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The photographer’s upgrade guide for the 2016 Macbook Pro

If you’re thinking about upgrading your Macbook Pro to the new ones that have the Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C ports, you’ll probably need these accessory cables to compensate for the deleted Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 ports. If Apple was a good corporate citizen and wanted to look after it’s loyal customers they should really have included at least 2 adapters: the USB-C to USB 3.0 Female, and the Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2:

USB-C to Lightning Cable (1m) $35 for connecting your iPhone
Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter $75 for your TB1 and and TB2 devices, e.g. disks, Thunderbolt monitor
USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter $109 to connect your external monitor via HDMI
USB-C to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter $50 for connecting to the wired LAN
USB-C Cable to 3.1 USB-A US$30
AUKEY USB-C to USB 3.0 Female Adapter US$6
USB-C to USB Adapter $30 for things like keyboards and mice
USB-C to Mini-B (USB 2.0) $30 for your cameras, card readers
USB-C to Micro-B Cable (USB 3.1) $40 for external disks, card readers
USB-C to Micro-B Charge Cable (USB 2.0) $30 for older disks and card readers with the older plug size
PLUGABLE USB 3.1 TYPE-C TO DISPLAYPORT US$20
PLUGABLE USB 3.1 TYPE-C TO DVI ADAPTER US$21
SANDISK ULTRA DUAL DRIVE USB TYPE-C – has both USB and USB-C connectors
BreakSafe Magnetic USB-C Power Cable US$40

Apple has also released a guide here https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204154 and also Belkin
Here are some announced USB-C accessories that may also be useful: