So you’ve got the brand new MacBook. Congrats! Now all your non USB-C peripherals (which is probably all of them) are obsolete. Apple’s solution is to have you buy a bunch of adapters, but HyperDrive has a seamless solution that expands the new MacBook’s single port into five of the most-familiar, most-used formats.
The HyperDrive 5-in-1 Hub is a great alternative to a computer bag full of dongles, and right now you can get it for $39.95 at Cult of Mac Deals.
HyperDrive’s hub plugs into the USB-C port on the side of your new MacBook, adding two USB 3.0 ports, an SDXC, microSDXC and an extra USB Type-C port to boot. All those ports come on a single, simple bar with a texture and finish perfectly matched to Apple’s beautiful designs. It even lets you charge your MacBook right through the hub.
Now you can keep up with Apple without having to ditch the gear that’s already working for you.
Buy now: Get a HyperDrive USB Type-C 5-in-1 Hub for $39.95, a discount of 20 percent.
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2 responses to “Get your old devices working on your new MacBook [Deals]”
I bought HyperDrive 5-in-1 Hub but the USB-C connector to the MacBook is not very sturdy, and wears out fairly quickly, leaving the connection fragile.
Folks, at the risk of whining, dongle meltdowns have the semantics upside-down. Ask Michellin. Akin to tyre manufacturers coming up to speed with the horsepower under the hood, it is cameras, printers, external drives etc., which are not yet Thunderbolt 3 compatible that require dongles in the transition, not the other way round. Brings to mind the ‘superfast’ USB first introduced in the Bondi two decades ago that brought peripheral manufacturers up to speed, and whiners eating crow.