which cable to use to connect two thunderbolt4 Mac book pros
I need to transfer some files from my 2015 MacBook Pro to my 2020 MacBook Pro. Which cable would I need to do that? Thank you.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.7
📢 Newsroom Update
Apple’s new MacBook Pro features the incredibly powerful M4 family of chips and ushers in a new era with Apple Intelligence. Learn more >
Apple’s new MacBook Pro features the incredibly powerful M4 family of chips and ushers in a new era with Apple Intelligence. Learn more >
📢 Newsroom Update
Apple introduces M4 Pro and M4 Max. Learn more >
Apple introduces M4 Pro and M4 Max. Learn more >
I need to transfer some files from my 2015 MacBook Pro to my 2020 MacBook Pro. Which cable would I need to do that? Thank you.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.7
It might make more sense to buy a USB 3 flash drive, hard drive, or SSD, and use that to move the files.
Just the other week, for instance, a local store had credit-card-sized 1 TB SSDs on sale for ~$60. USB flash drives with 32 – 128 GB of storage can go for under $20 on sale.
With the Thunderbolt adapters and cabling, if you only use those once, you might be kicking yourself for spending $80 for that one-time transfer.
It might make more sense to buy a USB 3 flash drive, hard drive, or SSD, and use that to move the files.
Just the other week, for instance, a local store had credit-card-sized 1 TB SSDs on sale for ~$60. USB flash drives with 32 – 128 GB of storage can go for under $20 on sale.
With the Thunderbolt adapters and cabling, if you only use those once, you might be kicking yourself for spending $80 for that one-time transfer.
2015 MacBook Pros have Thunderbolt 2 ports. Those used Mini DisplayPort connectors. Thunderbolt 3 and 4 live on USB-C connectors.
So if you were trying to make a Thunderbolt connection – to use Thunderbolt Target Disk Mode, or to set up an IP-over-Thunderbolt network (Thunderbolt Bridge) and do network file sharing over that, you would need roughly $80 in Thunderbolt connection hardware:
I appreciate your help very much. I'll get USB flash drive and transfer what I need. Thank you!
which cable to use to connect two thunderbolt4 Mac book pros