The best MacBook accessories for 2024

Our existing favourite webcam will up the video high-quality of all of the conference calls you take. The Logitech Brio 500 records 1080p 30fps video, and its enhanced light correction will enable you place your greatest face forward regardless of the atmosphere in which you are streaming. A lot like Logitech’s other webcams, the Brio 500 is a plug-and-play resolution — just connect it by way of one particular of the USB-C ports on your MacBook and start off a get in touch with. But you can customize issues additional if you want applying the LogiTune application, which lets you modify issues like field of view, contrast, brightness, autofocus and much more. The Brio 500 also supports Logitech’s RightSight technologies, which keeps you in the middle of the frame even when you move about, comparable to Apple’s Center Stage function on its iPads. Admittedly, an external webcam will be most valuable for these functioning with an older MacBook that nevertheless has a 720p constructed-in camera, but even these with new MacBooks can get use out of the Brio 500. It also tends to make a very good Mac accessory. If you invest most of your days on video calls, you will want the further bump in high-quality and superior customizations that Logitech’s accessory supplies. — Valentina Palladino, Senior Commerce Editor

The constructed-in cameras on MacBooks may perhaps have gotten greater more than the previous handful of years, but they nevertheless do not include things like a cover for when you want a small further privacy. Webcam covers like these from Yilador are low-priced and productive — these are super thin at .027 inches and adhere correct more than your webcam, permitting you to slide a shutter more than the camera when you are not applying it. They’re quick to set up, and the adhesive is safe adequate that the cover will not fall off but you can also take away the cover and stick it onto a new laptop when you ultimately upgrade. The common black selection is excellent if you want the cover to blend in with the bezels surrounding your MacBook’s show, or you can opt for a exciting style that options pizzas, fruits or cute small characters. — V.P.

If you take your MacBook from space to space with you, you have in all probability identified your self functioning in some significantly less-than-ergonomic positions. When you want to unwind on the couch or your favourite armchair and nevertheless get some perform performed, a lap desk like this one particular from LapGear can make it much more comfy. It has adequate surface location to match 13- and 15-inch MacBooks, with further side space exactly where you can use a Bluetooth mouse along with your notebook. The raised ledge towards the bottom will avoid your laptop from sliding off, and the two storage wells at the leading are very good locations to shop pens, sticky notes, snacks and much more. — V.P.

The Satechi Dual Dock Stand is our leading choose for MacBooks in our docking station guide. It lets you go from applying your laptop on the road to getting a full, peripheral-heavy set up back at your desk applying a single (dual) plug. The dock fits neatly beneath your personal computer and has ports for monitors, Ethernet, and a lot of accessories with two USB-C and two USB-C connections. It connects to the two USB-C inputs on a Pro or Air, which implies it can get about some of the multi-monitor limitations older MacBooks have. It is not powered, which tends to make it much more transportable, but you will want to either run on battery, give energy by way of the USB-C passthrough port or do what I do and just use your MagSafe connector.

The most recent MacBook Pros may perhaps have a bevy of ports, but they’re the only Mac laptops that have that level of connectivity. Anker’s 555 USB-C hub and accessories like it will be a necessity for anybody functioning with a new Air or an older Mac model. Anker’s hub offers you eight ports: two USB-A ports, one particular HDMI port, SD and microSD card slots, one particular Ethernet jack and two USB-C ports, one particular of which supplies 100W energy to charge your MacBook. The USB-C and USB-A ports can manage ten Gbps file transfers and you can connect a 4K/60Hz monitor to the HDMI slot. Anker’s accessory may perhaps be ultra-transportable, but it has adequate energy and versatility to be the only laptop hub you want. — V.P.

In our rapidly charger guide, Apple’s incorporated 140W energy adapter was the quickest to refill an M1 MacBook Pro, but it only has a single port. As our reviewer Sam Rutherford points out, that appears like a missed chance. Belkin’s 4-port GaN BoostCharge Pro 108W charger offers you space for two USB-A and two USB-C cables and was the second quickest performer, having the laptop from ten % to 75 % in about 45 minutes. The beginning value is also about $ten less expensive than Apple’s. The BoostCharge Pro wasn’t the leading choose in our 100W-plus category mainly because it lagged when powering an Android telephone, but if you are searching for a trustworthy wall charger for your MacBook, this will serve you effectively. — Amy Skorheim, Commerce Writer

It would be good if you could grab a random charging cable and have it perform appropriately with any device. But not all cables are the exact same: If you want to take benefit of a rapidly charging brick or the rapid-charge port of a energy bank, you will want a energy delivery cable with a higher wattage rating. Anker’s USB-C to USB-C 100W cable was the conduit of decision when Sam tested out rapidly chargers for our guide. It is a lot extended at ten feet and it is cost-effective at $16 (while, we’ve observed it go on sale for significantly less). Though it supports information transfer, it is not rated for video output. For that, you will want a video cable or one particular marked as Thunderbolt three or four. — A.S.

When you take your MacBook on the road, it is good to have a way to juice it back up if an outlet is not accessible. Mophie’s Powerstation Pro AC is a enormous, 27,000mAh energy bank with 20W USB-C and USB-A ports, a 60W USB-C energy delivery port and a 100W AC plug. In our tests, it recharged a 16-inch MacBook Pro from ten % to 75 % in 89 minutes — and that is although applying WiFi, a VPN, Slack and various active tabs in Chrome. The 140W energy brick that comes with that laptop is as well energy-hungry for the 100W AC port, but plugging the USB-C finish of the MagSafe cable into the Powerstation worked excellent. — A.S.

Hunching more than a MacBook all day is murder on your back and neck, so it is sensible to make your daily setup much more ergonomic by applying a stand paired with a separate keyboard and mouse. The Roost Stand adjusts to seven various heights and can accommodate up to a 16-inch MacBook Pro. It folds up to a slim stick and weighs just more than six ounces, generating it not only very good for your desk, but also as element of your go-everywhere digital-nomad setup. Just be ready: when I set mine up in public, I usually get concerns from strangers. — A.S.

There is a mouse graveyard in my workplace cabinet — devices I’ve attempted and discarded mainly because they didn’t enable with my shoulder aches. The resolution was a roller ball mouse and Logitech’s MX Ergo is the greatest I’ve identified. It tilts for a much more all-natural “handshake” grip and has a slow-mo selection for much more precise movements in Photoshop and other apps. The scroll wheel is speedy but precise, as is the trackball and you can switch among two devices with the pairing button. You can even system the different buttons to do app-precise issues applying Logitech’s application. It really is also a handy companion for an iPad and tends to make a very good Mac accessory as effectively. 

My only gripe is the antiquated micro-USB charging port, but the battery lasts extended adequate that I only have to use it when each and every handful of months. It is pricey at $one hundred, so you may perhaps favor the $70 Ergo Lift. It also delivers a handshake grip, but without the need of the roller ball, and has Bluetooth or USB dongle connectivity selections. — A.S.

When you have got your stand and mouse, you are going to in all probability want an external keyboard as effectively. For a full ergonomic setup, we advocate a keyboard with a split and tented style. As opposed to a totally split board, which can take a bit of relearning, an Alice layout angles the keys so you can retain your hands in a much more neutral position, but typing feels a lot like is usually has. The Ergo K860 from Logitech connects immediately by way of Bluetooth and effectively maintains Mac-precise hot keys correct out of the box like volume, brightness and opening Mission Handle. That mean’s it’ll also perform as a Mac accessory. 

One particular issue to note is the quantity pad and constructed-in wrist rest make it fairly huge so it may well not perform for smaller sized desks. If you want a wired ergonomic selection with a specifically compact footprint — and you are ready to take a couple weeks to relearn how to variety — you can attempt Zsa’s Voyager. It really is a totally split, programmable mechanical board that I use every day.  

I’ve carried Logitech’s K380 keyboard for travel and coffee shop sojourns for 5 years (and I’m presently typing on it). It puts up with rough therapy and connects conveniently to a roster of machines, such as Mac, iOS, Windows, Android and Chrome OS. It has a that essential forward delete essential and 3 Bluetooth pairing buttons so you can switch immediately among various devices. It requires 3 AAA-cell batteries, but lasts for more than a year on a set. The leading-row function keys assistance a handful of Mac-precise shortcuts like volume, mute, playback handle and the Mission Handle button that shows all your open apps at when. — A.S.

Moft’s Sit-Stand laptop desk is a two-pound, flat-folding amalgamation of metal boards, magnets and vegan leather that reconfigures into a surprisingly sturdy prop for your MacBook. Standing mode lifts your laptop a very good ten inches so you can stand sometimes, switching up your functioning position with minimal work. Gravity alone holds your laptop to the stand, so possibly do not leave it unattended, but even with energetic typing, my laptop remained steady and wobble-free of charge. It folds into 4 much more positions for sitting, such as a 25-degree angle that elevates the screen although nevertheless becoming comfy for typing. The 45- and 35-degree arrangements get your screen to eye level, but you will want an external keyboard to variety comfortably. The 60-degree formation is as well steep for a MacBook, but will do a excellent job if you have a tablet. — A.S.