USB Adaptor for Older MacBook Pro

I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) and need additional USB ports, is there an adaptor with USB ports that will work with this model?

MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on Mar 2, 2021 1:24 PM

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Posted on Mar 2, 2021 7:40 PM

Get a powered USB3 hub, but make sure to get a respected brand since cheap no-name brands usually fail and have intermittent issues. Getting a powered hub is best as you may need the hub to help supply power to your extra USB devices. Brands such as Plugable, StarTech, Anker, and OWC should be good (there may be a few other good brands as well, but these are the ones which come to mind right now). I like to purchase USB3 hubs and USB3 devices that support the UASP protocol as it helps to boost performance when using multiple USB3 drives and mixing older USB1/2 devices with USB3 devices.

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Mar 2, 2021 7:40 PM in response to Beachjoy00

Get a powered USB3 hub, but make sure to get a respected brand since cheap no-name brands usually fail and have intermittent issues. Getting a powered hub is best as you may need the hub to help supply power to your extra USB devices. Brands such as Plugable, StarTech, Anker, and OWC should be good (there may be a few other good brands as well, but these are the ones which come to mind right now). I like to purchase USB3 hubs and USB3 devices that support the UASP protocol as it helps to boost performance when using multiple USB3 drives and mixing older USB1/2 devices with USB3 devices.

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USB Adaptor for Older MacBook Pro

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