The iphone thing has been so dumb to me the entire time. You realize at least how many people would have flipped their **** if their iphones came without a regular usb cable
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I can understand the frustration, but think about it for people that have older macs or Windows computers. Those have USB-A. I would prefer my iPhone to come with USB-A and just get a $3 adapter if/when I need to connect it to USB-C.
 
The same can be said with the earlier versions.

"We need you to connect to our ancient projector running VGA"
- I can't I am on a 2013 rMBP with no VGA out.
"We need you to connect to the network through Ethernet"
- I can't I am on a 2013 rMBP with no Ethernet port.
"We got you these monitors with DVI ports"
- I can't I am on a 2013 rMBP with no DVI out.
 
ranbo said:
The new MacBook Pro, with no ports except USB-C:
  • "Here, plug into the projector."
    • "I can't, I'm on a Mac."
  • "Here, grab those pictures from my SD card."
    • "I can't, I'm on a Mac."
  • "Here, copy that onto my thumb drive."
    • "I can't, I'm on a Mac."
  • "Here, use my mouse." "
    • I can't, I'm on a Mac."
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"Here, grab those pictures from my SD card."
Answer: Can't you just sent them via bluetooth or create shared folder in Google Drive?" That is the present and the future.

"Here, copy that on my thumb drive."
Answer: No, I will share a Google Drive folder with you. Because thumb drives are annoying and you and everyone else will lost it anyways."

"Here, use my mouse"
Answer: What? You don't have a bluetooth mouse? Or why would you use mouse anyways when you have a god-tier trackpad.
 
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xWhiplash said:
The same can be said with the earlier versions.

"We need you to connect to our ancient projector running VGA"
- I can't I am on a 2013 rMBP with no VGA out.
"We need you to connect to the network through Ethernet"
- I can't I am on a 2013 rMBP with no Ethernet port.
"We got you these monitors with DVI ports"
- I can't I am on a 2013 rMBP with no DVI out.
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Go back further...
"Connect to HDMI"
- I can't I'm on a 2010 cMBP... no HDMI out (or VGA or DVI)

Apple portables (and some desktops) have needed dongles for displays forever (on and off). I'm happy Apple has stopped playing the game of switching it every few years. This year is mini-VGA, this year is mini-DVI, this year is mini-DisplayPort.
 
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xWhiplash said:
Did it ever occur to people that there are more iPhones sold than macs? Not just a hundred more, but A LOT MORE? Why should I be punished and be unable to connect my iPhone to my Windows pc with only USB A? Or my Mac Pro 2010 with USB A only? Or my 2014 iMac with USB A? or my 2013 rMBP with USB A? So millions of people should be punished for the minority that use USB C currently?

This is why the new iPhones came with USB A instead. Just get a $6 pack of not one, but TWO USB C to USB A adapters.
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My mac phone should work seamlessly out of the box with my mac computer.
 
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0x100 said:
My mac phone should work seamlessly out of the box with my mac computer.
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Does it not? AirDrop works, iCloud syncing... well, it's not any WORSE because of the ports issue.

I suppose iTunes syncing and backup won't work without first connecting and turning on WiFi sync. Is that how it works in MacOS, I've been on Windows all my life?
 
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