Trying this with a new USB C to USB A cable is resulting in extremely slow transfers. Is there an 'approved' cable that will work for this?
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iPad Pro 2015 rMBP to 2018 iPad Pro iTunes file transfer over cable
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sorry chabig is wrong... or at best misinformed.
The good thing about the new 2018 iPad Pro is it uses an industry standard USB-C at USB 3.1 speeds. The bad thing about this is you can get cables that physically connect USB-C to USB-A and will charge and will transfer data, but the cable might be rated at USB 2 speeds (and therefore no faster than the old lightning cable).
All that to say, when buying USB-C cables for an iPad Pro 2018 you don't need anything "approved" by Apple but you do need a cable that states that it transfers at USB 3.1 speeds and that is of adequate quality to actually do what it states.
Only then will you get the 5 Gbps speeds that the 2015 MacBook Pro USB port is capable of. When you get the right cable it will be much faster than any other iOS device currently available.
The good thing about the new 2018 iPad Pro is it uses an industry standard USB-C at USB 3.1 speeds. The bad thing about this is you can get cables that physically connect USB-C to USB-A and will charge and will transfer data, but the cable might be rated at USB 2 speeds (and therefore no faster than the old lightning cable).
All that to say, when buying USB-C cables for an iPad Pro 2018 you don't need anything "approved" by Apple but you do need a cable that states that it transfers at USB 3.1 speeds and that is of adequate quality to actually do what it states.
Only then will you get the 5 Gbps speeds that the 2015 MacBook Pro USB port is capable of. When you get the right cable it will be much faster than any other iOS device currently available.
@chabig, thanks for that. sorry to be salty about it.
Truth is the whole thing is somewhat confusing but I'm just glad that Apple finally is moving toward standard USB. I've been mad at Apple since 2012 when they first released the lightning port for iOS... in the same year that USB3.0 was becoming mainstream in most laptops (and USB 3.0 was already at 5Gbps, or 10x faster than Lightning at USB 2.0 speeds)
Truth is the whole thing is somewhat confusing but I'm just glad that Apple finally is moving toward standard USB. I've been mad at Apple since 2012 when they first released the lightning port for iOS... in the same year that USB3.0 was becoming mainstream in most laptops (and USB 3.0 was already at 5Gbps, or 10x faster than Lightning at USB 2.0 speeds)
Thanks for all the information. It was/is an odd issue. Check out my reply in this thread (if you care!):
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-transfer-speeds.2152119/page-2#post-27161538
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-transfer-speeds.2152119/page-2#post-27161538