That said, there are still some great—and often more affordable—TB3 and USB-C docks available, and most Apple users won’t see much difference between TB3 and TB4—the Thunderbolt 4 standard ...

What is the difference between USB-C and Thunderbolt 3? Easily confused and used interchangeably, USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 are not the same. USB-C is the physical interface, the port and the cable ...

Funnily enough, the mental fatigue in trying to understand the differences between Thunderbolt and USB-C isn't any better.

Using appropriate cables, you could achieve 4x performance from a single port. Many use Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C interchangeably, but they have very different applications. USB-C is a type of port ...

5. I still don’t understand the difference between USB-C and Thunderbolt. How does it all work? USB ports have been around for years. USB-C (the oval-shaped port) replaced USB-A (the rectangular ...

Both Thunderbolt docks and the best USB-C hubs and dongles provide legacy ports (USB-A, microSD, and others), and connect PC peripherals like mice, printers, external hard drives, and more.

The problems seemingly don’t affect the Mac mini’s front ports, which are USB-C only and not Thunderbolt ports. This could be ...