Thunderbolt 3 was announced in 2015 and arrived to consumers in Apple's 2016 MacBook Pros. This allowed for a newer and more versatile cable spec to be added without changing or adding ports to ...

From an Apple user perspective, Thunderbolt 3 and 4 are very similar ... such as old-school USB-A—to your Mac. In general, an “adapter” works with a single port (such as USB-A or Ethernet ...