Macbook Pro Ethernet Thunderbolt Adapter Not Working

I use this adapter in my new Macbook pro to connect a external storage that is a old Thunderbolt.

Its working ok with my macbook pro m1 pro and owc thunderbolt dock

I wanted to use my older Thunderbolt 2 dock from OWC with my new MacBook Pro that has the USB-C connector. This adapter works perfectly for that and allowed me to connect ethernet, monitor, keyboard, drives, and so on with just 1 connector.

I was successfully able to use my adapter with a Thunderbolt 1 cable to connect my G-Technology Thunderbolt 1 drive to my MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt 3 ports. Wow, talk about a life changing event.

I use it to hook up my thunderbolt monitors to my 2016 MacBook Pro.

Love this item as I have a MacBook Air and there are only thunderbolt ports , I use this hub for ethernet high speeds at my desk along with the HDMI cable to connect to my monitor and the USB for my files all at the same time!! it looks big in the pics buts Super light and small I give it 10 out of 10!

For my new MacBook Pro M1, I first tried purchasing Caldigit's new Element Thunderbolt 4 hub. It was nothing but an endless kernel panic with the M1 chip. Caldigit implied that was Apple's fault for their implementation of Thunderbolt 4 ports, but I didn't let them make me stick around long enough to sort out who's fault it was. I returned it, and bought this OWC one and it's been SO much better! No panics yet, sleep works fine, everything returns from sleep (whereas Caldigit's would consider my Pegasus2 RAID an erroneous disconnection everytime it slept), and it's actually really nice having SPDIF (digital) audio out, ethernet, and the card readers. I wish this had one more thunderbolt port out, but then again, I could still daisy chain a couple of my thunderbolt devices no problem. So far so great for this OWC 14-port T3 dock.

This is the only way I could connect my 27 in. Thunderbolt Display. The adapter works with any Thunderbolt device: Ethernet adapter, hard drives, etc. Well worth the price.

Using the adapter with the new Macbook Pro, working with SD cards (cameras and phones mostly). Plug it in, and it just works. If I have the SD card in the reader before connecting to the Macbook, I have to remove the SDcard and re-seat it. But other than that one thing, it doesn't have any downsides. Transfers data very quickly indeed! Solid metal shell, thick cable, and holds the cards firmly. It seems to attract every bit of dust/hair/pollen imaginable, so keep it in a case or bag when not in use. Would love to see StarTech have a molded slot cover for this adapter. I received this product in exchange for an unbiased review.

Got this to add Thunderbolt ports to my MacBook Pro. Works like a charm.