Thunderbolt Display cable WAY too sensitive...

I know it's been a LONG time, but I wanted to chime in and say the tape method worked well for me. However, I wrapped a small amount of clear packing tape around the entire male end (covering the top twice with the overlap). Now they appear normal, but fit much tighter, and seem to resist the touchy disconnections. Thanks!

The answer is as simple as it is unfortunate. The Thunderbolt plug and socket are badly designed. You know that as soon as you plug it in. It is loose and the plug and socket are not deep enough to properly engage with each other. Simple problem, but the solution requires imaginative, knowledgable design so I'm afraid you're not going to see a solution very soon. If I were a product design manager and a 'designer' showed me this flakey solution I'd fire them on the spot. Sounds like a case of marketing department being allowed to influence hardware design and I really hope that's correct because I'd hate to thing that that is the current level of Apple's product design department. Meanwhile, I move my iMac, my screen goes blank - I move my MBP and my external screen goes blank. "Welcome to the new age".

Is it plugged in all the way (no metal remaining visible)? It can take some force.

Have you tryed to contact them again?

I have exactly the same problem.

Retina Display MacBook Pro, and I have two TB. Both of them have really sensitive connection.

What is the solution for this?

Tks

Same problem using the thunderbolt ports on my retina display macbook pro. Extremely annoying when trying to edit video off an external drive. When it disconnects I often have to re-import my entire cache of footage to Final Cut.

At the Genius Bar I was told they hadn't really heard of this problem...

I have exactly the same issue. Cable seems too sensitive.

Did anyone solved that problem?

Is it a MBR Thunderport problem or the all in one cable?

Need a help because this it so anoying...the slightest movement that make a movement at cable and TD comes black.

The TB cable is a very tight fit in my Mac Mini so the female side on your laptop must be little larger than mine.

Any updates on this?

I have 7 topics bookmarked on this issue so that when I sit down at Apple tomorrow I can show them I'm not the only one with this issue. But same deal.....I called in and they have never heard of this?

Anyone walking near my desk, the slightest jiggle, anything dropped on my desk.....all my monitors flash on and off. Sometimes they all come back, sometimes not.

I have to "tap" on the cable or wiggle it around until the connection goes through. This is highly highly annoying and really it was only today that I decided to upgrade my laptop with external monitors ( never had a nead to).

So on the one hand its my fault for not testing this when I bought the MBPr last July. I hope they can get this fixed because I was really hoping to use additional screens.

I'm having the same issue.

I'm on my second Apple Thunderbolt-to-VGA adapter. Every slight movement disconnects the external display and it takes slight nudges to find the sweet spot again.

Still haven't figured out if the port, or the adapter is to blame.

I'm using an early 2011 15in MBP

Same problem here. I have a 2012 13" MBA and TB display and accidentally moving anything on the desk causes the display to disconnect. Seriously irritating. I guess one could troubleshoot by taking MBA to Apple Store. But is this the way they are supposed to operate or is this a problem particular to my configuration?

You're plugging that TB display with a DisplayPort cable, do I understand that right ? No adapter, right ?

That would rule out Apple's adaptors as the cause of our issue.

For me, I don't have a problem with using a VGA or DVI adapter. Those connections are always rock solid even though I'm moving the laptop around. The problem occurs only with the TB display and it's own DisplayPort cable.

For me DVI works ok, but the HDMI does not. I have to direct connect the HDMI cable to the other side instead of using the TB connection.

The one thing that has slightly worked for me is the cable cannot be on a flat surface. It has to "hang" down to put pressure on the input. Try to connect using TB but hang the adaptors so they fall off the side of your desk.

I took my HDMI adapter to an Apple store and walked around to try it out. Every single MBP was just as loose as mine. The adapter is simply too small and not in tolerance. The DVI is also not in tolerance but for some reason it works.

The only thing that has worked from an Apple point of view is that I am thinking I need a Mini instead for my desktop solution and just leave the laptop at home for home use or meetings.