I am having the hardest time finding adaptors form the Thunderbolt 4, to just about anything. Been to Best Buy, don't the Amazon rout, I can't find anything that says Thunderbolt 4, it's all just USB-C to HDMI/USB/insert whatever. Any suggestions??
MacBook Air (M2, 2023)
The USB-C ports on your M2 MacBook Air are multi-purpose ports that know how to speak several protocols.
Most accessories are interested in a USB signal or in a DisplayPort signal. USB4 is so new that there are few devices which understand USB4 20 Gbps and USB4 40 Gbps transfer modes yet. Thunderbolt is more capable than USB 3.1 Gen 2, but its controllers tend to cost more to implement. If vendors can do something either using USB or using Thunderbolt, they will normally do it the cheaper way.
So you find Thunderbolt reserved for things like
The USB-C ports on your M2 MacBook Air are multi-purpose ports that know how to speak several protocols.
Most accessories are interested in a USB signal or in a DisplayPort signal. USB4 is so new that there are few devices which understand USB4 20 Gbps and USB4 40 Gbps transfer modes yet. Thunderbolt is more capable than USB 3.1 Gen 2, but its controllers tend to cost more to implement. If vendors can do something either using USB or using Thunderbolt, they will normally do it the cheaper way.
So you find Thunderbolt reserved for things like
MacMikeInOK wrote:
I would have to ask, what are you trying to connect?
Unless it's truly a Thunderbolt external device, all you may need is a USB-C to "whatever" adapter. It's very confusing, I know, because USB-C connectors are the same shape as Thunderbolt connectors.
Second this.
I would have to ask, what are you trying to connect?
Unless it's truly a Thunderbolt external device, all you may need is a USB-C to "whatever" adapter. It's very confusing, I know, because USB-C connectors are the same shape as Thunderbolt connectors.
Thunderbolt 4 adaptor
