[sorryiloveumore]

Just got my 13 inch MacBook Pro, What are the essential accessories need to buy?

[anon(9602380)]

Just got my 13 inch MacBook Pro, What are the essential accessories need to buy?

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First thing I suggest is getting some form of backup for you MBP. Be it cloud or external drive. You have no idea how many times I have seen the question asked on how to recover lost files or photo because of a hard drive failure. Time machine has saved me a few times. Lost data is expensive and hard to recover.

[BlackBerry Guy]

The Satechi combo hub so you can get back the ports and card reader that were removed.

[lusid1]

Having just got one myself, here's what I found essential and why:

• Hyperdrive Duo: because I needed the ports, also handles one HDMI monitor
• Apple HDMI multiport dongle: To handle the other HDMI monitor
• USB-C to USB3 mini-B cables: for my portable drives with replaceable cables
• USB-A to USB-C dongles: For my devices without removable cables
• An ethernet dongle: currently J5Create USB3, the least janky option on hand.

That covers my home & home office connectivity, but I'll need several more before I can use it on the road:

• Apple VGA multiport dongle: because I still encounter conference rooms with VGA projector hookups
• A magnetic breakaway charger dongle: because MagSafe has saved me on many occasions.
• A couple HMDI to DVI adapters: because loaner monitors often have DVI ports/cables.
• A couple USB-C to lightning cables: so I can hook up my iPhone/iPad without breaking out the dongle lego set.

Still on the lookout for:

• A better ethernet solution
• A good USB-C power bank to get my runtime back to 2015 levels.
• Serial ports (rumors of their demise have no merit)

[msm0511]

I haven't bought much for mine honestly. I bought a USB-C to USB-A adapter for my backup drive and any other peripherals and USB-C to Lightning cable. The Lightning cable was more so I could use my MBP brick to fast charge my iPhone.