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• Asked by Howard S from Coral Springs
• Oct 29, 2016
• Flag as inappropriate (Can I use this adapter to connect a thunderbolt 3 device (i.e. TB3 external hard drive) to a Mac Pro that has Thunderbolt 2 ports?)

OWC Thunderbolt™ 3 Dock will be available in early 2017 and would like to know if I could use it with my iMAC 5K (late 2015)

• Asked by Hong Kheng L from Sydney
• Nov 30, 2016
• Flag as inappropriate (Can I use this TB3 to connect the "OWC Thunderbolt™ 3 Dock" to iMAC 5K TB2?)

Does the new USB-C (Thunderbolt 3) to Thunderbolt 2 adapter allow this chaining? My old MBP is connected to two Thunderbolt Displays in a daisy chain like this, and I want to continue the same approach

• Asked by Richard J from Raleigh
• Apr 14, 2017
• Flag as inappropriate (Can I daisy chain two Thunderbolt displays to the MacBook Pro using the USB-C Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter? MBP->Adapter->TBD-(chain)->TBD?)

thunderbolt bridge - can you connect a 2017 iMac (Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C) to a Thunderbolt 1 (2012 iMac) and use as a thunderbolt bridge

Want to add 10G (TB1) network connection using a Thunderbolt bridge, have a 2017 iMac with TB3 and a 2012 iMac with TB1, using the adapter, can I connect the two via a Thunderbolt bridge network.

• Asked by Joe W
• Oct 10, 2017
• Flag as inappropriate (thunderbolt bridge - can you connect a 2017 iMac (Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C) to a Thunderbolt 1 (2012 iMac) and use as a thunderbolt bridge)

• Asked by Matt B from Perth
• Sep 22, 2018
• Flag as inappropriate (Can you use this adapter with the I-TEC THUNDERBOLT 2 Docking Station? Connect a newer mac with Thunderbolt 3 and use this dock?)

I want to connect a multichannel (firewire-only) audio interface "RME Fireface 800" to the new mac book.

• Asked by Christian K
• Oct 28, 2016
• Flag as inappropriate (Does the "Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter"  work together with the "Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter"?)

Currently I daisy chain 2 Apple Thunderbolt displays (27") to my MacBook Pro (Mid 2015). Will I still be able to connect 2 monitors to the new MBP, using the Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter?

• Asked by Wendy R from New Port Richey
• Feb 15, 2017
• Flag as inappropriate (Can this adapter be used to connect 2 Apple Thunderbolt monitors (27")? Currently I daisy chain the 2 to my MBP)

I basically need the opposite of this cable. ( A USB-C female to Thunderbolt 2 male) Can anyone help me figure out how I can connect these? Is this possible?

Note: I have Glyph Blackbox Pro 8TB

• Asked by Shai L from New York
• Mar 4, 2017
• Flag as inappropriate (I have a hard drive with a Thunderbolt 3(USB-C) cable and need to convert to a Thunderbolt 2 to plug my Macbook Pro Retina (2013). How can I do this?)

Does the design of this adapter allow power to come back from a Thunderbolt 2 device if that device supports sending power? Or does the adapter itself make that impossible.

Thanks,
Colin

• Asked by Colin F from Toronto
• Nov 18, 2016
• Flag as inappropriate (Can MacBook Pro (2016) models be charged from a 3rd party Thunderbolt 2 monitor (like the LG 34UC98-W) through this?)

Just purchased a USB-C ext. drive that I want to use for my Time Machine B/U with an older MBP 15 that uses TB2. The new drive will connect to my USB-2 port but I want the faster TB2 speed. What adapter can I buy that will connect the USB-C to the TB2 port on my mac?

Thank You!

• Asked by Nick C from Clearwater
• Jul 13, 2017
• Flag as inappropriate (connecting a USB-C drive to an older Thunderbolt 2 MacBook Pro)