Connectivity

What do we need from our USB-C cables most? Speed and reach. With these two cables you'll always be covered.

OWC's latest Thunderbolt 5 products win big at CES 2025.

Available in lengths up to nearly 15 feet, the OWC Active Optical Cable delivers the ultimate combo of speed and reach.

There is no substitute for speed and Thunderbolt 5 has it in spades.

Intel has officially announced Thunderbolt 5, an update to the industry-leading specification that will double bandwidth and more.

No matter what your concentration, these five educational sessions from the NAB Show will broaden your knowledge and creative horizons.

Pro video teams should always back up three copies of their videos. The OWC Gemini makes the process easy.

Thunderbolt 3 and Thunderbolt 4 feature different chipset designs aimed at different purposes. Here's what you need to know to pick the best Thunderbolt peripheral for your needs.

Speed. Storage. Flexibility. Recording professionals depend on all three for success. These are the tools that meet their needs.

Thunderbolt docks don't just declutter. They make you faster. Here's how.

The first full-featured Thunderbolt dock with a built-in power adapter for easy mobility + class-leading connectivity.

With the right dock and editing software, the iPad Pro makes for a powerful mobile editing device.

OWC testing has found USB performance on base model M1 Macs to lag behind other chips. Here's why.

Keep one of OWC's portable docks in your bag and you'll always have all the ports you need.

With the right dock and I/O you can add remote control to multiple RED cameras for efficient control and offload.

The dongle life is a choice. Not an inevitability. Here's what you need to know to purchase a desktop dock that fits your workflow.

Need to connect your computer to shared storage, but don't have a 10GbE port? Here's what you need.

OWC's new 11-port Thunderbolt Go dock brings huge I/O expansion without a bulky power brick.

What is 10-gigabit Ethernet and why should you make sure you have it if you’re a video editor sharing 4K video with your team? Here’s what you need to know.

Want to edit video on an iPad Pro? The OWC Thunderbolt Hub, iPadOS 16 and the awesome LumaFusion app combine for the ultimate editing workflow.

A Thunderbolt hub is a must-have for anyone who gets most of their work done on a laptop. Here's why.

Though all USB-C and Thunderbolt ports and cables look the same, they are not. Here's what you need to know about these standards and their capabilities.

Learn about 3 ways that OWC's Thunderbolt 4 docks and hubs can help power your performance.

Here are some remote work solutions for media professionals who need to travel back and forth from the office and home.

Cable interface connections can feel both like a blessing and a curse. For instance. How many tries does it take for you to plug in your USB cable? For me, it takes three tries – wrong the first time, flip it upside down, and it’s still wrong, back to the first way, then it works. There’s nothing wrong with the USB cable or your fingers – they are just notoriously hard to plug in. But despite that minor inconvenience, they are one of the most common cable connections we use today.

If you’ve ever accidentally bought a cable for your Thunderbolt or USB-C device and found it didn’t work, or it performed poorly, or made things slower – OWC Thunderbolt 4 / USB-C cables will be a gamechanger for you.

Nowadays, there are so many different kinds of wires and connections. Some of the most popular are USB-C, Thunderbolt 3, Thunderbolt 4, and USB 4 – but what’s the difference? Michelle walks us through in this RocketYard Video.

OWC's Thunderbolt 4/USB-C cable is a universal cable that provides full capability for all Thunderbolt 3, Thunderbolt 4, USB-C, and USB4 devices. This backward-compatible cable replaces the Thunderbolt 3 cable and takes all the guesswork out of identifying the cables you need for your technology setup.

The face of online content creation is constantly evolving. But the place where YouTube content creators turn to find top-performing solutions remains constant. OWC is the go-to supplier of YouTube content creators like technology aficionado iJustine; podcast producers like Lij Shaw (the owner of Grammy awarded TheToyBoxStudio.com); and celebrity photographers like Harrison Funk, who has photographed the likes of Freddie Mercury, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Diana Ross, and more.

So, you're walking down the street and step what appears to be some sort of cable. You pick it up and notice the familiar oval-shaped connector on both ends. "Sweet!" you think to yourself, "the Cable Fairy has blessed me with a perfectly good Thunderbolt cable! Oh wait, maybe it's USB-C... How the heck can I tell the difference?! Oh, the humanity!!!" Your day has now been ruined.

There’s nothing more distracting than a cluttered workstation. Fumbling with power adapters, searching for the right cord, or trying to excavate a clean space on your desk to put a cup of coffee can put a big damper on your productivity when you’re just trying to stay in the creative groove.