Thunderbolt to USB

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Thunderbolt to USB

I have a late 2013 iMac it has 2 thunderbolt ports, I think they are thunderbolt1, can I buy a cable or multi port to connect either lightning or 'normal' USB, if so, Where?

Posted on Oct 31, 2020 10:52 AM

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woodmeister50

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Nov 1, 2020 5:07 AM in response to Ziphoid

A USB hub will be a much, much cheaper solution than

any thing Thunderbolt.

As a matter of fact I just purchased one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SIQIV04/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Depending on your iDevices, it also has two high power

charging ports.

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Ziphoid Author

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Nov 1, 2020 4:16 AM in response to Malcolm J. Rayfield

Thank You for your reply it was helpful. I realise there are 4 USB ports, I use one for my time machine, and one for my printer, once a week I connect our two iPads and two iPhones for back up and updates, I just thought as there were 2 unused thunderbolt ports it seemed logical to use them. Thanks again, Steve

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Oct 31, 2020 4:06 PM in response to Ziphoid

The 2013 iMac has 4 USB 3 ports. You can get more USB ports by adding a Thunderbolt 2 dock, but it would be cheaper to just connect a USB hub to one of the iMac's USB ports.

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Ziphoid Author

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Nov 1, 2020 6:31 AM in response to woodmeister50

Thank You. It appears this is the way to go, will now look for the unit on Amazon here in the UK. Once again Thank You.

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