5 best USB-C accessories, cables and adapters

By Kane Fulton

INTRODUCTION

What the port Gods giveth, they taketh away – so the saying goes. USB-C is the newest port on the block having found a way into everything from Apple’s 12-inch MacBook to Dell’s XPS 12 and even gaming desktops and smartphones.

It’s a jack of all trades that rolls power, output and connectivity into a single cable; so when you find out that the next version of your favorite laptop now comes with two ports, rather than five, you’ll probably find that USB-C has joined the party.

The new port has been around for a short while now, allowing a number of compatible accessories to creep onto the market. From massive external hard drives to mini storage thumbdrives, portable monitors to hubs, there’s a growing collection of neat accessories that are a perfect fit for your new USB-C machine. Here we round up the best of them.

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1. Griffin BreakSafe

MacBook fans were sad to see that Apple’s MagSafe power connector didn’t make it into the 12-inch MacBook. Griffin has set a wrong right with its BreakSafe Magnetic USB-C Power Cable, which safety detaches …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components