Thunderbolt3Unblocker
Enable unsupported Thunderbolt 3 peripherals on macOS (by rgov)
tb3-enabler
Enable Thunderbolt 3 for unsupported peripherals on macOS (by KhaosT)
| Thunderbolt3Unblocker | tb3-enabler | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | |
| 649 | 475 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| over 2 years ago | almost 5 years ago | |
| C | Python | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Thunderbolt3Unblocker
Posts with mentions or reviews of Thunderbolt3Unblocker.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-04.
- USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness
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Thunderbolt dock with dual displays at 1080p@120-144hz?
Actually, I found that even on Intel with a newer macOS version there were some hacks that were needed, and a direct look at the issues in one of the "patchers" - https://github.com/rgov/Thunderbolt3Unblocker/issues/71 is not supported on M1. But there is also https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbolt/comments/ll1twj/comment/gp80obh/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3 claiming M1 works as is (for one monitor on M1, obviously), and https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/379778/macbook-pro-16-and-dell-tb16 claiming that older firmware on TB16 may cause issues on Intel MBP. If you can return it - that's like a project to try I guess. But back to the same question on why so cheap - you don't get much certainty until you try and support after you tried and possibly failed.
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Part Data Hoarder, part Apple, a little eGPU and a sprinkle of magic; definitely a unicorn.
1. Thunderbolt3Unblocker, this requires a replug after restarts
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Booststation eGPU + MBP late 2011 + thunderbolt 2 to 3 adapter = FAIL
A cheap eBay HP zbook thunderbolt 3 dock and the unsupported thunderbolt device enabling kext (https://github.com/rgov/Thunderbolt3Unblocker) and it all springs to life.
tb3-enabler
Posts with mentions or reviews of tb3-enabler.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-05-03.
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iPhone 15 to require certified accessories for full access to USB-C
Quite literally not true: https://github.com/KhaosT/tb3-enabler
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Anker 577 Compatibility with M1Pro
Is it one of the very first TB3 docks from 20-15? I think the oldest generation of TB3 docks is blacklisted in macOS but that always the case (https://github.com/KhaosT/tb3-enabler)
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Part Data Hoarder, part Apple, a little eGPU and a sprinkle of magic; definitely a unicorn.
2. tb3-enabler, devices can be left plugged in after restart but requires more work (in Catalina work has to be done in recovery)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Thunderbolt3Unblocker and tb3-enabler you can also consider the following projects:
displaylink-debian - DisplayLink driver installer for Debian and Ubuntu based Linux distributions.
ExpansionCards - Reference designs and documentation to create Expansion Cards for the Framework Laptop