OWC this week has a collection of discounts on Thunderbolt docks and particularly steep markdowns on Atlas memory cards and adapters, many of which will last throughout the month of May. If you've never shopped at OWC before, the company is known for making memory accessories, USB-C hubs, Thunderbolt docks, and more, all built with Apple computers in mind.
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Memory Cards and Adapters
OWC is currently running a 25 percent discount on its Atlas memory cards and adapters this week only, and you can stack this discount with our exclusive 20 percent promo code MACRUMORS on the cart page prior to checkout. With this you can get a total 45 percent discount on these accessories through Sunday.
We've listed a few of the memory cards on sale below, but be sure to check out OWC's website to find the full sale. The higher storage memory cards will find the best discounts during this event, with as much as $225 off these cards for this week only. Remember to enter the promo code MACRUMORS on the cart page prior to checkout to get the total 45 percent off.
The new sale has eight Thunderbolt and USB drive docks on sale, most of which will require you to add the accessory to your cart in order to see the discounted price. One of the highlights of the sale is the 14-Port Thunderbolt 3 Dock for $229.99, which is $50 in savings.
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Incidentally, for anyone with legacy FW devices, you can get them to work in current Macs. Just connect an Apple Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter to your Mac’s Thunderbolt 4 port and an Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire into the adapter. Hey presto – a working FireWire port.
I have an old Edirol (Roland) FW external audio interface and a FW film scanner both still working happily on my Apple Silicon MacBook Air – now through my OWC dock’s FW port but previously using the solution above.
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