I have the Mac Studio m2 max, what would be the most advantageous way of connecting this setup? I do exclusively music production! By the way GREAT video dude!!! 😎😎😎
A few comments after trying this out myself: 1) Back USB-A ports support limited device types. I had a couple USB 3 hubs that I discovered only worked in the front USB-A ports. After several exchanges with support, they resorted to indicating this was by design, because the back ports use a "second level HUB chip". Nowhere in their documentation or online do I find this limitation documented. 2) Test out all your ports when you received the unit. The one I received had an SD card reader that didn't work. I tested it with SD cards that worked in a USB-A SD card reader plugged into one of the USB-A ports on the front of the unit. 3) The unit I had also had ALL the USB-A ports stop working after 72 hours. 4) I had several interactions (through email, generally a day turnaround per interaction). They clearly do not read emails, as each email included questions that were already answered in the prior email. So in summary: USB-A limitations, poor quality control (SD card reader and fail of all USB-A ports), poor product support
iVanky is not an approved developer for Thunderbolt. I tore this thing open and what I saw scares me. There is foam and double-sided tape around ASICs that can get super hot. If you need four displays, and want to burn your house down, then this is the dock for you.
I like that this is a video where I'm not being shouted at, but the rest of the audio sounds squished. This seems like a cool device, I've got a couple ports burned on display port monitors, it looks like it will allow me to just run this instead of my dual docks.
It's been working really well and I can power my 6K XDR display, Server with 1500 MB/s and Thunderbolt SSD with 2200 MB/s with no issues. Its also barely warm to the touch where my previous TB4 dock was burning hot.
@@MaxTechOfficialawesome! Both current docks are quite warm, plus add the two 10 GB Thunderbolt NICs, looking at how clean your setup is I'm hoping it'll yield similar results. Can you use two separate TB cables if in the future a Mac (or TB4 PC) has different port spacing? I imagine if they keep the model and the future computer is popular enough they'll make another super-cable.
@@WarriorsPhotoyes, we don’t use it for internet most of the time and instead it’s for those of us who have NAS/server setups for video/media editing. You might be asking what’s the purpose of a NAS. It is a network attached storage that allows you to access your data where ever you are in the world as long as you have an internet connection as well as it helps to consolidate all of your data. Imagine having one drive that can hold multiple hard drives worth of data, but with redundancy in case a drive fails. The other benefit is it helps you to stay organized. It is much easier to access one drive rather than having to pull out like 10 external hard drives where you don’t know which drive has which files. Switching to a NAS, vs. having multiple internal or external hard drives is the best decision I’ve made in years
💯a dock without 10 GbE automatically eliminates it for consideration. Especially given the listed price. 10 GbE is essential for working on large photo and video projects. Most of my video projects are over 1 TB.
@@WarriorsPhoto I’m just your average joe that likes to take photos and make videos when I go traveling. The 10 gbe is just helpful for when doing real-time playback directly off of the NAS. Using the regular 1 gbe is like trying to play a 4k video using an old usb 1.0 or 2.0 vs. playing a 4K video off of a usb 3.0 flash drive. With the 1.0 you’ll get buffering and the video may not even play, but if you get the usb 3.0 drive with faster and more bandwidth you’ll be able to play the video smoothly. It’s definitely a sticker shock in terms of the cost for initial setup (NAS with 10 gbe capabilities + a 10 gbe adapter for your computer + drives + (optional 10 gbe network switch)) but the difference between this and using external hard drives is just a quality of life improvement as well as it brings peace of mind in case a drive fails. Once every thing is setup you’ll have loads of space depending on how big your drives are and how many drive bays your NAS can take. All you’ll have to do is just replace a drive if one of them ever fails and you’ll also help subvert the disaster of losing everything if you were to just use one external hard drive. That being said redundancy is the first step to protecting your data. You should also backup your data as well. I have my data backed up to two separate drives. One drive is at the bank in a safety deposit box. And I keep another one at home in a fireproof media safe. Every month I’ll rotate out the ones in the safe for the ones at the bank. Having a backup off site is the best insurance you can have against a disaster. Often times it’s easy to rebuy all of our stuff, but losing years worth of photos, videos and experiences can be utterly devastating for many
I have a quad monitor setup. It was originally 4 Dell Ultrasharp monitors off of my Mac Studio but a piece of software introduced a bug so it won't work on the four monitor setup but will work for 3 monitors. So I added a 5k iMac to get my 4 monitors back on my desk. I also have an M1 Pro MacBook Pro and I ordered it before realizing that it only supported 2 external monitors. So I had various configurations of M1 mini and iMacs to get 4 monitors and then bought the Studio. If you regularly need to run with 4 monitors, then I prefer the Studio as it's one device with a ton of ports and a big heatsink and strong fan. So it keeps the number of cables down, deals with any cooling issues, and gives you lots of ports. My Ultrasharp monitors all have built-in port hub for up to an additional 15 USB-A/C ports. My office is in the basement and I like to leave my MacBook Pro upstairs in the living room so I don't have to bring it up and down stairs depending on where I'm working. I much prefer a separate laptop and desktop. The Studio is also the home NAS so and I can access the files on the Studio from the Mac. The Studio also has a Time Machine disk always attached and a second Time Machine disk which I use monthly so that I have multiple backups. I generally copy work product to the Studio for the backup. If I need to take a trip, I copy files to the MacBook Pro for use on the road. The device reviewed looks pretty solid but one issue that I have read about with docks is if driver support lasts for 10, 15, 20 years. I think that it's difficult for hardware vendors to provide driver support for a very long time and I've seen Apple break hardware drivers on third-party gear before.
This is a winner, Apple should buy this from them and call it the iDOCK…. Notice “iVANKY” this has Apple written all over it, this is the type of unit that has more function than anything else you can buy almost like the studio display …. Winner here!
Would this docking station work with the Mac Studio Ultra if you used your own Thunderbolt 4 cables to connect it to the computer since I do not think the cable supplied by Ivanky would fit the Mac Studio's port layout?
Great Video 👍 This sounds like the perfect dock until the compatibility part. The one thing, that @ivenky missed was to implement displaylink to add more displays to M1 Mac's as well.
Can i also use 2x USB-C Kabels instead of the standard cable which which is deliverd with the dock? I was wondering if this dock is future proof if the layout of the mcbook pro changes or if i switch to a other mac like the mac studio.
Nice overkill for the long haul. IMO, the Mac end of the main cable should have some flex (split) to be compatible with whatever comes down the line w/o needing to order a new cable. (I also don't mind 2 cables as they can trivially be 'tied' together with velcro cable management loops.
You could always just use two of your own TB4 cables or grab some cheap TB4 extension cables if you want to add them to the mac end geni.us/HgTbceZ , but maybe they will make a cable in the future where one end splits up for the last few inches.
Shame that it doesn’t have display link or similar functionality to enable additional thunderbolt displays using an M1 or M1 Pro. My biggest regret with my 14” M1 Pro is that I read the specs as maximum 3 displays - which it can do, however one *must* be the built in display. Even in clamshell mode only 2 external are supported. I get around it by having my 3rd Thunderbolt Display plugged into an older Mac and using the extended display to connect to it. It works well but is clunky and way less than optimal. Next time I’d spring for the extra and buy the Max version.
This came in the other day, and I was able to replace both my TB4 docks with it. I had pause because they only say thunderbolt once in the manual, everything else is USB-C but all my TB3 devices are functioning just fine and my 5K monitor is running at 120 Hz over USB-C to DisplayPort (mac never offered the 240 the display supports even with a direct connection), we'll see about the dual 4K-in-one later this week
@@semahj at the time I was rocking the Samsung G9 OLED but my wife took it, now I've got the Samsung G9 Dual 4K 57" which is still 240 Hz but at 7680x2160. My M1 Max Mac can only drive it to 5120x1440 @120 Hz HDR though 😢
Great video and information! Overall I really like this dock! One complaint is that the top gets very hot after a few minutes of use. I run two 4k monitors (32 in and 27 inch), and after a few minutes of use (photoshop and lightroom), the top of the dock gets really hot. Just can't put anything that is heat sensitive on top of the dock.
I am very impressed with this 20 ports dock station and seriously thinking to replace the CalDigit TS4 I am using connecting 4 screens with my MacBook M1 Ultra. I can see that you are also using a CalDigit TS3+ or TS4. Can you show a speed performance test (which you are so good at it with the MacBooks) comparing this new 20 ports iVanky with the CalDigit you have when connecting on both a Thunderbolt external SSD casing?
Im sure this has been already asked but will they make a version of this for windows? Or what would you recommend that is like this for non apple products?
Looks good,. Not for everyone due to price but it has a market for people. Which port support 40 gbps TB4 ? I am using cal-digit TS3 for few years now with mac studio now. Originally I got for Mac mini. No display port here which could be handy considering it has everything covered. 10 Gbps Ethernet should be there at this produce point.
4 of the ports support full 40 gbps TB4 so if you're using them for displays you can use them as regular TB4 Ports. Right now I'm using 2 of those for data, one for my TB4 server getting the full 1500 MB/s while at the same time getting 2200 MB/s on another port for my TB4 external SSD. I'm using another one for my 6K XDR display which uses a crazy amount of bandwidth and the rear USB-C ports still work at full speed just like if it was plugged directly into my Mac which other docks have had issues with which is why with the TS4 I had to plug my server in to my mac directly with another cable.
This looks perfect for what I'm after. Running a MacBook Pro 16" with Studio display just doesn't give me the ports I need. Additionally, I am forced to connect my Apogee Duet 3 audio interface to my MacBook Pro directly because of some issue when connecting it to the studio display. I'm constantly juggling cables and devices on my only available TB port on the MBP to charge my peripherals and phone etc.. since my studio display ports are all used up by external SSDs and an ethernet adapter. The dock would solve the ethernet adapter, and provide me with more than enough ports to connect all my periphery and SSDs.
Seems like it was still get hot since the heat is blocked in by a wall and will push back against the dock. Seems it would be better just to not have the wall but I can get all together.
I notice they don’t show the M2 Ultra chips on there. 1) how do you connect the dual thunderbolt 4 cables to an Studio and/or Mini design? 2) I assume this would work with the ultra chip? But there’s nothing on the website that addresses this.
Yea it would work but you'd just need to use two TB4 cables since the thunderbolts are laid out differently instead of this special one that is setup for Macbooks and Mac Mini. Or you can use some cheap TB4 extensions on the Mac side geni.us/QAlnxAh The studio already has a lot of ports but of course not everything that this has so some people would still make good use of it.
Does this dock use some kind of "special" software to utilize all the displays? I think I tried one of their earlier boxes that requires some compression or something to accomplish the multi-displays. Did you have to install a software management tool to use this?
@@MaxTechOfficial Interesting!! I'm going to pick one up and try it. I've had all sorts of issues with even dual displays on my M1 Max through a Caldigit TS4 Dock. This IVANKY dock appears to have dual HDMI as well, which doesn't take up my 40Bgit ports for my external drives! HUGE Thanks for posting this video! Hope you get credit for me buying one!
If this thing would have an internal M.2 Slot i would be sold! But to be honest for my needs i would only need 2 Monitors but would much more prefere super speedy external storage for Mac
I've been using external M.2 SSD's since the price is about the same and I can easily unplug it to take it with me or connect it to another computer without having to take the whole dock.
@@MaxTechOfficial True but its extra cost and extra cabels so i would prefere an all in one setup. Moving around with the Macbook but have everything ready at my work test
I’ve always had great results with their cables but that name reminds me of one of those black label companies that are here today gone tomorrow lol. But ivanky does have some quality stuff.
Kensington makes a baby version of this, they must use the same oem because the housing is identical although the port layout is different. i bought it for 50 bucks, says it only supports 4k but works fine with 5k over thunderbolt.
Hi there, we do not recommend using it with Windows PCs due to the possible unsatisfactory compatibility experience. If you want to use it, you will need two separate Thunderbolt 4 or USB 4.0 cables, and.connect the two upstream ports to the laptop's Thunderbolt 4 interface respectively.
Yes, you can. You can connect it using two TB4 or USB 4.0 cables. The dual USB-C cable we provided is only compatible with MacBooks and Mac Mini. However, we are working on producing cables compatible with Mac Studio, which you might see in the near future!
Here is what I want to know. Can I attach 2 or more monitors. Allow the mac to go to sleep then wake up without completely rearranging every window. I have the OWC dock and have completely disabled sleeping and run screen savers because EVERY SINGLE TIME it wakes from sleep my windows are in completely new places.
Hi there, you can connect to up to four monitors, depending on which MacBook do you have. Regarding the problem you have encountered, it is related to the MacBook system. Based on what we know, the likelihood of encountering this issue is relatively high in version 12.1. The issue has been fixed in systems after version 13.1. You can try upgrading your system. If the problem persists, we recommend consulting Apple customer service.
Is the audio slightly pitched? Strange. Also sound like some backup audio source, far from the voice. (Anyways thanks for the video, cool and interesting as always. Keep it up!)
Hi there, yes. However, if you are using the M1/M2 chip, only one monitor can be connected due to the M1/M2's limitation. The M2 Pro can support dual monitors.
Who said laptop only? Works with the dual cable on Mac Mini's but if you want to use it with the studio you can use use your own TB4 cables or cheap TB4 extensions on the Mac end. geni.us/yuzFbmc
Is it possible to connect a Thunderbolt 3/4 external storage to the ports labeled "6k"? These are the only ports that appear to support 40Gbps data transfer.
You just want your followers to purchase this from your link. My built in ports on my Mac’s plus my OWC docks add up to over 20 ports anyways and cost way less, less than over half the price of this anyways. Screw USB-C & A 3.2 ports. I want them all Thunderbolt 4 ports.
About $400 if you get it through the Amazon link. If you need the ports its a good value compared to other TB4 docks which only have 1 TB4 chip inside where this has 2.
The problem I have is not enough usb-c ports. Don’t care about USB A need C. Even Ankers 13-1 don’t provide enough USB-C. I have connected to mine 3 external Hard drives, the other day my Mac-mini shut down two of the drives for drawing to much power. Could I take the Anker and plug a usb c hub into one of the USB-c ports and get around the power issue?
Would this dock work with 2019 Mac Pro that's Intel based? ANy KVM switch that allows one Pro Display XDR to work with 2019 Intel Mac Pro alongside a 2023 M3 Max MacBook Pro? Thanks.
As the 2019, or ANY Intel-based Mac for that matter, only has Thunderbolt 3 and not the required Thunderbolt 4 that this operates on, this will unfortunately not work for the 2019 Mac Pro. As far as the concept of a KVM switch, depending upon what you are specifically wanting to use it for, you could try using Apple's "Universal Control" feature that allows you to operate an second Mac on the same network with the same keyboard and mouse from the first system.
Aren’t the two Thunderbolt port next to each other on the MacBook Pro on the same Thunderbolt channel, and thus have only two DisplayPort streams and 40Gbps throughput shared between them? How is it getting four 6K output? Is it some type of non-native DisplayLink type video solution? Also, if it’s a single channel, using two DisplayPort streams will seriously cut into the downstream data bandwidth, making, say, writes to an attached SSD/NVMe drive slow.
Sadly enough, it doesn't work on my intel Mac Pro. I do have an M1 Macbook Air but that's more in use for when i go to the hospital. But maybe down the road, i might buy it.
This need an immediate comparison video vs the Caldigit TS4 BTW. It says quad monitor setup but that is using 3 6k and 1 4k. How many 5k monitors could this support? Is it stuck at 4 or is the quad setup assuming 6k monitors etc
12:12 there's an error: Mac Mini with M1/M2 supports 1 6k & 1 5k display simultaneously. So dual 5k60 is possible Edit: wait nvm it's 1 6k via TB, the other has to be via HDMI
You were half right, the M2 (non-Pro) Mac mini does support 1 6k and 1 5k display at the same time over Thunderbolt, so I would assume it would do it though this dock too. The M1 Mac mini does not, unfortunately, it only supports one display over Thunderbolt.
yep details in their Q&A: Only MacBook with M1/M2 Max can reach to quad monitors, but due to MacBook's limitations, currently, you can only connect up to three 6K external displays and one 4K external display.
I'd say that it's for professional use. The typical consumer doesn't have a quad-monitor setup. I have a quad-monitor setup and have had a 5 monitor setup in the past but I think that 4 is optimal for me now.
180 PSU for something that supposedly is "SO" powerful is worrisome. They are definitely cutting some corners. I think CalDigit TS4 still has iVANKY beat.
MBP16m1Pro HDMI out to ATEM TB4 port 1 = TS4 with only monitor on DP This on port 2&3…? Would it blow up the MBP? Would you need to plug MagSafe to get get full strength bandwidth? Thinking crazy, all the screens (happy with 1080P), all the digital media/broadcast enthusiasts needs. My “Dream studio” with MBP as brain . Without killing it. Ideas?
I wonder if this would work with a Windows machine as well, if it has two TB4 ports and you use two separate TB4 capable cables to hook it up? Would be an interesting test. Is there some special sauce in the included cable? Sure I use a Mac mostly, but occasionally need to hook up a windows machine. Kind of limited target user group with the fixed dual port cable, nice to plugin yes, but also Apple might even change the port spacing. Sure unlikely, but they might. Would make sense if it also works with separate cables. And yes, pity is it not also DisplayLink compatible. With all the features and ports, they could have included it too.
Hi there, technically, it can work on windows laptops with two TB4 ports, but we do not recommend using it with Windows machines due to unsatisfactory compatibility experience. If you want to use it, you will need to two Thunderbolt 4 or USB 4.0 cables, and connect the two upstream ports to the laptop's Thunderbolt 4 interface respectively.
@@iVANKYOfficial Thanks for the info, thought it should, makes sense that it would. I agree, this is not for most users and you do need the right cables and a Windows laptop that actually has two TB4 ports. Understandable that it is not recommended, as it is potentially asking for a sea of troubles with most users not knowing or understanding the diff between ports and cable specs. Would have been great if the review would have tested and confirmed this extra possibility. Anyway thanks for the info 🙂🙏
Yup, I mentioned that. It just means it's better to spread out your devices so it uses both TB4 chips instead of just having everything on one. I can power my 6K XDR display, Server with 1500 MB/s and Thunderbolt SSD with 2200 MB/s at the same time with no issues.
Help! Is there a dock that does hdmi or thunderbolt to display port in 120hz?! I am doing a single set up for both my PC and MacBook Pro. This is a triple Alienware QD OLED set up. The 32” 4k QD OLED (center monitor) has hdmi 2.1. If I connected directly to the monitors I could get the faster refresh rates. But a dock would be ideal. Does such a dock exist? Thanks
might need a thunderbolt to displayport or thunderbolt to hdmi 2.1 cable and bypass the hdmi port on the dock if you can, I see so many of them are limited to only 4k but with thunderbolt you would be able to get the full 2.1 throughput
@@jam91280 yeah I didn’t need nearly as many ports, and I needed a dock for the iMac too, ended up getting two Kensington SD5560T to run my 5k monitors, spec sheet says it won’t do it but the Amazon reviews said otherwise and sure enough it does. It’s the same manufacturer as the Ivanky. It even looks identical but with fewer ports. Except I paid less than 100 bucks Canadian for 2 of them 🤣. It was way too good of an offer to pass up. The ivanky definitely has a far better port selection tho.
I wonder if this would work with a M1 or M2 mini. Might have to buy separate thunderbolt cables I’ll bet. This would be killer for Mini owners. Especially the $599 Mini owners.
Hi there, yes, you can. However, if you are using the M1/M2 chip, only one monitor can be connected due to the M1/M2's restriction. The M2 Pro can support dual monitors.
“A quad monitor setup with FOUR displays” This dude likes to repeat himself just to make his videos as long as he possibly can so he can get paid more, at the expense of our annoyance. Lol
lol. Anything over 8min has mid-rolls anyway so if you see a RU-vidr make a video that's 9 min or longer it's just because we meant for it to be longer. When you see a video that's 7.5 min and they just add black at the end that's because they wanted to hit 8 min haha.
i bought 1. plugged 1 4k monitor into usb-c and another into hdmi. one of them won't go 60hz no matter what, wtf. if i plug both into hdmi i get both at 60hz. i'd like to see a review where they actually put 3+ monitors on this dock.
I use Thunderbolt networking, about twice as fast as 10 gbps. Most docks use 1gbe or 2.5gbe because if you go 10gbe you need a fan and you're going to really limit the bandwidth of the other ports.
Hi there, unfortunately, due to the M1/M2's restriction, it's not possible. You might consider checking out docking stations with DisplayLink or SMI to connect three monitors. iVANKY 15 in 1 Triple Display USB C Docking Station is one of the options.
Yea, it doesn't but I prefer to use an external NVME SSD since I can bring it with me on the go and connect it to other computers without needing to bring the dock.
The HDMI port is capable to support HDMI 2.1, theoretically allowing for 4K@120Hz. However, due to Apple's restrictions, our dock can't reach refresh rates higher than 60Hz through the USB-C interface at the moment, but it can reach 120 Hz when Apple upgrates in the future.
