Solved Is There A Known Mag Safe Ii To Mag Safe Iii Adapter Available Yet Apple Magsafe2 Power Adapter

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I’m working on a new 14” M1 MacBook Pro and was so glad to see the return of the Mag-Safe adapter but it is an updated version of the Mag-Safe II only a little longer and slimmer. I am looking for an an adapter to use on the Mag-Safe II to convert it to a Mag-Safe III but have been unable to locate one yet. Are the any alternatives?

Boy @mayer you couldn’t wait ;-} I’m not sure if it would work either way. Apples MagSafe & MagSafe-2 used a one wire dialog that was unique to them. While the MagSafe-3 is similar in that its five contacts I’m not sure what Apple has done here. If you review the iFixit teardown 2021 MacBook Pro Teardown: A Glimpse at a Better Timeline The green three chips on the left are top to bottom MagSafe, USB-C port 1 & USB-C port 2 and all three are using the same Apple APL1098/343S00515 Power Management chip so I’m surmising the dialog is based on the USB-C power spec not Apples one wire comm connection.

Sorry Mayer ;-{ If someone is able to do it, its likely going to take a bit of time before they get released. So how is it? And which one did you get?

I guess it’s not going to be easy. Looking at the teardown of the MagSafe3 cable, it looks like a Type-C PD cable in disguise, so none of the old protocols work. MagSafe to Magsafe2 adapter is basically just a passthrough, not possible with MagSafe2 to MagSafe3.