These stocking stuffers are all under $20.
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With the holidays fast approaching, here are some great value gifts for Mac users that you can purchase for $20 or less.
The end of 2022 is coming up rapidly, and you have a few weeks left to buy gifts for loved ones, friends, and family. With budgets tightening all round, more people will be looking at the value end of the gift spectrum.
If the people you are buying for happen to be Mac and MacBook users, there’s still a lot of choice out there for you. Sure, you could spend a lot, but everything listed here by AppleInsider can be bought for $20 or under.
Ugreen USB-C to USB Adapter
Ugreen USB-C to USB-A Adapter
USB-C docks are a growing market, especially if you want to add a lot of ports to your MacBook Air or MacBook Pro. But if you just want to add a USB-A port or two to your MacBook Air without much extra weight, consider this adapter from Ugreen.
Measuring 2 inches long, an inch wide, and a third of an inch thick, this adapter is highly compact and easily kept in your pocket, and durable too with its aluminum alloy construction. It has a USB-C connector on the top and two USB-A 3.0 ports on the base, with each operating at up to 5Gbps per second.
If you need to occasionally plug some peripherals into your MacBook Air and they’re not USB-C, this will do the job.
Netgear N300 Wi-Fi Range Extender
Netgear N300 Wi-Fi Extender
It’s likely that the holidays for some readers will be spent at a family’s household, rather than their own, and there’s a good chance that the place will have insufficient Wi-Fi coverage. If you know it will be bad, this Netgear Wi-Fi Range Extender could help retain your sanity under the guise of well-meaning kindness.
Compactly plugging into an outlet and with two adjustable antennas, the N300 can extend the coverage area for Wi-Fi by up to 800 square feet. While it connects using 802.11n, it still runs at up to 300Mbps, which is enough for power users to enjoy Netflix from their temporary lodgings.
Supporting WEP and WPA/WPA2, there’s also WPS support for people to quickly add devices to the network. As well as supporting up to ten devices on Wi-Fi, it also has a wired Ethernet port, so non-Wi-Fi hardware can benefit from the extended network reach.
House of Marley Smile Jamaica Wired Noise Isolating Headphones
House of Marley Smile Jamaica Wired Noise Isolating Headphones
If you’re looking for a cool and more unconventional gift for music lovers, try these House of Marley earphones. Balanced with 9mm dynamic drivers for maximum bass, they offer noise isolation from their design, by using silicone ear canal inserts.
The more unusual element is that they’re sustainably made, with the enclosure produced from FSC-certified wood and recyclable aluminum. That’s a bit different from the usual white bundled Earpods that people usually see.
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