Is it safe to use USB-C multiport hub adapters/docks with the M1 MacBooks? There appear to be several users who have dead MacBooks after plugging them in to these adapters/docks. Thank you!
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.1
Then the complete notebook becomes useless.... I ordered the same Multiport Adapter as well as the Satechi from Apple, come's in tomorrow.
How to connect everything without a hub? Camera, monitor, card reader , Wacom tablet...
With some bad luck an Intel notebook of some sort remains the better choice..
I think that nobody knows for sure, but IT SEEMS that the issue only happens when the MacBook M1 is powered via the Hub (PD). It is probably safe to use the Hub without connecting a power adapter to the Hub. Connect the power adapter directly to the MacBook. At least I'm doing that until this issue is cleared up. So far, so good.
Callaway, do you mean charging an iPhone by connecting it to the MacBook Air M1? I would not do it. I'm really scared about the issue. I need the MacBook for work and can't afford to have it in the shop for a week again.
Sir Lancaster wrote:
Callaway, do you mean charging an iPhone by connecting it to the MacBook Air M1? I would not do it. I'm really scared about the issue. I need the MacBook for work and can't afford to have it in the shop for a week again.
I have connected my iPhone 11 Pro directly to my M1 MacBook Air
without any issues (syncing, updating, tethered hotspot).
I wonder if the issue is occurring only with the 7 core GPU versions,
the 8 core GPU versions, or a mix of the two.
FWIW, it is obviously not happening with all new MacBook Airs otherwise
there would be 100's of posts with thousands of threads. There are 10's of thousands
of M1 MacBook Airs in the wild (probably and under estimate) so it seems
the percentage failures are not large and may even be limited to a certain
production run.
I have a 9 port hub that plugs into both USB-C ports on my new MBA M1 and have had no issues.. Not a major brand (Niearcool). Maybe I'm just lucky.
That's what I'll do to.
Hi Sir Lancaster. Would you use the PD to charge an iPhone, iPad, or headphones?
We're on the same page. Better safe than sorry.
Most likely Apple knows by now... I wish they could come straight about this... Because I have 3 MacBook Air M1s and the situation is not nice.
Dead MacBook M1 after Using USB-C Multiport Hub Adapters/Docks
