Is there the opposite of this adapter? (So that I can turn a thunderbolt 2 port into thunderbolt 3)

According to the document HT207266 "Connect devices and displays with the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter": This adapter allow Thunderbolt 3 computers to use Thunderbolt 2 devices. It also allows Thunderbolt 2 computers to use Thunderbolt 3 devices. You can connect Thunderbolt 3 devices to Thunderbolt 2 devices, or Thunderbolt 2 devices to Thunderbolt 3 devices. Usually you would put the faster Thunderbolt 3 device closer to the computer but that only matters if you have a Thunderbolt 3 computer and the Thunderbolt 3 device can use more than 20 Gbps. Sometimes a Thunderbolt device doesn't have two Thunderbolt ports and therefore must be placed at the end of the chain whether it's Thunderbolt 3 or Thunderbolt 2.

• Answered by Joseph V from Fort Langley
• 26-Aug-2017
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