If there’s one knock we have against Apple’s laptops—other than the camera, that is—it’s that they only support USB-C. Whether your MacBook has two ports or four, your won’t be able to hook up your legacy USB devices without an adapter or a dongle, and that’s where today’s deal comes in: Amazon is selling Apple’s USB-C to USB-A adapter for $13.30 , good for 30 percent off its MSRP and the best price we’ve seen in nearly three years.
This adapter is as simple as it gets: You plug the USB-C end into the port on your Mac and connect your USB-A device to the other end. A short flexible cable connecting the two ports allows for some flexibility and makes it easy to find in a bag. I have several USB-C-to-USB-A adapters, and this one is the only one that’s been 100% reliable. I plug it in and it just works.
[Today’s deal: Apple USB-C-to-USB adapter for $13.30 at Amazon ]
Author: Michael Simon, Executive Editor
Michael Simon has been covering Apple since the iPod was the iWalk. His obsession with technology goes back to his first PC—the IBM Thinkpad with the lift-up keyboard for swapping out the drive. He's still waiting for that to come back in style tbh.