Customer Ratings & Reviews

Necessary evil as a short term solution. It worked, but I found a better long-term solution. Bought more tech with different connections.

The pricing is a little stiff. Bought 1 when Apple had cut the pricing for a couple of months but wound up picking up a 2nd thunderbolt display so needed a 2nd adapter. My late 2016 MacBook Pro works great with the Apple Thunderbolt Display because of this adapter. If Apple had their act together, I would have kept the LG 5K display, but that was a DISASTER. So I am using a 7 year old display because IT JUST WORKS.

the thunderbolt 3 to thunderbolt 2 adaptor is easy to use and durable

easy to use, not much to fuss about. works as expected

Great product. Easy to connect. Love Apple products!!!

Works exactly as intended. Seems very high quality, the only reason I don't give it 5 stars is the price. A little high for my taste.

This thunderbolt adapter works great! I would definitely buy again

I keep it plugged into my computer so older iPhones and iPads can be updated quickly. Works well. I’d be happier if I didn’t need it!

Perfect for connecting my 2014 Retina 27" iMac to the 27" Ultrafine LG monitor that is made for Apple products. Converts my Thunderbolt 2 cable to USB-C and allows accessories to work with the older iMac.

Does exactly as designed. A bit pricey for an accessory adapter though.

You won't find anything like this from anyone else. This is the only device that will let you send data both directions. All the rest only let you connect a Thunderbolt 2 drive to a Thunderbolt 3 device. This will let you run a Thunderbolt 3 device attached to a Thunderbolt 2 computer. Nothing else can do that. If you need that, this is your dongle!

Perfect, exactly what I was looking for. Turns Thunderbolt 2 into USB-C - Though if using on PC you must make sure that your motherboard supports Thunderbolt or this is useless.

I am using this with a 2018 MacBook Pro, an Apple Thunderbolt Display and a Belkin Thunderbolt Dock (both are Thunderbolt 1.0). This little adapter drives both the monitor and the dock. I haven't done an extensive round of testing, but I have done a few things. I can confirm the speakers through the display worked via the adapter. Plugging a thumb drive into the dock, I was able to retrieve content. I also ran external speakers via the dock and sound worked just fine. Display Mirroring worked, but the font on the laptop display was way to small by default. That said, I didn't spend any time making adjustments to work past that. I rarely use mirroring of displays. I have been running in Extended Display mode and it work beautifully. I never expected this adapter to charge my laptop as my Type-C dock does as my monitor nor Belkin Dock ever charged my old MacBook Pro. I don't think that capability is in the 1.0 Thunderbolt spec. But in case anyone was wondering, I thought I'd mention that. This little adapter is merely for getting some extra use out of some of that old equipment you have laying around, which is precisely what this adapter is doing for me.

It's sad that there is no backwards compatibility between Thunderbolt 3 and 2/1 because they companies and "standards" people involved complete changed how thunderbolt connects and works... so you need this $50 adapter to bridge the gap created by the companies and "standards" people involved. In my opinion they should be giving these to consumers for free since they created the problem and now are quite happy to sell you the solution for money. Kinda BS economics in the end. But what can you do as a consumer and end user of such technologies? I bought this overpriced adapter so I could continue using my Focusrite Clarett 8PreX audio interface (which has been discontinued by Focusrite...) that only has a Thunderbolt 1/2 output on the back to connect with computers. It worked with a brand new 17" HP Omen Gaming laptop via USB-C Thunderbolt 3 connection with the dreaded 15E8 Thunderbolt driver. I let Focusrite know and now you can too. So far initial testing showed that Reaper 6.19 was getting signal from the correct channels on the interface. It took a bit of effort to setup going from using a 2011 WacBook Pro to the Windows 10 version of Reaper since some of the audio interface options take a bit of setup to get working correctly. In short, it worked for me, might not work for you and your computer and interface, etc, give it a try and return it if it doesn't work. It is a bit overpriced at $50, but it will pay for itself in no time getting used.

Works perfectly! Original, well packaged, like new!

Because of Covid 19 & Shelter in... My job shifted to conducting online events. The UltraStudio mini recorder that I picked up Uses a thunderbolt 2 connection and my 2019 MBP has USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 connections. So this adapter became a necessity to accomplish my goals. So far there has been no issues with performance.

So glad they have this adaptor as I use the Thunderbolt screen for work and when I bought my new computer it would have been very costly to have to get a new version without this adaptor. It is the small things that can make a big difference!

Easy to use. It works great for converting cable types.

This is the only real choice you have in a thunderbolt 3 adapter, but it works very well and is as about as well built as it can get. Its a sturdy cable that stays inline and doesn't have much flex to it. Its too bad that it has a little bit of bulk, but overall its ok that it isn't all that incognito. I'm mostly pleased at how solid the connections are at both ends of the cable. As with most apple products, its pretty expensive, but hopefully you realize its evil necessity when you upgrade your mac

First off, it's on the pricy side. But in return you get a fully functional Thunderbolt 2 port (not just mini display port over thunderbolt 2) over Thunderbolt 3/USB C. I am able to connect my older iMac 27" 2011 as an external monitor for extra space during editing video as well as my external hard drives using thunderbolt 2. Don't go cheap, go for this original.