


Once properly aligned, you secure each plug using the included hex wrench and screws. First you thread the various cables through the bottom of the Docking Station and insert their plugs in the appropriate openings.
13 INCH MACBOOK PRO DOCKING STATION MANUAL
The initial setup of the Docking Station requires a bit of patience and manual dexterity, as the aforementioned male connectors-really just the plugs at the end of cables-don’t come preinstalled you must manually insert them into the Docking Station’s openings before the first use. Until recently, the only option for a MacBook user has been BookEndz, but we’ve now got another choice, thanks to Henge Docks, a company offering stylish and sturdy solutions for storing your MacBook or MacBook Pro upright when connected to an external display. But it’s been nearly 14 years since Apple has sold any sort of dock accessory. Users of some Windows laptops have long had the option of laptop “docking stations,” which offer some of those space-saving and cable-reducing advantages when at your desk. For example, despite being tethered to a fixed location, a desktop computer’s footprint is often smaller-recent iMacs are little more than “fat” monitors, and the Mac mini takes up half the desk area of a MacBook Pro-and Apple has gone out of its way to minimize the number of cables required to operate them. But the old desktop computer still has a few advantages of its own. In many ways, today’s MacBook Pro models rival-and even exceed-the capabilities of their desktop alternatives, while of course offering the compelling advantage of portability.
