There are countless accessory products for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Co. In the Mac & i short test, we checked five current hardware offers for their suitability. This time: a captive power supply, a large SSD for the iPhone, a portable MacBook stand solution and a keyboard that doesn’t need to be charged.
“Where is?” for the power supply
It’s all too easy to forget the charger in the socket when traveling. The PlugBug 50 power supply from Twelve South can’t prevent this, but it can use its location transmission via Apple’s “Find My?” at least know where to look. In the app of the same name you can also set up to be notified when you leave something behind and which places are excluded from this alarm.
The radio module in the power supply is powered by a button cell (CR2032), which can be changed. PlugBug 50 features GaN technology and a charging power of 50 watts. We were able to measure up to 49.0 watts on a MacBook Pro M1 Pro. If an iPad Pro was connected to the second port, it received 19.3 watts and the MacBook only 28.6 watts. The EU plug can be exchanged for one with UK contacts; the input voltage can be between 100 and 240 volts. At Apple the power supply costs 100 euros, elsewhere around 70 euros.
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