One cable to rule them all: Everything you should know about the new MacBook’s USB-C port

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by Sindy Cator on March 10, 2015 at 11:10 pm

In case you were living under a rock yesterday, Apple unveiled a new MacBook. Not a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air (though it’s thinner than either!), just a good old MacBook for the masses. Because it’s so darn thin, Apple had to reduce the number of ports to only two: a headphone jack, and a new USB Type-C port (USB-C for short). There’s not even a separate power connector; USB-C handles that. Before you go thinking Apple’s invented another proprietary connector, however, that’s not quite it – the company worked in conjunction with several others, including Intel and Microsoft, to…