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Nov 2, 2016
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Hi there.

So I have a Mid-2017 27-inch iMac, which has two Thunderbolt USB-C ports.

I have two external Full HD monitors. Those monitors have HDMI or VGA input (they're very cheap), so I have two USB-C to HDMI cables, one for each monitor, plugged in each of the Thunderbolt/USB-C ports.

Now I have got an external USB-C SSD. I need an USB-C port, so I have to take out one of the monitors.

Is there any way that I can stream both a video signal and a data flow via the same USB-C/Thunderbolt port?

It doesn't seem to exist an adapter or hub that allows such a thing, and the only ones I found (including Apple's one) provide an USB-C charging port along with an HDMI port from a single Thunderbolt/USB-C port.

Would I loose much speed if connecting an USB-C SSD to an USB-A port via a provided cable or an adapter? I need to do photo editing with it.

Thank you very much for any answer.
 
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