Category Archives: Platform

We’ve Tested the new M1 Powered MacBooks. Here’s the Compatibility Info Users Need to Know.

On November 7, 2020, Apple officially announced the new M1 powered MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13-inch, and Mac Mini. These systems use the Apple-designed M1 CPU, meaning that for the first time in over a decade, you can buy a Mac with something other than an Intel processor. Switching to a new chip with a […]

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Plugable DisplayLink Products and macOS 11 Big Sur, macOS 10.15 Catalina and macOS 10.4 Mojave

SUMMARY: This post provides background information and guidance to our customers who wish to use their Plugable DisplayLink-based products with Mac systems running macOS 11 Big Sur, macOS 10.15 Catalina, or macOS 10.14 Mojave. On Thursday, November 12th, 2020 Apple released the macOS 11 Big Sur operating system for supported Apple laptop and desktop systems. […]

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Introducing Plugable’s UD-3900Z and UD-6950Z Docking Stations for USB 3.0 and USB-C Systems

Plugable is pleased to announce the North American launch of our two newest USB docking stations, the Plugable Dual HDMI Display Docking Station (UD-3900Z) and the Plugable Dual 4K DisplayPort or HDMI Display Docking Station (UD-6950Z). Both docks use DisplayLink USB graphics technology for maximum compatibility and ease of installation on virtually any modern Windows […]

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THUNDERBOLT 3 AND USB-C DUAL DISPLAY DOCK (TBT3-UDZ) – UPDATE

UPDATE 9/30/20: Covid19 continues to disrupt global supply chains and logistics, and we’ve encountered multiple delays that unfortunately have affected our intended launch schedule. In addition to continued international shipping delays for all goods, increased online shopping has caused massive delays with units checking in to Amazon and other distribution centers. (Products that used to […]

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WINDOWS 10 MAY 2020 UPDATE WITH PLUGABLE DOCKING STATIONS AND USB VIDEO ADAPTERS

Continuing with their practice of providing frequent large updates to Windows 10, Microsoft released the ‘Windows 10 May 2020 Update’ for Windows 10 on May 27th, 2020 and with this update there are many fixes and enhancements to the operating system. More details about the update are available here –> https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/05/27/whats-new-in-the-windows-10-may-2020-update/ and Microsoft has more […]

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Investigating issues with certain Intel graphics driver versions, Windows 10, and DisplayLink

Synopsis: Plugable has received recent reports of mouse or keyboard inputs being delayed (also described as ‘lagging’) or the entire image within a display momentarily freezing while using a DisplayLink-based product such as our UD-3900 docking station with a Windows 10 system. For the customers we have helped that reported this behavior, we have found […]

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Thunderbolt™ 3 512GB NVMe Solid State Drive

The Plugable TBT3-NVME512 512GB external NVMe SSD drive hits performance levels not possible before Thunderbolt™ 3. Connect the drive to a Thunderbolt 3 port to gain 512GB of extra storage with amazing speeds of up to 2400+ MB/sec read and 1800+ MB/sec write, all without the need for an external power connection. Great for content […]

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Windows 10 November 2019 Update with Plugable Docking Stations and USB Video Adapters

Continuing with their practice of providing frequent large updates to Windows 10, Microsoft released the ‘Windows 10 November 2019 Update’ for Windows 10 on November 12th, 2019 and with this update there are many fixes and enhancements to the operating system. More details about the update and how to obtain it are available here -> […]

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Plugable DisplayLink products and macOS Catalina 10.15

SUMMARY: Users updating their Apple Mac system from macOS Mojave 10.14 to macOS Catalina 10.15 can experience problems with Plugable products based on DisplayLink technology not working. Plugable does not officially support using our DisplayLink products with macOS, however we want to provide some background information and a procedure that can potentially get things working […]

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