A:Answer Common problem with the new MacBooks using USB-C connections. It’s a known issue for all older generation Apple products, that while still functional in the user’s eyes, must be replaced under Apple’s strategy to make all older products obsolete. In 200 years, when Apple stock is trading on Pink Sheets, someone will look at all the non-recyclable electronic waste created by Apple’s “use and replace” philosophy in the year 2020 and scratch their heads in awe at how stupid we were to let such an environmentally-insensitive gcompany grow so big.