I presume this dock is powered for the USB/Thunderbolt connections and not to power the laptop? So, you still need a power cord to the MBP?
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The power brick that comes with the dock is to power the dock. You will still need your MagSafe adapter to power your MBP.
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Yes a power cord and power supply is required. they come with the unit. It is a great produce and works better than the Belkin
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Right. This is a powered hub that is only connected to the MBP or what ever other computer via thunderbolt. It doesn't send power for eh computer itself. Some USB devices such as the SuperDrive and some hard drives are not able to get enough power from the hub, and must be plugged in directly to the MBP.. Overall though I am thankful for this hub and it works very well.
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Yes, that is for the docking station. FYI, docking station does not come with a power supply. One cord which has one plug which plus into your laptop.
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Yes. As Steven mentioned, the docking station has it's own power port, so you won't have to rely on the power port on the laptop.
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I think the question here is whether the docking station can power on the laptop. The answer is no. The docking station is just a port extension for the laptop.
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It comes with a power cord to power the usb devices, but to charge the mac, you have to use your own.
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No, it does not. You have to connect one USB cable to use the dock, if you want to charge the laptop you have to connect the charger separately.
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Thank you for your interest. This monitor works with your MBP. But the package includes DVI-D cable and HDMI cable. If you want to connect it with Thunderbolt(MiniDP), you need MiniDP to DP cable. Thank you.
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I run it from my Belkin thunderbolt docking station connected to my mac book pro (only way to get USB3.0 on that old sucker). Works fine, so I would assume a hub would be OK as well.
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NO, most of the USED docks do NOT come with a power adapter. I purchased used and had to buy it separately. The NEW docks however do come with the adapter.
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If I understand your question, the power to my laptop is directly plugged into the wall, not the docking station.
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There is a Macbook patented connection that I use to charge my Macbookpro laptop (the magnetic 3-prong connector). As far as I know, you can't charge a Macbook with the USB port, but it is useful for charging other electronics. For example, I use it to charge my golf GPS (Callaway Upro). So far, it seems to work well with both accessories. I don't have a retina display, so I don't know if it has the same connection. Good luck!
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Yes, I'm currently using two of these monitors on a MacBook Pro 15" 2014 using one USB 3.0 port connected to a 3.6Amp 4-port USB Hub I got from Best Buy, and using two USB 2.0 Cables. A USB 3.0 Cable is NOT required for monitor operation as long as you're connected to a USB 3.0 Port on your laptop. And just FYI on my setup, I'm using a 20,000mAh USB 2.1A battery pack to power my two monitors while I'm out and about such as at a Starbucks and it works perfectly for a good 7 hours!
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I am not sure. The dock is designed to connect to a computer Thunderbolt port for greater performance. Renaldo Wheatley
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Have you tried a different Thunderbolt cable? They have tiny circuit boards inside their ends, maybe one has failed? I haven't had any issue with my dock yet after two years of casual use.
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The dock does not come with a power cord. It uses the cord that came with tablet. If tablet is docked, both tablet and dock are charged.
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It oesn't have thunderbolt. You can connect a Mac using thunderbolt but you need to buy an adapter to do it.
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Correct, you still need a Magsafe connector. There is no dock on the market that does this as well other then the Apple Thunderbolt display which is still 2 cables.