The USB-C ports can’t carry a video signal for driving external monitors, but using HDMI is no hardship.Īlthough the Ivanky MacBook Pro dock is about the size of a smartphone, the power supply used to power it is actually a little larger and, of course, heavier.

One of the ports can deliver up to 18W of power for charging a tablet or other power-hungry device. These are just USB 3.0 ports and don’t support Thunderbolt.

For audio support, there’s also a 3.5mm analog port for attaching a pair of stereo headphones or a headset.įinally, the new dock also provides a couple of USB-C ports. Quite a few models I’ve looked at can only manage refresh rates of 30Hz. There aren’t too many docks on the market that can manage that. Ivankyįor connecting the external displays, the Ivanky dock provides two HDMI ports and these can drive two monitors simultaneously with resolutions up to 4K at a maximum refresh rate of 60Hz. This is particularly useful for anyone working in an office without Wi-Fi or who finds the wireless network at work is too sluggish for uploading large videos or data files to a central server.Īlthough it can't support Thunderbolt speeds, the docking station from Ivankey can drive two 4K. These can be used for connecting peripherals like a mouse, keyboard and USB flash drives at speeds of up to 5Gbps. For those who want to upload photos or audio files from memory cards, there are slots for SD and microSD cards that can transfer files at speeds of up to 104 MB/s and will support maximum card capacities of 512GB.įor MacBook users who want to connect to an Ethernet network, Ivanky has provided an RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet port with up to 1,000 Mbps connectivity. Additionally, the hub provides four regular USB-A ports compliant with USB 3.0 standard.

This makes the hub ideal for photographers, video editors and remote workers having to work at home using two screens. In addition to the muscular power delivery, the Ivanky dock can drive two external 4K monitors at refresh rates of up 60Hz.

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