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CONNECTION & USAGE NOTES
CONNECTION & USAGE NOTES
2.1 CONNECTION
1. Connect the Thunderbolt Dock to power using the included
power supply and cable.
2. Connect the dock to a Thunderbolt 3 or USB 4 port on Mac,
or a Thunderbolt 4 port on PC.
3. Connect other devices to the appropriate ports on the dock.
All connected devices will be available for immediate use
on your computer.
2.2 USAGE NOTES
-There is no power switch on the dock. As long as it is connected to power and to a computer, the dock will
function. If the computer powers off or sleeps, the dock will remain powered on, but all other devices connected
through the dock will power off or sleep, as if they were connected directly to the computer.
-All ports support hot-plugging. To ensure no data is lost, always eject or unmount any connected storage devices
from your operating system before disconnecting them from your dock (or before disconnecting the dock from
the host computer). OWC Dock Ejector (see Section 1.4) can help make this process easier.
-For the USB Type-A ports on the back of the device, connecting to only one of them will allow for maximum
performance. As you plug in additional USB devices, the bandwidth will be shared among them. This is also true
when you use the audio port, SD media slot, and Ethernet port; all three share the same bandwidth as the
USB ports.
-For Mac Customers, this Thunderbolt 4 device is backward compatible with Thunderbolt 3 computers running
macOS 11.1 or later, and with Thunderbolt 3 devices connected to the back of the dock. For PC Customers, this
device will only work with Thunderbolt 4 computers, but does allow for Thunderbolt 3 devices to be connected
to the back of the dock.
-All downstream Thunderbolt ports on this device provide up to 15W bus power for compatible Thunderbolt
and USB-C peripherals.
-Thunderbolt device chains can support up to six Thunderbolt devices, thus five additional Thunderbolt devices
can be chained to the Thunderbolt Dock. A Thunderbolt 4 or Thunderbolt 3 display (or a display connected
via a USB-C display adapter) can be added to the end of a device chain.
