need to convert thunderbolt /lightning cables to thunderbolt/thunderbolt. Is there a simple adapter ?

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DrSchil Author

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need to convert thunderbolt /lightning cables to thunderbolt/thunderbolt. Is there a simple adapter ?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jul 27, 2022 12:33 PM

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DrSchil Author

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Jul 27, 2022 10:46 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thank you. A colleague informs me that I am looking for USB-C on both ends for my new mini I pad and MacBook Pro. I did not understand and thought the USB C was a thunderbolt. I was wondering if there was a simple small converter that would convert a USBC /lightning cable into a USBC at both ends? Then I can use my many older cables.

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Answer 2

Jul 28, 2022 06:22 AM in response to DrSchil

today's USB-C and ThunderBolt devices are switching as fast as digital logic and transmission; line technology will allow.

You really do need new, special-purpose cables for for your highest speed connections.

Any converter device you have to place in a cable to change from one technology to another (e.g., lightning to ThunderBolt) will slow it down.

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Jul 27, 2022 01:48 PM in response to DrSchil

did you man OLD-style ThunderBolt ports on a 2015 MacBook Pro to new USB-C ThunderBolt for modern device?

the answer depends on what device you need to connect, exactly.

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Phil0124

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Jul 27, 2022 01:03 PM in response to DrSchil

Assuming you mean this type of cable:

No. No adapter can produce a Thunderbolt signal out of a Lightning cable.

Easiest thing to do is to get Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt cables directly.

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need to convert thunderbolt /lightning cables to thunderbolt/thunderbolt. Is there a simple adapter ?

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