Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
by fastball on Monday October 18, 2021 @11:03PM
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Gotcha. Well except for the weird checkra1n thing, everything else is easily migrated to USB-C. To help with that migration, I highly recommend this[1] cable (or one similar to it) as a technological Swiss Army Knife.
I made the transition at the beginning of the year to "USB-C everything I can" and it's very liberating. Ironically the only devices I have left that are not USB-C are my iPhone and AirPods (and my Kindle, but they just released a USB-C model which I will soon use to replace my current one).
[1] https://www.amazon.com/SDBAUX-USB-Compatible-Electronic-Tabl...
Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
by nfriedly on Monday October 18, 2021 @11:30PM
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Yea, fair enough. I am generally migrating in that direction, but probably a bit slower than you.
Looks like a handy cable.
Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
by ghaff on Monday October 18, 2021 @11:42PM
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As I said not something I could reasonably expect or that Apple should reasonably have done. Just another set of changes to make/stuff to buy.
In practice I’ll probably mostly just deal with for a while by carrying a hub with me.
Of course I have a ton of other things I’ll home but that’s easier dealt with using various usb hubs.
Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
by thallium205 on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @12:45AM
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Yubikey has a USB-C version with NFC now.
* My yubikey to perform 2-factor auth
* The checkra1n jailbreak for my work iPhone (I do some iOS dev and occasionally need a jailbroken device. For whatever reason, it doesn't work with a USB-C-to-lightning cable, it has to use a USB-A-to-lightning cable + a dongle.)
* A USB flash drive for transferring a presentation or whatever. (I know these come in USB-C variants, but I don't have one.)
* Charging all the random things that charge from USB-A ports.