USB-C Hubs prevent brand new Macbook Pros from booting
Recently I set up three new macbook pros (each with 4 thunderbolt3 connectors) for three different clients. Each laptop was connected to a different off-brand usb-c hub, unpowered, with 3 or more USB-3 connectors. (The most recent one was a "16-inch 2019 Macbook Pro".)
With nothing plugged into the hubs, and the hubs plugged into a thund-3 port:
> Two of the three laptops got stuck in the boot-up process as soon as the white apple appeared. (No progress bar.)
> The third macbook had to be returned because the hardware was damaged and neither an old nor new OS could be installed.
I told the clients to buy a powered Anker hub and now I'm waiting for the result.
Similar issues here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2798563?login=true
(BTW -- a fourth client with a likewise brand new macbook pro was unable to copy content over either thru Restore from TM or Migration Assistant using TM -- after 2 days on phone with apple, she had to do a direct Wifi Migration.)
So -- How confident should I be these things are caused by the cheap hubs?
(BTW2 - When on the phone with apple support, I asked the apple guy if there's a problem with the recent apple hardware. He said, "I see nothing trending here...")
2020-09-10
MacBook Pro
