How to enable unsupported Thunderbolt 3 devices on the Mac. Book Pro using TB3 Enabler hack. TB3 enabler is a brand new hack from Khaos Tian that enables unsupported Thunderbolt 3 devices on the latest Mac. Book Pro. As explained by Tian, Apple impedes support for some categories of Thunderbolt 3 devices by implementing a software block. TB3 enabler allows users to bypass that software block, enabling access to previously unsupported Thunderbolt 3 devices. It just so happens that I have an unsupported Thunderbolt 3 dock in my possession Star. Cashback Script File' title='Cashback Script File' />Techs Thunderbolt 3 Dual 4. K Docking Station. I was really disappointed when I found out that this dock would only support Windows, but after using the TB3 enabler hack, Im able to use the dock on mac. OS 1. 0. 1. 2. 1. But before you get too excited, know that there are some downsides to using this method, and remember that this Dock doesnt feature official mac. OS support and therefore has limitations. Its still not totally clear as to why Apple chose to implement a software block for certain Thunderbolt 3 devices, but according to an email reply from Apple, it appears to be more of a business decision surrounding certification than an outright technical decision. At any rate, your mileage may vary, and by using this hack, you take full risk and responsibility for running the script that enables unsupported Thunderbolt 3 hardware on mac. OS. Subscribe to our You. Tube channel for more videos. Step 1 Verify that your Thunderbolt 3 device is unsupported by mac. OS. Connect your Thunderbolt 3 enabled device to your Mac. Book Pro with a Thunderbolt 3 cable. You have not yet voted on this site If you have already visited the site, please help us classify the good from the bad by voting on this site. Be sure that you are using a proper Thunderbolt 3 cable, and not a generic USB C cable. There is a difference, despite what you may hear. Click Apple in the menu bar, hold the Option key, and click System Information. Click Thunderbolt under the Hardware section, and ensure that your connected Thunderbolt 3 device is being recognized as an unsupported device. Step 2 Disable System Integrity Protection. To run this script successfully, youll need to disable SIP. To do so, reboot your Mac, and as its booting back up, hold Command R. Once you arrive at the Recovery menu, click Utilities in the menu bar, and select Terminal. In the Terminal window, type the following and press the Return key on your keyboard csrutil disable. If successful, restart your Mac normally. We all know lenders, loan sharks, and credit cards profit when you go into debt and, therefore, they can be dangerous. But many of these companies conceal their. Step 3 Download the TB3 enabler script using Safari. You can find TB3 enabler on Khaos. Ts Git. Hub page. Click the link for tb. Raw button and select Download Linked File. The script file should be saved to your Downloads folder if using default Safari settings. Step 4 Give the script execute permissions. Open a Terminal window and type the following chmod x. Place a space after the x, and drag the tb. Downloads folder on to the Terminal window to copy the path to the file. Press the Return key on your keyboard to give the script execute permissions. Step 5 Run the tb. In the same Terminal window, type the following sudo. Cashback Script File' title='Cashback Script File' />Place a space after sudo, and drag the tb. Terminal window to copy the path to the file. After the space type apply and press the Return key on your keyboard. Youll be asked to enter your Macs user account password. Enter your password and press the Return key on your keyboard. Step 6 Reboot your Mac. Once the script is finished running, restart your Mac. Step 7 Verify your connected Thunderbolt 3 device. After your reboot, click Apple in the menu bar, hold the Option key, and click System Information. Click Thunderbolt under the Hardware section, and ensure that your connected Thunderbolt 3 device is being recognized as a supported device instead of an unsupported device. How to remove the TB3 Enabler hack. If you wish to remove the patch, simply repeat step 4, but replace apply with restore. After that, repeat step 1 and replace disable with enable. The main downside that Ive encountered with this method for enabling unsupported Thunderbolt 3 devices is that you have to keep System Integrity Protection disabled, and it only as of this post works on the latest publicly available version of mac. OS.  I had to restore my mac. OS installation from the 1. The Star. Tech Thunderbolt 3 dock. The folks at Star. Tech sent me this dock well over a month ago in anticipation for the Mac. Book Pros adoption of Thunderbolt 3. Unfortunately, this dock is labeled as being for Windows only, and showed up as unsupported when connecting it to my Mac. I actually was in the process of shipping the dock back to Star. Tech when I got wind of this hack, so Im glad I didnt return it yet, as it allowed me to verify that it works. The main thing I like about this dock is that its a true Thunderbolt 3 dock, meaning it supports full Thunderbolt 3 bandwidth. I was able to connect to my 4. K display via the Display. Port connection on the dock, and get full 4. K support at 6. 0Hz. If you have displays with Thunderbolt 3 ports, Star. Winthruster Serial Key. Tech says that youll be able to connect to multiple 4. K displays using this dock, though Ive yet to test that functionality. Along with the display output ability, the dock features a couple of USB A ports, an extra 5. Gbps USB C port for connecting USB C devices, Gigabit ethernet and a pair of 3. The biggest downside that I encountered while using this dock is that it only provides 1. W of power to my Mac. Book Pro when connected via Thunderbolt 3. Star. Techs documentation says that the dock is fully capable of  supporting USB Power Deliver 2. W of power, but apparently its seeing the Mac. Book Pro as a USB accessory, not a computer. This is probably something that Star. Tech could fix via a firmware update, but whos to say if that will ever happen considering the device isnt supported on Macs without taking advantage of a hack Needless to say, the lack of adequate charging power is a major downside to using this dock, assuming Star. Tech wont be in a hurry to address it. Of course, you could opt to connect your Mac. Book Pros charger, but that kind of defeats the purpose of a one cable solution dock. Despite these warnings, I know that some of you will want to use this dock for its ability to connect to 4. K and 5. K displays at 6. Hz. I definitely cant outright recommend it due to its limitations and the hoops that you have to jump through, but its pretty awesome to be able to turn what was essentially a paperweight for Mac users, it works great on Windows machines and even in bootcamp into something useful.