The Henge Gravitas docking system is also designed to be fully compatible with all iPad generations. The Horizontal Docking Station features a solid metal chassis, support for up to three external displays and access to 14 ports. With slick improvements to an already solid design, Henge Docks' Vertical Docking Station is an easy recommendation for Retina MacBook Pro owners who regularly use an external display or connect their machine to an HDTV. At the bottom rear of the Vertical Docking Station are a USB port and a Mini DisplayPort for connecting a USB peripheral and an external monitor.

Special to this model are holes in the cradle that line up with the MacBook's side intake vents, as well as a rear slot for escaping hot air, allowing for optimal air flow even while under heavy load. peripherals, two audio devices, an Ethernet connection, an SD Card, a FireWire 800 device and power. With protective rubber pads to add additional protection while your Apple laptop is within the dock, ensuring it isn't scratched when removing and adding your computer. The Vertical Dock features intake and exhaust vents that move additional air to and from the MacBook’s cooling system. After swapping my new machine for another brand new MBP and seeing the same problem the issue escalated all they way up through to the Apple hardware team.

The high-tech headphones continuously measure and pinpoint ambient around you to block out the noise, so you will get a more immersive listening experience. Unfortunately, Henge Docks does not offer a MacBook Air version due to the fact that the Air has ports on both sides so you'd still need to manually connect cables, defeating the purpose entirely. Expand your MacBook Pro 15 inch with Retina display far beyond its original design and turn your laptop into a full desktop computer with the Henge Docks Horizontal Metal Docking Station. If you don’t require two displays and the one you do have will run from DisplayPort, then the Stone Dock will work just fine. Despite tons of press surrounding Henge Docks, I only recently heard about it while reading about Matt Biddulph's setup.

So I end up throwing USB's, Firewire, Ethernet, a Magic Mouse and a Bluetooth Keyboard into the mix. As mentioned above, we found the dock to be quite sturdy, especially given the new design's metal build. And most purchasers of the new MacBook Pro models are upgrading from older Macs that featured Mini DisplayPorts for video output. It’s not a problem - it functions great once it’s in - however it’s not as perfect as the previous generation. As for those that hate resizing and moving windows that move about as you switch to and from displays of varying resolutions, there's an app for that: Stay.If you insert the audio extension cable to have a headphone jack handy, it will instantly override any audio setting and assume you are using headphones. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop.

That genuinely does deliver gigabit speeds, but needs a wired Ethernet connection, so that meant a second USB-C cable with an Ethernet adapter.

By placing your MacBook Pro 13" with Retina Display into the docking station - you can use external monitors, a keyboard and a mouse while your laptop is protected. This is not the case with docks that boast 40Gbps Thunderbolt 3 ports, such as the CalDigit TS3 Plus.

Henge decided that, regardless of the standard it chose, a large portion of users would be forced to use an adapter anyway, and so it chose the connection that most of those people already had.

Despite Apple TV+ having the fewest subscribers of the main streamers, its "Ted Lasso" hit was watched far more in 2023 than any other streaming show. With protective rubber pads to add additional protection while your Apple laptop is within the dock, ensuring it isn't scratched when removing and adding your computer.