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Can I connect Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C device to a Thunderbolt 2 port?
I have an old Mac Air 2015 that has a Thunderbolt 2 port. I want to connect it to my new iPhone using the new USB-C to lighting cable.
Is there an adaptor to convert that?
iPhone 12 Pro Max
Eng_Suroor wrote:
Can I connect Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C device to a Thunderbolt 2 port?
I have an old Mac Air 2015 that has a Thunderbolt 2 port. I want to connect it to my new iPhone using the new USB-C to lighting cable.
Is there an adaptor to convert that?
You need a USB-C to USB-A adapter or simply get a USB-A to Lightning cable. With the latter you need to make sure it passes data and not simply a charging cable. The Lightning to USB-A cable that Apple sells will work just fine.
Apple cable:
Lightning to USB Cable (1 m) - Apple
Simple USB-C to USB-A adapters can be found on Amazon by searching "usb-c to usb-a adapter". As an example:
Just make sure the adapting "direction" is like this example.
FWIW, the Thunderbolt port on the 2017 MacBook Air can only be used with Thunderbolt devices.
Eng_Suroor wrote:
Can I connect Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C device to a Thunderbolt 2 port?
I have an old Mac Air 2015 that has a Thunderbolt 2 port. I want to connect it to my new iPhone using the new USB-C to lighting cable.
Is there an adaptor to convert that?
You need a USB-C to USB-A adapter or simply get a USB-A to Lightning cable. With the latter you need to make sure it passes data and not simply a charging cable. The Lightning to USB-A cable that Apple sells will work just fine.
Apple cable:
Lightning to USB Cable (1 m) - Apple
Simple USB-C to USB-A adapters can be found on Amazon by searching "usb-c to usb-a adapter". As an example:
Just make sure the adapting "direction" is like this example.
FWIW, the Thunderbolt port on the 2017 MacBook Air can only be used with Thunderbolt devices.
Unfortunately no.
Which partially explains why TB2 computers still had accompanying USB (albeit USB-A) ports.
Can I connect Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C device to a Thunderbolt 2 port
