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Q: I need an adaptor that's USB-C to 3x USB-C (or more)

I need an adaptor that's USB-C to 3x USB-C (or more) since I've purchased adaptors for my peripherals but can only plug one in at a time!

 

It's all good and well to have a 3-in-one adaptor for people who only use the exact devices catered for by this limited selection, but I need more flexibility than that. I had no idea this would be such a hard thing to find - obviously there are thousands of options that do this for regular USB but I can't find a single one that does it for USB-C.

MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), null

Posted on Jul 15, 2015 2:50 AM

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Q: I need an adaptor that's USB-C to 3x USB-C (or more)

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  • by Klaus1,

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Jul 15, 2015 7:28 AM in response to hackneyms
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    Jul 15, 2015 7:28 AM in response to hackneyms

    You need a powered hub. Available anywhere like Amazon or eBay.

  • by hackneyms,

    hackneyms hackneyms Jul 15, 2015 8:02 AM in response to Klaus1
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    Jul 15, 2015 8:02 AM in response to Klaus1

    I know that I need a powered hub, but the only ones I was able to find on Amazon were USB-C to USB. I cannot find a single one that is USB-C to USB-C.

  • by Lanny,

    Lanny Lanny Jul 15, 2015 11:58 AM in response to hackneyms
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    Jul 15, 2015 11:58 AM in response to hackneyms
    I know that I need a powered hub, but the only ones I was able to find on Amazon were USB-C to USB. I cannot find a single one that is USB-C to USB-C.

    At this point in time, no one is going to make something that that has no market. Maybe in the future, but since there are hardly any USB-C devices on the market, no one is going to rush into manufacturing a powered all USB-C only hub.

  • by Klaus1,

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Jul 15, 2015 3:58 PM in response to hackneyms
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    Jul 15, 2015 3:58 PM in response to hackneyms

    hackneyms wrote:

     

    I know that I need a powered hub, but the only ones I was able to find on Amazon were USB-C to USB. I cannot find a single one that is USB-C to USB-C.

    How about this one?

     

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plugable-SuperSpeed-Firmware-Backwards-Compatibility/dp/ B009EX24T4

  • by hackneyms,

    hackneyms hackneyms Jul 21, 2015 1:43 AM in response to Lanny
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    Jul 21, 2015 1:43 AM in response to Lanny

    Apple: "let's manufacture a computer with one port, and get users to buy adaptors for all their peripherals."

    Me: "ok fine, no problem!"

    Apple: "only one peripheral allowed at a time tho lol"

     

    If there's no market, what am I doing here?

  • by hackneyms,

    hackneyms hackneyms Jul 21, 2015 1:46 AM in response to Klaus1
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    Jul 21, 2015 1:46 AM in response to Klaus1

    If you look at the ports you can see right away that these won't fit a USB-C connector. I thought I was just being dim or something, not seeing that USB-C is apparently the same as USB 3 despite looking completely different. But nope.

  • by custom mini,

    custom mini custom mini Jul 22, 2015 7:07 AM in response to hackneyms
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    Jul 22, 2015 7:07 AM in response to hackneyms

    hackneyms,

     

    You are not going to like the real answer to your question, you along with a lot of other people have brought into a technology that like it or not the PC world ie Windows has not embraced yet so until it does you have the choice of doing nothing and making do or buying a very expensive unit produced by only one manufacture when/if it becomes available - I have been watching USB 3.1 from a PC side and have only found around 3 Motherboards that use it so far so I will wait untill/if it becomes mainstream.

     

    If you think about it the same fate have fallen on Thunderbolt/2, less than 12 PC motherboards use it and so there is no one using it outside of Apple and the only truly native items you can use on it are Hard Disc's and a few Monitors.

     

    Sorry but that is the cold hard truth.

     

    Custom mini

  • by ddbg,

    ddbg ddbg Aug 19, 2016 6:08 PM in response to hackneyms
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    Aug 19, 2016 6:08 PM in response to hackneyms

    I'm in the same situation.  I need to connect my USB-C External HardDisk and be able to power the macbook.  I need a USB-C hub with 3 usb-c ports

  • by ddbg,

    ddbg ddbg Aug 19, 2016 6:10 PM in response to custom mini
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    Aug 19, 2016 6:10 PM in response to custom mini

    It is really comes down to a stupid Macbook designer with 1 USB-C port is the source of the problem.

  • by ddbg,

    ddbg ddbg Aug 19, 2016 6:13 PM in response to hackneyms
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    Aug 19, 2016 6:13 PM in response to hackneyms

    I'm in the same situation....
    Solution:  Sell your macbook.