How can I tell if all USB-C ports on a 2020 M1 MacBook Pro are the same speed, or if one or more will be faster than others? I'm doing some heavy copying of files, and wish to do it via the fastest USB-C connection possible.
I tried holding option and clicking on the apple logo on the very top left, then going to System Information. From here on I'm guessing. I looked under 'Hardware' and see two areas of interest: 'Thunderbolt/USB4', and 'USB'. Does this automatically imply that one or more USB-C ports are faster than others?
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How exactly can I tell if one (or more) USB-C ports on a MacBook Pro offers faster speeds, and how can I easily know which that is?
Apple Menu, &quot;About this Mac&quot;, &quot;System Report&quot;, &quot;Hardware&quot;, &quot;USB&quot; and you get a list of all USB devices connected with their speeds. If a device is not connected directly but through a hub, that will cause a little bit of time. If multiple devices are connected to the same hub, they will have to share the bandwidth - they will slow down if they are used simultaneously.
And one trap that might be misleading you: If a hub has only slow devices connected, then it will often report that it has the slow speed itself. So a USB 3 hub with only USB 2 devices plugged in may report that it is a USB 2 hub itself; plug in a USB 3 device and it changes to a USB 3 hub.