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I never doubted that cables and USB components varied greatly in their quality, complexity and speed. This has been pointed out by members on these forums in the past. Cheap cables, flash drives and adapters get super hot and data transfer speeds are often not up to scratch but I had no idea how complex the circuitry insome Apple cables could be. I mean the USB-3 to Thunderbolt (USB-adapter) is huge at the end where the USB-2/3 device connects.
Today I got an idea why it's so big thanks to this article;
Just to pre-empt the above link here is a screenshot;
So, now I understand, do read the article even though for some of us it will just be confirmation of what we already knew.
Today I got an idea why it's so big thanks to this article;
X-rays show crazy complexity of Apple's Thunderbolt 4 cable
Thunderbolt cables cost far more than standard USB-C ones, and a series of X-ray scans of various options reveals why.
www.cultofmac.com
Just to pre-empt the above link here is a screenshot;
So, now I understand, do read the article even though for some of us it will just be confirmation of what we already knew.