Hopefully Hyper will consider putting them on future Hyper Drives from the factory. Hyper should have included these in the box. I still haven’t received them yet though. After I emailed customer service, they offered to send me adhesive pads for the bottom of the HyperDrive, which will make it match the height of the MacBook Pro. That means, on a flat surface, it’ll dangle down slightly. Interestingly, it’s not as thick as your MacBook Pro. It definitely sits at an angle when attached to your MacBook Pro The bottom is a bit thicker than the top, which makes it fit on the left side of your MacBook, but it sticks up on the right side. It comes in two colors, Space Gray and Silver, each match the shades of the MacBook Pro. It’s aluminum, designed to look as though it’s a part of your MacBook Pro. A powered hub, like one from OWC, wouldn’t have this issue, but since this hub draws all its power from your MacBook Pro, it has its limits. Apparently, this combination draws too much electricity from the two USB-C ports. What about using the USB-C port for the Time Machine drive? It turns out, using all of these devices at once, along with the drive, causes the MacBook Pro to shut down outgoing power to the offending port. I found the low power USB-C port can hold my charge relatively steady with 49W of power, but it can’t charge my MacBook Pro. If I use it to drive a third monitor, which I only really use while working, I cannot charge with it, as the other port can only use 60W maximum. That’s because only one of the HyperDrive’s USB-C ports can carry a video signal. You might have noticed that I’m still using up all of my USB-C ports, but not one on the HyperDrive. It leaves me a spare 60W USB-C port, my SD card slots, and a spare USB port for another USB hub.

My charger connects to one of my MacBook’s other USB-C ports, and I use the final USB-C port for a Time Machine backup drive or anything else. However, by the morning, I had changed my mind, and rescinded by request.

I actually wrote an email that night to their customer service department expressing my disappointment and wish to return the hub. When I initially got the HyperDrive PRO, I almost immediately returned it. I could get the new mechanical keyboard I want for that! But the price might be higher if not for the 8-in-2 HyperDrive PRO USB-C hub. I’ve already purchased basic USB-C to USB-A dongles, new drive enclosures for my two Firewire hard drives, a USB-C to VGA/HDMI dongle, and the HyperDrive 8-in-2 hub. While MacBooks have never been so expensive, they’ve also never had so many attached costs.

Joking aside, my purchase of this new MacBook Pro triggered many other purchases. I’m now taking donations for my food fund.

I bought a 2018 i9 MacBook Pro (review pending). If you’re a regular reader, you might know this already, but I took the plunge.

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