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you can already find those on amazon fyi https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=magnetic+usb+c https://smile.amazon.co
by unprepare 10y ago
you can already find those on amazon fyi
https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=magnetic+usb+c https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3...
- hinkley 10y agoWhat I really want is a dongle that lets me use my existing magsafe bricks with the new MBP. Is there one of those coming?
- tim333 10y agoThere's a cheap Chinese one on Amazon but apparently it doesn't work properly https://www.amazon.com/HIOTECH-MagSafe-Adapter-Converter-Connector/dp/B0167WMHP0 https://www.amazon.com/HIOTECH-MagSafe-Adapter-Converter-Con...
- FireBeyond 10y agoSounds exactly like something I want to plug into my brand new up-to-$4K laptop...
- jrcii 10y agoThis looks a little more promising https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CQTK6GU/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CQTK6GU/
- hinkley 10y agoThe other guys managed to design one with a < 3mm profile. It should be possible, shouldn't it? The big problem would be with the voltage. But it looks like the USB-3.1 spec supports 20 volts (same as the 85W brick that comes with high end MBPs), and the mac power bricks only send 3-7V until they've had a handshake with the computer. So it seems at least within the realm of physics that you could make a dongle about the size of the old magsafe-1 to magsafe-2 adapter...
- gknoy 10y agoWow, that's cool. There are apparently ones for micro USB, which means that ... I can have a magsafe adapter for my phone. I might have to buy one, as my kids destroyed the last charger they tried to unplug from my phone.
- seanp2k2 10y agoNow they just need to get USB-C on the next iPhone, and everyone will complain that Lightning was fine. They should have done USB-C from the beginning for lightning, but it wasn't ready yet (and still really isn't in terms of ecosystem and standardization in practice).
- eltoozero 10y ago> USB-C on the next iPhone Not gonna happen, iOS devices are Apple devices. The best you can hope for is a short 1st party lightning to USB-C female, but this probably won't happen for a while as USB-C spec requires ANYTHING with a receptacle to talk to the thing on the other end.
- AlphaSite 10y agoUSBc was a response to lighting, so that would be difficult.
- inopinatus 10y agoPlease do not recommend the Griffin product for the MacBook Pro. It is not rated for 87W.
- bri3d 10y agoShouldn't it negotiate with the Source using its Cable Identifier and simply provide 60W (20V @ 3A) maximum to the MBP? So a slow charge, but not dangerous? Has anyone tested this scenario in real life? I'd imagine that if the machine is idle, 60W would at least provide break-even, and in sleep, should be able to charge it. But that's assuming that the identity negotiation works properly with this hardware combination.
- bartvk 10y agoI haven't calculated it, but I don't see that laptop consume more than 60W. Unless you've got all CPU and GPU cores blazing, and one or more devices quick-charging. And then it'll temporarily dip into the battery.
- unprepare 10y agoI wasnt trying to recommend a specific product, which is why i linked to the search rather than a specific product page. I havent used any of them so wouldnt feel comfortable recommending any individual model