History of Apple Proprietary Ports
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2018
- through the years, Apple has featured quite a few different ports and connectors in their products. From USB in their older computers, to the lightening connector in todays iPhones. But most of the controversy surrounding Apple ports stems from their long history with proprietary technology. But even switching ports on new products is enough to ruffle some feathers. So in this video I want to discuss three connectors: Thunderbolt, Lightning, and Magsafe. But also talk about some controversial transitions from one technology to another.
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Next apple Proprietary port: *No ports*
I bet this is gonna happen in the next 5 years or so
SatanSama
Yesss!!!!!!
Rumour has it they want to do that, transition to a completely wireless device.
They’re literally already working on that. Check the patents list.
Battery dead? Just buy a new Macbook. Data transfer costs $499.99, and is not included.
I just came here to say how much I missed magsafe.
I'm happily still enjoying it on my MacBook Air 2017. The last Mac that I know of to still use Magsafe and not have those wretched butterfly switches.
@@axllebeer lol not 2017
@@lillisp9353 Yeah
Im also enjoying magsafe on my macbook air.
I'm another 2017 Macbook Air guy... I bought this because my 2012 Macbook Air is considered 'vintage' now and apple won't change the battery even if you want to pay them to do so. It's still alive and it was great for 6 years of heavy daily use. I hope this one lasts as long and Apple unfucks itself before it's time is done.
"Wireless is the future"
- some guy.
Keimarr Jixbii eh. Maybe for some people, but I think for high quality or high security data transfers cables might stick.
@@jacob9673 And fun occurs when your mom starts a microwave and everything goes black
(joke)
PlaysThunder no u
first website says samsung is number one idk why iphone is 10 r is number one it does not make sense
PlaysThunder no you brat boi
Thunderbolt.
Lightning.
Very very frightening me.
Galileo, Galileo.
juleify he just miss "and" in the middle.
Figaro.
Honestly deserves way more likes
Giorno Giovanna thank you Giorno, we have reached the truth
@@TNTExploda MagnificoOoOoOoOo
The 30 pin connector for the iPods and early iPhones was really Apple's attempt at future proofing their devices. If you look at the schematics of the 30 pin connector, it had compatibility with all sorts of possible connections that were around at the time. (It could support S-video, of all things.)
I remember reading somewhere that either two or four of the pins were not connected to anything, they were just there to allow Apple to add compatibility in the future.
This seems a bit extreme, but you have to remember that at the time (2003-2004), USB was still relatively new, and no one really knew which computer connector would become ubiquitous in the future. We all know that USB would, but that wasn't really that clear at the time.
But when it was clear, they made a new proprietary lightning port. Great!
Lightning is fair superior than microusb for mechanical reasons
Then why do Lightning ports fail more often than Micro USB? The one ELECTRONIC (not mechanical) reason i can think of is the pins for analogue audio, which USB doesn't have
@@josecarlosxyz and why didn't they use that in their laptops? They use the same usb c ports that android flagships made standard years ago and almost all android phones has these days. Still they are using the outdated stupid lightning for their smartphones because its their money cow and they know people would still buy it.
Jake Gibbons they hardly ever fail compared to micro usb that will fail if you drop your device well it’s connected or even move it around at all when charging. micro usb has been garbage since it first was invented and i’m pretty glad everyone is moving to usb c, i will never buy another expensive device with micro usb, it charges slow, is insanely fragile and non reversible, even the cables arnt durable at all and break very easily
>Apple removing the 30 pin connector for more real estate to add more features
>Apple removing the headphone jack.
Well played
The magsafe port always impressed me as a kid, when I would unplug it a couple of times every time I saw a mac at the store, and it still does to this day. Why would you get rid of it? It is a brilliant idea
They got it back with the new MacBook Pro 14 & 16. Hopefully, it releases on next year's 2022 Macbook Air. It is now called Magsafe 3 and is more durable and fast charges Macbooks. One of the greatest port comebacks ever in the computer and laptop world.
At least it’s kinda back because they brought it back but not the same one
It's back.
On the new MacBook
Me as a 14 year old in 2022 phew I am not the only one doing that 😂😂
Ik I have a 2021 MacBook Pro I looooooove MagSafe cuz like it won’t unplug as easily
Lightning port is also on the Siri Remote (Apple TV remote)
apple pencil
@@mxdanger if you break it open, it will become a port easily.
And who cares? Shall I list you all the devices with a USB c port
I think we all have to agree that USB c is much more universal
@@bspringer Still lightning is better in the most crucial way.. you see, sometimes accident happen and in that case lightning is better... lightning port doesn't have a pin like usb c. ao when it is forced to break.. of course by accident, you damage the phone entirely in usb c.. as the jack inside gets destroyed.. but lightning doesn't have that chip inside the phone connection but in the jack itself. Now my galaxy s9 connector is broken.. I only can charge my phone via wireless.. but my ipad survived this 2 times..cable broken but device jack connection okay.. I am very clumsy I agree.
@@mxdanger I just told one way where lightning is better.. there are other things better with lightning as well.. voltage protection. chip inserts and few other minor things
Simplicity? Having to purchase and use a dongle/hub alongside a laptop/phone isn't simplicity to me
Maybe simplicity from a design/manufacturing perspective. Still a load of shit if you ask me.
you can buy a wireless headphone
It is just apple cucks being cucks
@Balázs László Yes, you can, but wireless headphones are the opposite of convinient. It's another device you need to remember to charge, you can easly lose them and at this point in time they are far less universal then the good old 3,5 mm jack.
Yes mhan this guy is a joke . In the beginning when he was stating the facts I believed him and by the end he was like apple knows what's right for all. Pure bullshit
20 years from now....
Apple finally moving onto USB type-C or maybe microUSB
OR
Apple removing charging port
#wirelesscharging
@@Wabbss ik
And cuz of MORE extra gadgets, apple will charge more $
Donghoon 2 20 years from now.. most technology will be wireless, not just apple that want more gadgets
True
It's great that they threw away that shitty MagSafe. Don't see a problem here.
RIP MagSafe power adapter
R.i.p sadly
@@bullet01l30it’s back on the latest MacBook Pro and Air. First reintroduced in 2021 with the MacBook Pro M1 MAX.
"apple will keep making the right decisions for the future of tecnology"
are you sure about that?
Yes and Samsung will continue to copy them
Apple copies Samsung's tech ideas, Samsung copies Apple's business ideas.
7:50 hold up... *THERE'S A BLUE IPAD???*
Valentin Roesler No. Its a slate black ipad
SatanSama iPad Mini 1
Valentin Roesler are you colour blind?
you can get a pink ipad if you like at dbrand, use code LINUS for 10% off your first purchase
@@Aleks6010 lol
Not even going to mention:
ADB
ADC
AAUI
Newton Interconnect
Remote Control for iPod
mini-VGA
mini-DVI
DB-15
all of their SCSI and Serial connections
ExpressCard
I dont even think thats all of them
expresscard isn't proprietary, ADB was also used by manufacturers of Mac clones in the 90s and has the same port as S-Video
Oops, I thought the ExpressCard 5/4 port was only used in the first gen MBP. But ADB was only used by Apple and given to clone manufactures as part of the agreement. The only machines that came with ADB were ones that ran Mac OS and were approved by Apple, so I guess it is a gray area. (Same thing with 30 pin and lightning if that is the case)
Apple licenses its Lightning connector and the Express card slot is was used by lots of manufacturers such as HP. my HP ELITEBOOK 2540p has an express card 34 slot
Originally developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA), ExpressCard is not remotely an Apple technology. It was an industry standard that Apple used for a brief blink in time
The serial connectors were ISO 422 (connector & signal levels), as compared to PCs that started with rs-232 then shifted to a non-standard DE-9 connector and non-standard signal levels.
I believe they used the standard SCSI connector, at least it was the same as our workstations.
Never used a DB-15, it’s a DC-15 (first letter is shape, second letter is size: B can hold 25 pins, C 15 pins, E 9 pins at common pin pitch; the later VGAs used DE-15, denser pin pitch in E size, also referred to as HD-15)
2016 was the year:
-Apple removed the headphone jack
-Made an Apple Pencil that sticks out of the charging port
-Made the Magic Mouse charge from the bottom
-Removed a TON of ports from the MacBook Pro and left only USB C
-Sold a lot of annoying dongles
They were doing something wrong that year
removing the other ports and only leaving usb c ew
They were right about the headphone jack and removing ports though. Sure it was annoying at the time, but wireless is becoming more and more common. Any Apple peripherals are simply sold to upkeep their image of being a luxury tech company, the decisions they make with them don't generally make sense compared to their other product lines.
I like the charging Magic Mouse. Better than having to always get new batteries cause your mouse runs out.
ok but like why does the Apple Pencil genuinely makes the ipad look like a clown... apple youre a trillion dollar company you can think better than this
USB C proper based tho
Your channel is so underrated. You let your subscribers decide the topic of your next video and your commentary & research on the topic is great. I hope you'll reach 100K Subscribers soon!
Aw this is cute
aged like fokin wine
@@WindowsG Yup 💀
I remember when the MacBook Pro had a CD drive! Technology has really evolved!
I think you mean devolved.
flying_Night_slasher when removing the cd drive is devolving then removing a floppy drive is a bad thing too. Its 2019. no one uses cds
First thing I did when I got my MBP was remove the cd drive and replace it with an additional SSD
Who the hell uses CDs anymore? They are inferior in every way. Guess we should go back to using VGA ports...
My CD drive on my Mid 2012 Macbook Pro broke within 3 years, It kept spitting out discs.
"Dongles are the biggest profit maker for apple since last two years"
Who says that? That's obviously complete bullshit
Gandalfwiz2007 Happy 6th Birthday 🎂 I think you have been watching too many rated R movies bud
anugrah ajendran “Best buys top selling Apple products” this means it was not apples best selling accessory it was Best Buy’s best selling accessories and it makes perfect since lol if anyone wants to buy a full fledge Apple product high chance is they want to go to an actual Apple store if all they need is a dongle than why not grab one at Best Buy lmao
anugrah ajendran “have actually been Apple’s best-selling product category at Best Buy since Q1 2016” this is so obvious why would it be any diffrent lmao
Gandalfwiz2007 I hope your mom bought you a grammar book for your birthday. 📖
Apple should have kept MagSafe, it was actually good
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
The feel of plugging in magsafe is pure asmr.
Thunderbolt is proprietary to Intel now. Apple has given the full rights to them
I really don't believe removing I/O options makes things more simple for the user. I'm for the idea of replacing old outdated stands with new ones, provided there has been a transition period, or the new standard is backwards compatible.
0:49 I thought you were gonna say, very very frightening me.
I want apple to make a new MagSafe for the next Macbook.
RIP Magsafe. I LOVED having the assurance of safety and the fact that you didn't have to fiddle with it.
Apple: removes headphone jack because "it took up too much space and they needed more"
Also Apple: *thin boi*
why is having thin phones a priority like c'mon we all love thicc phones
@@bullet01l30 I don't want pocket bulge. But also, if we're all being honest, Apple got rid of the headphone jack to push true-wireless earbuds. Maybe not necessarily to push airpods, but they knew that true-wireless was the future, and they were right. The last model that had the headphone jack was proof that they would either have to make them thicker, or get rid of the jack.
Ipod nano 6th and 7th gen: thinner and smaller than the iphone but still has a headphone jack
They needed more space to make the phone thinner lol.
@@grapes4315 the iPod has a different function to the iPhone. I don’t think that your comparison is fair.
Rip MagSafe
He will RIP in my childhood.
I am here when IPhone 12 was released, and they hat mag safe too.
8:03 "first smartphone ever made without a headphone jack"
totally wrong, a lot of devices from PDA-era doesn't have headphone jack, and many early Android device like HTC Dream.
"Smartphone". Last time I checked PDAs weren't smartphones lol
albb0920 LOL 1 PDAs are not a smartphone and the htc dream also had a jack try again
ok i lie i had the hero i got confused with the dream but still it’s very pushing it. coz at that time you could say the iphone 2g didn’t have a headphone jack and both phones needed a dongle
The Moto which came out a few months before the iPhone 7 also had no headphone jack
the Dream didn't have a headphone jack, and various smartphones like the Oppo R5 and Moto Z also omitted the jack.
Why has Thunderbolt 3 USB Type-C connector?
My anxiety doesnt let me enjoy the video because the intro isnt updated to the new profile picture
Wtf?
Little bitch
What?
I’m a simple man, when I see apple adding SD card reader to MacBook Pro, I buy it.
Still waiting for those wireless SD cards to materialize.
Today’s your chance
Aaaahhhhhh the nostalgia!!!! I can’t handle it!
next: wireless charging for macbooks
I like the idea of having an adapter customized to specific needs... But I think it's still too early to remove SD card slot and USB-A ports. And I prefer the MagSafe to the USB-C... Same for the Lightening connector, it's clearly better than the micro-USB!
GREATLY APPRECIATED AMAZING VIDEO!!
According to Apple's logic, it doesn't make sense that the iPhone X/XR/XS don't include de 3.5mm jack, since they removed the home button with the haptic engine
Facu AF they did it to sell their earpods
@@010dx010 that what he is saying.
The haptic engine is still there; it is used to provide vibrations for things like ringer notifications and "haptic touch" (3D/Force touch on X, XS). Also, Apple would never add something back after they have removed it *cough cough the headphone jack* and also because *Apple is Apple, what did you expect?*
Facu AF they removed it to make it more water proof
Do you really think the haptic engine was just for the home button ? It is still in there. 3D touch and the iPhone XR haptic force feedback’s use it.
Did this man really just called the taptic engine the feedback engine
The very near future (uptoo ~2 years):
iPhone - no ports
AirPods - no ports
Macs - USB C only (no aux)
iPad USB C and Qi
iPod touch discontinued (LOL)
krik not even funny
DragonTechRoyale4k idk abt 2 years but it’s realistic if they switch entirely to wireless charging
Rogelio Ramos believe me, like the headphone jake the charging connector will be *gone* sooner than everyone think
Whats up with lightning they are much better and they say usb c is evrywhere i never saw one in person and in my class theres mire lightning then usb c users
iPod Will still be sold cause apple needs to swindle little kids into buying them
I love my 2017 MBP, the fact that I get home plug one cable in and get my hard drive, monitor, keyboard and mouse all up and running instantly is amazingly elegant
Maybe that was Apple’s idea of the future.
I have a 2013 MacBook Pro and have never used the thunderbolt 2 ports but I have used every other one heavily
The omission of MagSafe was a great mistake. I can understand with iPhone free space is highly important but with MacBooks that is not so important. MagSafe could survive and many damages could have been avoided with MagSafe.
7:55 - not true an android phone beat apple and removed the headphone jack first. Then everyone accused apple of copying even though it was rumored to be removing it almost 8months in advance
And it was an oppo that first removed it
Vlad Volkov Nobody cares about that tho. Tons of company wouldn’t have removed it if it wasn’t for Apple, just like the notch.
It was leaked months before the release and then oppo made a phone with no headphone jack based of the leaks
Bob Jeff cry
Thank you for this video!
Still not over the Jack 😭
@@flame4986 I moved from iPhone to android to keep the headphone jack but now every company is removing them and the choice is so limited now 😭
@Rapts 😭
@Rapts ooooooooooooo didn't realise that the Jack is still on it! Thanks for telling me 😅
Build a bridge and get over it.
lol thats rough man. I don't miss it one bit
i started with the iphone 4 charging port :3
VipexArtz I did too
Hideika same
Watching and writing this on iPhone 4,i do love the 30 pin connector
Hey just wanted to say you made another great video! Also, your voice is very comforting and easy to listen to. I’m guessing there’s a handsome guy behind the voice! Regardless, I hope you have a great day! ☺️♥️
I would like to see something else other than the history of ------ even though I like the series and it should go on maybe you could talk about the situation of Apple right now or some type of commentary. I don't really expect my comment to be noticed but that's all nice video
Awesome video; so much history surrounding ports! :) One thing however... the iPhone 7 was first smartphone to not have a headphone jack; a couple of obscure Android phones removed it a few months before Apple did, but Apple was the first major smartphone manufacturer to remove it. :)
The lightning port click combined with the iOS 6 charging sound was lovely, it really sucks it only existed for a year
gratz on 200k
Man I'm gonna miss MagSafe when I upgrade next year :(
Do you see a floating sandwich? Surface laptops can charge with usb c and a magnetic charger if you really like it!
@@mikailkraft1466 Surface devices just suck man
Then dont upgrade? Why replace something if it works fine?
@@DaisyHead666 turns out i didn't miss it that much, but to answer your question I had to upgrade bc my screen turned purple/pink
@@doyouseeafloatingsandwich4301 Oh, thas unfortunate
You really need to find some new music.
I like stock jams
😆
i have a mid 2010 macbook pro 15 inch, it has a headphone jack on the left side and thats the last port. the second last though, is it a microphone jack?
Love your vids.
it is said that Apple will go backward to recover some of the old ports ,such as the MagSafe.
Do an Apple headphones video( earpods and their case)
SACY VACHHAR vite in the polls
I just love the way he says “Activity Feed”
the fact that this video needs to exist shows everything
Next thing we'll see apple remove the headphone jack from the MacBook Pro. God. That's a dark future, but I can kinda see it take shape soon...
I understand the simplicity and making it easier but at the same time they made it harder due to now needing an adapter. Been a loyal Mac user for years and still have my 2012 MacBook Pro as my main laptop but I’m starting to look for a replacement and can’t see myself getting another MacBook with the need for adapters and no SSD upgradability
I tested out 3.5 mm adaptor to lightning doesn’t sound as good not as much details everything sounds more compressed for example a band sounds like they’re close together almost squished together in comparison to normal headphone jacks on older Apple products
What do you mean with we don’t use other ports and onl usb C? I would kinda understand it in the normal mac book, but who would buy the pro version without needing a adapter?
I got an ad for a MacBook Hyperdrive while watching this LMAO
Please do proper research before making one of these videos...
Disappointed there was no mention of ABC or other ports.
I started using Mac in 1996 and I'm not aware of a connector called ABC. Did you perhaps mean ADB (Apple Desktop Bus) or ADC (Apple Display Connector)?
I meant ADB, whoops!
@Xavier Tridento Firewire is not apple proprietary.
7:41
My aunt’s Chinese iPhone 6 had a micro USB to lightning adapter
Do history of Apple retail employees!! I’ve been waiting for that one!
Gary Coleman history of me buying too many Apple products
I do agree with removing the 3,5mm jack, I have used Bluetooth headphones on my phone ever since Bluetooth 2.1. Removing the MagSafe port though, was rubbish.
not really. MagSafe is not consistent at all
Apple says they are all about wireless but all they do is remove essential ports and sell even more dongles which add guess what MORE CABLE
if they remove the ports then they can’t sell dongles lmao, they’ll just have to buy airpods and a wireless charging pad
Macsafe port? 8+ years ago, the connector caught fire while connected to the MacBook Pro... The transformer occasionally did not power off when the port is disconnected...That caused the fire which also killed the MacBook Pro...
Oh, the good old days, when you didn’t need a dongle for everything
YOU DIDN'T COVER the old apple device port from mac's pre OS 10
That weird phone plug looking thing on the old old Macintosh keyboard.
@@raspberry144mb3 NO apple had their own kind of like PS/2 Connector it was called Apple Device port Or ADP or ADB. it was a proprietary Device interface on early macs for their keyboards and mice used to have them on the sides of macintosh keyboards
IT Was called Apple Desktop bus
What happened to ADB?
Nice video! Would have been interesting to hear about the Smart Connector on iPad as well
If you plug in two USB-C chargers in a MacBook Pro, does it charge faster?
Iphone 7: headphone jack is gone
Iphone X: home button is gone
Iphone 12: off and on button is gone
iPhone 15: volume buttons are gone
iPhone XX: *_I P H O N E I S G O N E_*
1078: in 2018 we will have a paper tablet
2018:APPLE EXPLAINED INVADES
Kuta Mansion Lombok why 1078?
MagSafe: removed
2021: I'm about to return this mans whole career
Now i want the full story of the adapters.
Not one of my Apple devices is from after 2010. Apple has become a fashion company and Jony Ive removed as many ports as he could so he could rub the smooth surfaces and get a woody.
Current port: USB-C
My sister still has her 2015 MacBook Pro. It’s lasted 6 years through college and graduate school, and has tons of ports, MagSafe, and the glowing logo. That was the height of MacBook
Apple Desktop Bus is a bit-serial computer bus connecting low-speed devices to computers. It was introduced on the Apple IIGS in 1986 as a way to support low-cost devices like keyboards and mice, allowing them to be connected together in a daisy chain without the need for hubs or other devices. ADB was quickly introduced on later Macintosh models, and also found use on computers from NeXT, and saw some other 3rd party use as well. ADB was rapidly replaced by USB as that system became popular in the late 1990s; the last external ADB port on an Apple product was in 1999, though it remained as an internal-only bus on some Mac models into the 2000s.
The moto was the first phone to not have a headphone jack not the iPhone 7.
Uhm every phone made 1994-2007 pretty much never had a 3.5mm Jack
007 no one bloody buys that phone
The Oppo R5 that came out in 2014 also didn't feature a headphone jack.
7:53 it wasnt the first smartphone eved made without a headphone jack
This is exactly why I still use a 2011 MacBook Pro alongside my main Mac and gaming rig. I was tired of being tied to my desktops for everything, but I didn't wanna go overboard on a laptop that would only be used occasionally (despite the fact I use the MacBook more than both now lol). I really love having the variety of ports, paired with a great OS. I've upgraded the mac to 12GB of ram, and threw an SSD in it, and its snappy and responsive for being 11 years old. I also really love this laptop just for MagSafe as well!
What’s the last MacBook that used the MagSafe connector? I am going to buy a used MacBook soon and I don’t want the usb c charger
I’m happy that they use the Lightning Connector because it’s different from other phones and their chargers
Type-c is much faster than all chargers 🔌 , just use an adapter and your good
You forgot the Apple display connector and many others.
Also, there was controversy over the iMac G3’s lack of floppy drive over the CD-ROM drive.
but at the time it wasnt as huge as lack of headphone jack because everyone knew that optical disks were more useful, especially with the recordable ones. People only needed floppies around 2000 for specific things such as doing taxes here for some reason.
What really had some controversy, but is not a por connection is the end of Flash support, which was being widely used at the time.
@@lordeilluminati but they had a very good reason for that. And they were right.
It’s nice we all get thunderbolt now because it’s genuinely game changing
I’m a little confused. Apple has a much longer history of proprietary ports than this. What about ADB, for starters?
Wow you didn‘t even talk about ADB, ADC or all the others.
Tobias Timpe keeping it simple for the younger viewers lol
"All the others"
Name one.
Every other phone using USBC chargers: Why can't you just be normal
Apple: Autistic screeching
I love the lightning cable
I have redundant entries in my Contacts book and Calendar because Siri thinks I missed them. Is there any way to turn Siri OFF when it is causing trouble?
The iPhone 7 wasn't the first phone to remove the headphone jack
The Motorola DynaTAC 8000x didn't have a headphone jack.
i think he meant the first iphone.
Delilah Harter He said "wasn't the first phone"
Chinese manufacturer, Oppo, released a phone called the Oppo Finder in 2012 without a headphone jack
Simplicity? I call BS. When you need dongles for everything how is that simple.
simplicity from a design viewpoint
LeEco and Motorola both had smartphones on the market that sported no headphone jack before Apple. The Le 2 range was announced a while before the IPhone 7.
I’m here in 2020, trying to find out which adapter to buy, for the M1 chip Mac Mini, to get SD card while not using any of the 2! USB slots on a stationary Mac smh