Specifically, this means Thunderbolt 3 and Thunderbolt 4, and not Thunderbolt 2 nor the original. A USB-C cable doesn't mean it's Thunderbolt-compatible It's easy to assume that a cable with USB ...

(You can get USB 3 speeds on the 15 Pro, but you'll need to buy a special cable as Apple won't include one in the box.) Apple fans hoped the iPhone would get the Thunderbolt connection MacBooks ...

Thunderbolt 5 is a new addition to the Mac, and there’s a good chance we’ll see it as part of the new M4 MacBook Pro expected to be announced tomorrow. In the meantime though, if you’re ...

Thunderbolt is a widely adopted standard, yet its implementation over USB-C remains confusing. Its more likely USB 3.1 or 3.2. Before you even think of which cable to buy, you should know the ...

Note the Thunderbolt 3 cable, which looks identical to a USB-C one. All Thunderbolt 3 (and subsequent Thunderbolt revisions) ...

What's Thunderbolt? Is it the same as USB-C ... solid-state drive into a USB 3.2 port on your computer, but use a USB 3.0 cable—data will only transfer at USB 3.0 speeds. Make sure every ...

He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Intel’s Thunderbolt 5 might be the best USB-C cable ever, with 120Gbps of single-direction bandwidth, 240 watts of power ...

and 175 times faster than the USB 2.0 transfer speeds we saw from Belkin’s power cable. The design is a cut above. This OWC cable is just a little nicer than the other Thunderbolt 4 cables we ...

Using a Thunderbolt 4 cable, for example, won't give you the faster speeds promised by that standard if you plug it into a Thunderbolt 3 port or USB-C Gen 3.2 port, and connecting two Thunderbolt ...

A Thunderbolt port only works its magic when you use a Thunderbolt cable. These too tend to look just like regular USB-C cables. Before learning what Thunderbolt is, you gotta know the basics of USB.

With USB and Thunderbolt docks ... but relatively few can deliver 140W over a Thunderbolt cable to an attached laptop. That’s enough for many gaming systems or mobile workstations.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Thunderbolt 5 has arrived, and it's finally started to crop up in laptops hitting the ...