Thunderbolt

Apple releases stability fix firmware update v1.2 for Thunderbolt

By Richard Devine, Friday, May 10, 2013 a 7:13 am

Users of a Thunderbolt equipped Mac will want to head on over to the Apple Support pages and grab the latest firmware update. It's not a huge update, in fact the download is just 1.22MB in size, but does promise stability fixes for Thunderbolt and for Target Disk Mode. And we'll always welcome stability fixes.

Belkin ships Thunderbolt Express Dock

By Peter Cohen, Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 a 10:47 am

Belkin announced Tuesday that it's shipping its Thunderbolt Express Dock, an expansion chassis for Thunderbolt-equipped Macs that provides a Gigabit Ethernet connection, FireWire 800 port, two Thunderbolt ports, three USB 3.0 ports and separate headphone and mic jacks.

Intel announces next generation, 20Gbps Thunderbolt

By Joseph Keller, Monday, Apr 8, 2013 a 4:16 pm

Intel has announced the next generation of its Thunderbolt interface with support for up to 20Gbps throughput, as well as support for 4K. According to Engadget, the next generation of Thunderbolt, which is code-named Falcon Ridge, sports some impressive capabilities working with 4K video

Apple cuts price of Thunderbolt cable and introduces a shorter model

By Leanna Lofte, Wednesday, Jan 9, 2013 a 9:33 pm

Apple has cut the price of its original 2-meter Thunderbolt cable from $49 to $39. They have also introduced a shorter 0.5-meter version that's available for just $29. The Thunderbolt cable is used with compatible Apple computers for super fast data transfer speeds that are up to twice as fast as USB 3.0 and up to 12 times faster than FireWire 800.

2-meter Thunderbolt cable - $39.99 - Buy now
0.5-meter Thunderbolt cable - $29.99 - Buy now

iPhone Live 163: Over the air

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jul 21, 2011 a 9:22 pm

Rene and Seth talk about native apps killing the open cloud, Apple passing Nokia, iOS 4.3.5, facial recognition, iPhone 5 rumours, and Jailbreak tweaks. This is iPhone Live!

Show notes

Hosts

Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie)

Seth Clifford (@sethclifford)

Georgia (@GeorgiaTiPb)

No PCI Express architecture means no Thunderbolt for iPhone, iPad?

By Georgia, Friday, Feb 25, 2011 a 8:35 am

Intel's new 10Gbps Thunderbolt I/O system, used by Apple in their MacBook Pro update yesterday, uses PCI Express and Mini DisplayPort technologies... neither of which it turns out are ideal candidates for iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. Macworld elaborates:

Apple releases new MacBook Pros with FaceTime HD, Thunderbolt I/O

By Georgia, Thursday, Feb 24, 2011 a 8:59 am

As rumored, Apple has released new MacBook Pros this morning in 13 inch, 15 inch and 17 inch form factors featuring quad-core Intel Core i7 processors at the high end and a couple of features that might just be of interest to the TiPb faithful -- FaceTime HD and Thunderbolt I/O.

Apple set to introduce FaceTime HD, ThunderBolt I/O?

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011 a 9:41 am

Specs for the upcoming MacBook Pro update seem to have been leaked online and among them are FaceTime HD and what just might be Apple's name for the 10Gbps LightPeak port -- ThunderBolt I/O.

Apple used to call MacBook cameras iSight, but since FaceTime launched on iPhone and iPod touch they've taken that name back to the Mac. If the 2011 MacBooks get 720p HD FaceTime cameras is that something we'll see on iOS as well?