Must Have MacBook Pro Accessories for 2023

[@harrison00xXx]

All i need (or at least take it also with me when i pack the 16" M1 Pro): - 100Wh external 65W USB Output powerbank, more used for the iPad and iPhone than for the Mac but its possible at least if i need to double the 16" M1 Pro runtime i can (for example render workload for hours on battery). The Powerbank is always charged via solar power so my 16" M1 Pro runs liks 99% on solar power/green :D - a 2TB Sabrent Thunderbolt external SSD, any other SSD i tested was just slow, problematic or in the case of TB3/4 enclosures they didnt work on regular USB ports at most windows machines. - a 2x collapsable, very small metal stand, very much positions possible even nearly 80° as a iPad stand usable. - 2011 Apple Wireless Keyboard and a basic, cheap bluetooth mouse

[@JaimeJMarrero]

Love the recs, but trackpad over mouse 👨🏻‍💻

[@harrison00xXx]

@@JaimeJMarrero Sure, trackpad is used as much as possible and mouse avoided, except for photo editing, more multitasking, research, working with databases etc in university tho the mouse is better.

[@poke-thom]

I only watched this for an update on your smile journey. Looks great. I’m starting mine in about a week!🔥🔥🔥

[@JaimeJMarrero]

hahaha, I’m mid-way through this weekend. 100 + days to go and on aligned 10. You adjust to speaking with them pretty quickly and people don’t notice. Good luck starting your program! The app is super helpful.

[@JaimeJMarrero]

What accessory would you recommend for MacBook users? 👨🏻‍💻

[@harrison00xXx]

external (notebook) powerbanks (mainly for 14" M1/M2 pro/max users or the ones interested in more than doubling the 13" Airs battery runtime.) fast external SSDs especially for base model users: thunderbolt recommended! Most USB 3.0/3.1 SSDs throttle down too heavy (or are dying fast under extended writing periods due heat) I had a T5 and a T7, the one didnt throttle at all but died (because of heat i guess), the T7 throttles down significant to avoid too much temperature but is in the end also slower than my T5 was. Since i have a Sabrent enclosure (the one with 2TB Sabrent drive preinstalled, expensive but FAST!) just read/write with 2500-2700MB/s CONSTANT without heat or throttling issues. I also built once a 1TB external m2./nvme SSD but it also throttled heavily (about 30-40GB with 700MB/s and then constant 60-80MB/s, absolutely unusable at bigger data transfers)