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.
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 😢
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?
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?
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.
@@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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!)
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.
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
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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 🙂🙏
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 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.
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 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.
11:55 shows the amount of displays possible with each chip. An M1 chip regardless of in a macbook or in a mini, can only support one *other* display. So your primary screen and *one* external/secondary screen
Sadly this does not work with widescreens such as the G9 49" Oled. HDMI will not support the appropriate resolution of 5120 x 1440. I bought a converter for HDMI to USBC to see if I can get it working, but it is not looking good. Might need to return my dock.
Just as a FYI, if you haven’t returned it yet, it will support it through display port. Had the same issue when using HDMI, which is a Mac issue not doc issue, but the display port works for my G9 OLED.
This thing looks exactly as the kensington docking station xD. Also a great cheap docking station alternative! Not as much features as this one, but a cheap alternative
Hi there, yes you can. You can connect Mac Ultra of Mac studio using two separateTB4 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!
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.
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 limitation. The M2 Pro can support dual monitors.
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.
This is the world's most powerful dock with dual thunderbolt 4 chips for Apple Silicon Macs
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Will that be working with a Mac Studio?
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
They could’ve thought of a better name though.
@@michaelhall9146 Same here. 😂
Sounds like a scam product from wish
yeah especially if they put the logo on the dock itself
iVankey too.
“Duje”
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.
What would you recommend ?
@@JojoModrin CalDigit TS3 Plus if you have Thunderbolt, and TS4 if you're on USB-C.
@@starvinglawstudentTS4 has Thunderbolt 4 right ?
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.
Should I get this or the CalDigit TS4?
Nice. Question can I connect my Mac Studio M1 with this?
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
What display is 5k 120hz?
@@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 😢
Maybe I need to look at driving it with dual connections and doing picture by picture mode as two separate 4k screens
How many TB4 docks are running on your system?
@@craigparkeraus I had two, but this allowed me to replace them both
How does it do with 4K 120hz+ displays, how many can be accommodated (given the hdmi is only 2 and not 2.1)?
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?
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?
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.
Without 10gbps Ethernet, it’s a non starter for some of us vs OWC docks.
Wait!? 😮
10 Gbps?😮
@@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
@@josephyang3260 That's one of the best explanations I've read.
What kinds of projects are you working on?
💯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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 got a thunderbolt 4 docks as well, but this one is really nice.
It would be great if they can provide 10GBE and DP in their dual thunderbolt config. I really need these.
Use adapters
10GBE will eat up most of the bandwidth and need a fan to cool which is why most don't have them, but maybe in the future!
@@MaxTechOfficial True. OWC have one dock with 10GBE and DP. But that one only have 9 ports and most of them are USBA. Not fit for me :(
@@daniel_960_ Sure. There are Thunderbolt 10GBE adapters and I can chain them. But I just want a clean desk instead of a chain of adapters😭
@@daniel_960_ I believed the primary purpose of using a docking station was to eliminate the necessity for additional adapters.
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.
Which one wins?:
iVANKY VCD10 vs. SoNNET Echo 20 in terms of durability?
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.
Can I connect this with a Mac Studio? I easily connected my MacBook Pro M1 Max but I want to use with my Mac Studio! If yes, Which ports?
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
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?
Nope, no software. This is using dual Thunderbolt 4 chips whereas everything else uses just one.
@@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!
Looks great except a bit disappointing they only went with the 2.5Gb NIC when 10Gb is fast becoming the standard.
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.
I haven't been able to verify if this dock's special connector(s) works with a 15" M3 MBA?
Do they have a cable to allow this to work on the Mac studio?
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!
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 the dual thunderbolt ⚡ ports works with Mac mini?
I assume yes, otherwise it wouldn't be mentioned in the table at 12:03
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.
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!
More ports than our two Mac studios, and of course this can work with the studio as well if you want more ports and some that the studio doesn't have.
hello just what i was looking for, excellent video. but a question which ones are those speakers?
do you have a suggestion for something less pricey? I will typically only use 2 external monitors on my Macbook Air M1
I thought the M1 Air only supports a single external display
Can you connect an iPad Pro with one single thunderbolt cable to be able to use your peripherals?
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.
Any reason you couldn't use this dock with an M1 Max Mac Studio and two separate Thunderbolt 4 cables?
How Long is that cable? It looks short!!! Nothing on the Amazon page in regards to length.
I would purchase this for Windows PCs too.
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.
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.
Great review! How does this compare to the Echo 11. Which would work for a MacBook better or as a hub for an iMac?
This is not a review.
This thing is on a whole nother level compared to the Echo 11. Way more ports, bandwidth, and speed of the connections.
@@MaxTechOfficial but only works with a MacBook and not “the new” iMac?
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!)
I agree. Not the audio we expect from this channel. I’ve been there audio fails and a reshoot is hard to pull off.
Can you explain what the warning "Avoid using all video ports on the same layer" means?
And what about MacBook Pro 14'' M3 Pro? How many 6K screens I will be able to connect?
But which kind of consumer is it for ?
Would this work with my base model Mac Studio?
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.
Laptop only. I'll stick with my OWC and Caldigit docks.
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
Thunderbolt 3 and USB4 are backward and forward compatible with thunderbolt 4, only issue is physical. Literally same speeds, and everything.
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?
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.
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.
Nope works with the included cable.
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.
With the 4 port Mac mini does the plug restrict from plugging in to the two other ports though ? Due to plug size
@@sideastHi there, you can just plug in to 2 adjacent ports of the 4 ports.
Buys $600 computer to use a $500 dock... makes sense.
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.
was this sponsored by ivanky? if so, i didn't see it mentioned.
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.
Not anymore. Each one has its own channel
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
That's the one I had before this, and I like this one a lot better. More ports and stays WAY cooler. The TS4 runs extremely hot.
@@MaxTechOfficial Thabks for responding!
That is great to know. This is a bit pricier but it does do more. Thanks Max!
Where would u plug in the power into a M2 Ultrastudio buddy??
can i use it with a mac studio
You can still use it just use two regular TB4 cables or some cheap TB4 extensions since the studio has a different port orientation geni.us/yuzFbmc
My only concern will be how can this dock support the 4K resolution at 240Hz over HDMI or 4K resolution at 144Hz over HDMI? Since it has hdmi 2.0
It doesn't support those.
Will this work with 2 LG UltraFine 5K displays?
Hello, Wow, It is interesting I am impressed. 👍
Very cool. But if I understood, with this doc I can connect to my Mac Mini M1 up to 4 display instead of 2. Ok?
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.
What is ring with your mic?
are you sure it can do quad 6K bc the current M2 Max can only do 3 6K and 1 4K @60Hz
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.
How would this work with a Studio? That special cable wouldn't work with a Studio...
You can use two of your own TB4 cables, or use some cheap TB4 extensions since the layout of the ports are different on the Mac Studio.
Will support two 4k 144hz monitors with m3 pro
Is there support for 4K 120HZ via HDMI 2.1?
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.
@@iVANKYOfficial So the newer M2 Max ports have HDMI 2.1 from apple...are we talking about those? (they support 4K 120HZ)
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 🙂🙏
Intel just released Thunderbolt 5, 120Gbit/a using the same cable
Can it be used on a M2 Pro Mac mini?
What about the Mac Studio?
You can still use it just use two regular TB4 cables or some cheap TB4 extensions since the studio has a different port orientation geni.us/yuzFbmc
@@MaxTechOfficial thanks that’s what I thought
Max Tech OG’S 👇
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?
Which pro user use slow 2.5 gbit network when there is 10gbit networking around for years? 🤔🧐
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.
Double Thunderbolts plug is one redesign away from obsolescence.
As opposed to Y split end...
If/when that happens you can just get a new cable, or even get dual regular TB4 cables
What is the length of that special dual i/o cable?
Looks pretty short right? 3 feet or less probably
I didn't measure but its around there, but of course you can just use two of your own TB4 cables if you need, or cheap extensions geni.us/yuzFbmc
@@MaxTechOfficial Thank you.
@@iceberglounge Thanks
Wish it had the CF Express card slot built in.
If I have he latest Mac os, with a Thunderbolt plugs and metal raphics card
How does it compare to the CalDigit TS4 ?
Thats what I was using before and this one works way better for me, and also barely runs warm whereas the other one was insanely hot.
@@MaxTechOfficial yes mine runs hot too. But so is the price of that Ivanky.
My goodness.
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
@@Jushwa nothing will do more than 60hz. Ended up the iVANKY FusionDock Max 1. Everyone on TH-cam seemed to say it’s the best. Thanks for the reply
@@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.
@@jam91280 will have to wait until the thunderbolt 5 docks come out I guess lol,
That very short proprietary cable is an instant NO-GO for me...
You can just use two of your own TB4 cables if you need, or cheap extensions geni.us/yuzFbmc
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 have a M1 Mac mini, will I be able to use 3 monitors by using this docking station? Mac mini only enables 2.
11:55 shows the amount of displays possible with each chip. An M1 chip regardless of in a macbook or in a mini, can only support one *other* display. So your primary screen and *one* external/secondary screen
Apple is the one limiting that, so you can only have 2 but the other ports will still work as TB4 with full speed.
10GBE it’s what I want in a Dock.
Sadly this does not work with widescreens such as the G9 49" Oled. HDMI will not support the appropriate resolution of 5120 x 1440. I bought a converter for HDMI to USBC to see if I can get it working, but it is not looking good. Might need to return my dock.
Just as a FYI, if you haven’t returned it yet, it will support it through display port. Had the same issue when using HDMI, which is a Mac issue not doc issue, but the display port works for my G9 OLED.
none of the suggested stores have this
Is this an advert?
Can I connect Mac mini with this cable?
Yes.
This thing looks exactly as the kensington docking station xD. Also a great cheap docking station alternative! Not as much features as this one, but a cheap alternative
How many thunderbolt 4 ports does it have? Not a USB-C
6 Ports. 2 connect to mac and you have 4 more at full performance plus all the other ports.
@@MaxTechOfficial Thx!
No delivery in Europe...? That's a shame.
Wil it work with a Mac ultra
Hi there, yes you can. You can connect Mac Ultra of Mac studio using two separateTB4 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!
@@iVANKYOfficial thanks 🙏🏿 i knew it can work thanks 😊 love the design .
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.
Will it work with m2 mini studio?
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 limitation. The M2 Pro can support dual monitors.
Avoid using all the ports on the same layer. Did anyone see that when he opened the package?
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.
Speed test?
Only 2.5MBit/s Ethernet port... at this price, this was the KO criteria.