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Title: It's the dongle life for me
Post by: HCK on January 07, 2017, 04:05:22 pm
It's the dongle life for me

Upgrading to Apple's latest and greatest has put me in a dongle jungle, but the payoff is worth it.





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Last year, Apple launched the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, which came sans headphone jack. It did, however, come with a dongle, which would allow me to continue using my favorite wired headphones with my iPhone 7 Plus. Apple also launched the MacBook Pro, which came sans every type of port except USB-C/Thunderbolt 3. I purchased a dongle for $9, which would allow me to continue using my MacBook Pro with ... well, everything else I connect to my computer.

This is the first time in my life that I've had to use adapters in order to keep up my device-using status quo. I've had a few hiccups, like not being able to charge my iPhone while liste...

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