Griffin’s New Quick-Release Cable Gives MagSafe Powers to USB-C

If you be intimate the USB Type - C interface on Apple ’s 12 - inch MacBook but miss the prompt release MagSafe power connector that probably saved your old MacBook ’s life on many occasions , Griffin now has a unproblematic wayto get it back .

The functionality behind the company ’s new six - foot BreakSafe Magnetic USB - C Power Cable , available arrive April for $ 40 , will almost certainly be conversant to MacBook users . The end of the cable that plug away into your 12 - inch MacBook ’s USB - C port , or the USB - C mogul embrasure on any laptop , features a magnetized connection that will easily break when put under sudden strain . So if someone trips over your MacBook ’s exponent cable , the magnetic connection will instantly split alternatively of yanking your expensive ironware off a tabular array .

The magnetic connector is only half - an - inch bass so you’re able to depart it connected to your laptop without it being too much of a nuisance — unless you need to plug in another USB - C gimmick and only have the one at your disposal . But Griffin ’s not to charge for your radical - compact laptop computer ’s port shortcomings .

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