Apple equips its Macs with Thunderbolt ports that are compatible with USB-C. The MacBook Pro comes with either two or three of these ports, depending on the model you pick. A new MacBook Air has a ...

While Apple's new adapter can be attached to a computer by its FireWire connection, it will not provide Thunderbolt over FireWire. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user for the past ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

The arrival of Apple's brings with it a brand-new connection technology called Thunderbolt. And by brand-new, we mean "just announced Thursday morning," which raises lots of questions about what, ...

The first Mac with Thunderbolt 3 is now available, the non-Touch Bar 13-inch model from Apple’s new series of MacBook Pro laptops (see “New MacBook Pros Add Context-sensitive Touch Bar,” 27 October ...

This device helps fix arbitrary port limitations imposed by laptop designers that included Thunderbolt 3 or 4 ports. But it won’t work on Apple Mac M1 systems, and it’s a costly item compared with a ...

Intel has finally launched its new peripheral interconnect technology—formerly codenamed “Light Peak”—now branded “Thunderbolt.” Developed in cooperation with Apple, which introduced Thunderbolt on ...

In fact, apart from the switch to mini DisplayPort and the removal of FireWire 400, we're pretty sure you could swap in this new model for the older 2.4GHz 24-inch aluminum iMac we use as one of our ...