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Title: How to tell if your USB-C cable is USB only or supports Thunderbolt 3 Post by: HCK on November 13, 2020, 04:05:10 pm How to tell if your USB-C cable is USB only or supports Thunderbolt 3
<article> <section class="page"> <p>USB-C introduced simplicity: a simple flat connector with rounded sides that has two correct orientations: the long side can be inserted into a compatible port without checking. It’s used universally for USB 3, DisplayPort, and Thunderbolt 3, and other data standards. It can support high-wattage charging and power (see “How to tell whether a USB-C cable can carry high-wattage power and Thunderbolt 3 data (https://www.macworld.com/article/3535896/how-to-tell-whether-a-usb-c-cable-can-carry-high-wattage-power-and-thunderbolt-3-data.html).”)</p><p>It can be relatively easy to figure out if the port you have supports only what’s now called USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps maximum)—also known as “SuperSpeed+” or “SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps”—or, in addition to the high-speed USB flavor, it also handles Thunderbolt 3.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3586187/how-to-tell-if-your-usb-c-cable-is-usb-only-or-supports-thunderbolt-3.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: How to tell if your USB-C cable is USB only or supports Thunderbolt 3 (https://www.macworld.com/article/3586187/how-to-tell-if-your-usb-c-cable-is-usb-only-or-supports-thunderbolt-3.html#tk.rss_all) |