As long as the MacBook has a USB C port that can be used for charging. The answer to the question in the title is, yes you can use pretty much any USB C output and charger to charge a MacBook Air/Pro.

Related Product: I Use And Recommend The UNI USB C To USB C 100W Cable (click to view on Amazon)īut do you need to use a specific USB C charger to charge a notebook like the MacBook, or does any charger work? Can You Charge MacBook Air/Pro With Any USB C? On the latest MacBook 14-inch and MacBook 16-inch, the latest Magsafe cable is even a USB C cable. Since Apple put USB C ports on its MacBook Air/Pro lineups, you have been able to charge the laptop with a USB C cable. The risk is really high, so treat your data better.How Do You Charge An Apple MacBook Air/Pro With Any USB C Charger/Adapter? For example if the logic board died in the 2016 MBP, you will need a special tool to be able to get any data from the machine. This is extremely important to recent MacBooks with non-removable storage. Because of this habit, when my MBP died, I didn't lose any data.

I have my TM hard drive connected at least once a day. I suggest all mac users take advantage of the convenience of Time Machine to back up and easily recover to a new machine. A lot more information and tests are required to figure out the real cause behind this.Īlso like Jan said, to anyone who may find this thread in the future, get your data always backed up is a good habit. USB Type-C is the one universal port for everything and it will make trouble shooting extremely hard. Not using the VGA adapter wouldn't eliminate the possibility for it to happen again. I onlyĬonnected 1 or 2 external drivers(type-c to miniB cable), a type-c to 4 type-a adapter and sometimes the type-c to lightning cable for my iPhone and iPad. I always use the cable and wall adapter come with my mac. In my case, I didn't use anything that has power passthrough.

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