thunder bolt 2 docking stations for late 2013 15' Macbook pro

[themacpronovice2022]

hi, im looking for a thunderbolt2 docking station for macbook pro 2013 15" with 750m. what is the best dock that has dual hdmi ports, 4 usb a 3.0 ports, headphone microphone jack, ethernet jack, and 2 thunderbolt 2 ports.

 

[Brian33]

I don't know the answer to which TB-2 dock is "best," but it may be useful to know that you can use a Thunderbolt 3 dock. It will work only if:

1. You use an authentic Apple Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter, AND
2. The Thunderbolt 3 dock has its own power supply (the adapter does not pass power over the Thunderbolt cable).

Don't buy another brand adapter; from what I've read they only work one way (from a TB-3 computer to a TB-2 device). In contrast, the Apple device page says:

As a bidirectional adapter, it can also connect new Thunderbolt 3 devices to a Mac with a Thunderbolt or Thunderbolt 2 port and macOS Sierra or later.

 

[themacpronovice2022]

I don't know the answer to which TB-2 dock is "best," but it may be useful to know that you can use a Thunderbolt 3 dock. It will work only if:

1. You use an authentic Apple Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter, AND
2. The Thunderbolt 3 dock has its own power supply (the adapter does not pass power over the Thunderbolt cable).

Don't buy another brand adapter; from what I've read they only work one way (from a TB-3 computer to a TB-2 device). In contrast, the Apple device page say

Thanks I already knew this tho. And when I Google thunder bolt 3 docking stations it just comes up with usb c crap not thunder bolt 3 stuff or thunder bolt 2 stuff. I’m looking for a docking station with 4 usb 3.0 ports on the back, dual display ports or hdmi ports, head phone microphone port, sd card slot and micro sd card slot and Ethernet and dual thunder bolt ports