New Power Cable For Mac

I’ve said than that I’m relaxed about Apple’s decision to fit only USB-C ports in the new MacBook Pro. I’d rather have to pay for two adapters and one cable now than be stuck with outdated ports for most of the 4-5 years I expect to keep the machine. But I discovered that Apple did have one more hidden extra cost in store for 2016 MacBook Pro buyers: (13-inch model) (15-inch model) power adapter the company sells as an accessory doesn’t include the USB-C cable you need to actually, you know, use it. What you get in the box is:.

1. New Power Cord For Macbook Air
2. Macbook Power Cable
3. Mac Mini Power Cable

New Power Cord For Macbook Air

There are numerous high quality third party cables with C7 connector available for use with the Mac Mini or any other device that accepts C7 connections.

the power adapter. a mains plug. that’s all There is no figure-8 extension cable, exactly as with the MacBook Pro itself (it’s available separately for $19), which is perhaps forgivable – not everyone will need one. But there’s also no USB-C cable, rendering the charger completely useless unless you lay out. If you want both the figure-8 cable and USB-C cable, that brings the total cost of a second charger for the 15-inch MacBook Pro up to $125. I can’t be bothered to move power adapters around, so I always have three: one in the office, one in the living-room and one that lives in my luggage along with a complete set of essential cables. That’s a habit I developed when I was doing a lot of travel, enabling me to pack in ten minutes flat and also ensuring I didn’t forget anything important, but one I still consider worthwhile today.

So two additional power adapters would – at Apple prices – add up to $250 on top of what is already an extremely. That does, I have to say, leave a rather unpleasant taste in my mouth. Of course, there’s no need to pay Apple prices for either cable. Amazon has of USB-C to USB-C cables, including ones from respected brands for around of Apple’s cable.

Same with, like a. But it’s the principle of the thing. What Apple is selling is not a power adapter in the sense that it has always sold them – something you can take out of the box and start using – but rather one half of a power adapter kit, with the other half sold separately. That, to me, is taking penny-pinching a step too far.

One of the subtler design changes in Apple’s recent MacBook and MacBook Pro models was the replacement of Apple’s magnetically detaching MagSafe charger with standard USB-C ports for charging the laptops. In the past, Apple has made no secret of its efforts to enforce its MagSafe patents, so it was a little surprising to see them switch to USB-C. And the jury is still out as to whether or not that was the right move. In the time since the 12-inch MacBook launched in 2015 — and particularly in the wake of the more recent USB-C MacBook Pros from last year — there have been no shortage of enterprising companies looking to fill the magnetic charging void that Apple has left on its laptop. We’ve covered a bunch of these in the past:, which was one of the first to reach the market;, which was the first to offer charging and data; the, a Kickstarter campaign that promises to let you use your old MagSafe chargers with your new MacBook; and even to be working on a solution of some kind.

Macbook Power Cable

But it seems that the marketplace isn’t quite saturated enough yet, which is why we have two new entrants in the “USB-C MagSafe adapter” field making the rounds this week. First up is the, another Kickstarter project that claims to offer “the best of three worlds” in combining USB-C and MagSafe.

Mac Mini Power Cable

It works more or less the same as most of the other adapters: a small USB-C attachment is plugged into one of the ports by your laptop, which a magnetic connector then attaches to in turn to charge. (MagC claims their cable supports up to 100W.) Unlike most of the other breakaway cables, the MagC claims to support Thunderbolt 3 data transfer as well as charging, which is nice. MagC (render) Otherwise, most interesting addition from the MagC, aside from the relatively low profile of the adapter, is that the connector for the wall plug also accepts a USB-C port, instead of being a wholly proprietary power cable. On the less useful side of things, the MagC resurrects the original L-shaped connector from the first generation of the MagSafe “to honor Steve Job’s original design,” which is a terrible reason to embrace a worse design. The MagC is available for an early-bird price of $29 on Kickstarter, and expects to ship in December, although the usual crowdfunding warnings apply.

There’s also the, which is up for preorder at Vinpok’s website for $29.99 (The company says it will eventually cost $60.) Like the other options, it features a small adapter to plug into your laptop, or other USB-C device, with a proprietary magnetic connector that attaches for charging. Vinpok Bolt-S Vinpok’s claim to fame with the Bolt-S is that it’s the first cable to support the 87 watts that Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar’s charger supplies, which may or may not be true, depending on whether or not it hits the market before the MagC. And like the Griffin BreakSafe, it only supports charging, not data transfer. Vinpok isn’t saying when the Bolt-S will actually ship — in fact, the preorder page currently doesn’t even work — so it’s hard to say when customers will actually be able to buy it. At the end of the day, it’s likely we’ll continue to see more of these breakaway-style cables in the future.

People really like MagSafe and magnetic chargers, and ultimately choice and competition is never a bad thing, even if it seems more likely that — like it or not — the industry is going to move toward USB-C for everything.