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psmith2.0
Mr. Vieira
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
 
2021-10-30, 19:04

If I got an M1 iMac (or MacBook Air) tomorrow, I'd have to come here to create a thread to ask WTH cables do I get. Then, once I got that all straight, a dongle/adapter spree was probably in my future.

It used to be a complete no-brainer until a few years ago. I still can't keep it all straight...USB 3, USB 4, Thunderbolt this, USB-C that, this charges that, but that charges this, but this adapter can be used to go back in time, that one can make crop circles, etc.

The iMac alone - the two parts vs. four - I still don't have a full grasp on that, and what does what and what I'd ever need. Does it at least come, out of the box with something that goes to it and then to my iPhone's Lightning port? Or am I immediately on the hook for a special cable just to charge/sync my iPhone (yes, I still do it old school).

EDIT: USB-C to Lightning cable in the box with 24" iMacs. Okay, that's good.

Good grief. I'll get my head around it when I'm forced to (once I own a Mac that has them on it). Not gonna give myself a headache on a Saturday night...ain't that pressing.
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