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#363713 - 20/03/2015 12:17 Re: new Apple watch / 12" Retina MacBook [Re: DWallach]
DWallach
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Registered: 30/04/2000
Posts: 3810
One can only hope that some other organization, beyond the USB people, will come up with some simpler sort of branding for standard profiles. Maybe that means we'll see "Apple-certified USB chargers" (either literally, or defacto for something resold by the Apple Store). Maybe Amazon will come up with some sort of "USB gizmo search engine" and USB products will label themselves.

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#363825 - 08/04/2015 15:22 Re: new Apple watch / 12" Retina MacBook [Re: peter]
drakino
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Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
Originally Posted By: peter
The whole point of USB3.1/type-C is that the USB slave can charge the master, while still also doing USB signalling.

Hopefully it handles it more gracefully then the Surface 3 with the previous generation of USB:

http://www.neowin.net/news/here039s-what-happens-when-you-plug-a-surface-3-into-itself

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#363855 - 18/04/2015 00:45 Re: new Apple watch / 12" Retina MacBook [Re: DWallach]
K447
old hand

Registered: 29/05/2002
Posts: 799
Loc: near Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Came across this today.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2910551/...ing-or-not.html

Quote:
... Apple’s included USB-C to USB-C cable is charging only—it omits some of the internal wiring for cost and slimness, and cannot be used to transfer data.

Instead, you’ll need a cable marked for data or sync and charging...

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