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OWC

USB-C Dock
Gold

USB Type-C / USB 3.1 Gen 1 / HDMI / GbE / Audio In & Out / SD Card Reader
Disconnected? Reconnect.
Reconnect your devices to your USB-C equipped computer with the OWC USB-C Dock. The full-featured connectivity companion you've been waiting for. Add ten ports with just one USB-C cable. Reconnect to your workflow, to your business, to your desktop and to your life.
Ports For Every Piece of the Puzzle
Featuring 10 ports, USB-C Dock brings the connectivity you need back into your day-to-day. Complete with five USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports - including two high-power charging ports and one USB-C port - you can reconnect and charge your current and future devices. The USB-C Dock also features Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI and combo audio ports along with an SD card reader for even more connectivity.
Pure Power Completes the Picture
Connectivity is only part of the solution. Of course, the OWC USB-C dock provides ample power alongside connectivity, delivering 80W of power to your connected devices, including up to 60W to charge your computer. You'll never have to worry about juggling between connectivity and a dead battery again.
Designed Better From Inspiration to Implementation
OWC USB-C Dock was designed to deliver the ultimate connectivity companion in both function and form. And with a choice of colors, USB-C Dock matches your style. An aluminum chassis completes the design story, so your dock is robust enough to handle your life, wherever it takes you.
Reliability and Support You Can Count On
Like all OWC products, USB-C Dock is designed and built from the ground up to the highest standards of quality, reliability and performance. It's rigorously tested and backed by our 2 year warranty. OWC's award winning 24/7 customer support team is always on hand to provide support and information whenever you need.

USB-C Dock Specifications:

Software Requirements

  • OS
    • OS X 10.10 or later1
    • Windows 10 or later
  • Driver
  • Note(s)
    • Boot Camp is supported

Hardware Requirements

  • Mac or PC featuring USB Type-C interface2

Bootability

  • USB 3.0: OS X 10.10 or later
  • GbE: OS X 10.10 or later

Interface

  • (1) USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C

Device Ports

  • (2) USB 3.1 Gen 1 Standard-A
  • (2) USB 3.1 Gen 1 Standard-A high power
  • (1) USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C
  • (1) HDMI 1.4b
  • (1) SD Card Slot
  • (1) Gigabit Ethernet
  • (1) 3.5 mm Audio Input/Output Combo

Display Support

  • HDMI 1.4b with support for up to 4K/30Hz

SD Card Support

  • SD, SDHC, and SDXC cards up to 2TB
  • Support for UHS-1 up to 40 MB/s

Power

  • Power Supply3
    • External UL-listed universal auto-switching power supply
    • AC input: 100 ~ 240V, 50/60Hz
    • DC output: 20V, 4A
    • Adapter plugs for international use sold separately

Environment

  • Environmental (Operating)
    • Temperature (°F) 32° — 104°
    • Temperature (°C) 0° — 40°
  • Environmental (Non-Operating)
    • Temperature (°F) −4° — 158°
    • Temperature (°C) −20° — 70°

Dimensions

  • Height: 1.1 in (2.8 cm)
  • Width: 3.5 in (9.0 cm)
  • Length: 7.9 in (20.0 cm)

Weight

  • 0.9 lbs. (0.4 kg)


1. The Apple SuperDrive is not currently supported through the USB-C Dock.

2. A built-in USB-C connection is required to use the HDMI port on the dock. The HDMI port will not function if the USB-C connection on the computer is provided by a PCIe card.

3. Up to 60W of power available for device charging through the USB Type-C Computer Link port. Devices that require more than 60W may charge slowly or not at all.
Manufacturer provided specifications for Other World Computing p/n TCDOCK11PGD UPC#: 812437021844

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MacBook SG 12-inch Unibody
MacBook (12-inch Retina Display 2016)
(April, 2016)
Model ID: MacBook9,1
1.1GHz, 1.2GHz, 1.3GHz
MacBook SG 12-inch Unibody
MacBook (12-inch Retina Display 2015)
(April, 2015)
Model ID: MacBook8,1
1.1GHz, 1.2GHz, 1.3GHz
PC Laptop
PC Laptops
Compatible with Windows/Chrome OS/Linux based PCs with USB Type-C ports. Will ONLY charge laptops which require up to 60W of power. All other functionality is still available even if the computer requires more than 60W and doesn't charge via the USB-C Dock.

Includes

  • OWC USB-C Dock
  • 0.5 Meter (18") USB Type-C cable
  • External power supply and power cable
  • User Guide

Warranty

The best warranty is one you never have to use - but should the need occur - we're proud to provide a superior level of support and service coverage to our customers.

2 Year OWC Limited Warranty

Even when not used, we understand the peace of mind afforded by a longer warranty period. OWC's industry leading coverage is a testament to our confidence in the reliability of the solutions that we offer. OWC solutions are engineered to demanding quality standards in order to deliver the most reliable, highest performance available on the market in each storage category.

Customer Ratings

Write a Review 3 / 5 1 out of 1 (100%) reviewers would recommend this product
Verified Buyer
Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Boulder, CO Age: Over 65 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 3-4 months
Rating: 3/5 Test before buy. April 4, 2016 OWC Doc review

I preordered this dock back in July of 2015 because I immediately recognized that I was going to want ways of connecting my 2015 Macbook to a variety of devices. Over the next few months, I got emails reporting that it would be out soon, and it arrived in January. I was forgiving of the delay, because by then I had enough experience with Type-C to suspect that the electrical engineering might have been tricky.

My specific wishes were to be able to bring the Macbook home and plug it into a dock that added to it the following components: 1. a backup drive for Time Machine to use 2. a large-screen monitor 3. an Apple Superdrive for reading and writing DVDs 4. some spare USB ports for trying out alternative pointing devices.

The OWC Dock handled wishes 1 and 4 with no sweat.

Wish 2 was a different story. My monitor, a bit long in the tooth, accepts VGA or DVI input. Since the large screen was a requirement from the get-go, back when I bought the laptop, I also bought the Apple format converter that plugs into the Type-C socket on the computer and provides a USB socket, a DVI socket, and a Type-C socket for power input. Back when I preordered the dock, I had no reason to believe I would not be able to combine this converter with the dock by plugging the computer connection of the converter into the Type-C output socket on the dock. But when the dock arrived, the documentation with it warned that such a connection would not work, and sure enough, it didn't.

Of course, if I just had an up-to-date (i.e. HDMI) monitor, this problem would not have arisen, but a new monitor was not in my budget, so I embarked on a number of experiments. Conclusion: If you take a dongle that was designed to plug into the Type-C socket on the Macbook 2015, and instead plug it into the Type-C output socket on the dock, the results are unlikely to be what you had hoped.

Note: Most Type-C dongles have a Type-C plug to go to the computer (thus consuming the Macbook 2015's connection to line power), but do not provide a Type-C socket to restore the ability to connect to line power, as does the Apple converter that I bought with the laptop. The dongles therefore can only be used when the laptop is running on battery power.

There was a solution, however, in a converter that plugs into the DVI socket on the monitor, and converts it to an HDMI socket. Then add a plain old HDMI cable running from the HDMI socket on the dock, and you are in business. Yet there remains a small, intermittent annoyance that is probably not the fault of the dock. The last few OS Xs have had trouble recognizing an external monitor, and have often needed to be burped when connecting by making a hot plug-in.

Whew! That leaves wish 3. The dock provides regular USB ports plus two "high-power" ones for charging devices. I had already learned that the Superdrive is something of a power hog because the laptop won't run it when running on battery. So I plugged it into a high power port on the dock. Still no luck, I got a diagnostic message indicating not enough power. Tech support informs me that for the Superdrive you need a Y-cable, one that plugs into TWO USB ports and provides a socket on the other end supplying signal from one and power from BOTH. OK, I get on Amazon and order one. It takes a few days for it to get from the manufacturer to Beijing and another week or so to get to me. And that did not work either. The only combination of my gear that runs the Superdrive is to use the USB port on the Apple converter that I bought along with the laptop.

So I got three of my four wishes, and I can get the Superdrive by temporarily replacing the dock with the Apple converter. Looks like I got a bit close to the bleeding edge this time. The OWC dock looks great, provides a package of services that a lot of Macbook 2015 owners are going to need, and helps control the tangle of cables. If possible, borrow one and test it on the configuration of devices you had in mind!

I would recommend this item to a friend!