And now Apple is continuing its tradition of selling a $29 dongle.

现在苹果公司继续其销售 29 美元的适配器的传统。

It could be a PIN unlock code, a fingerprint or face scan, or a physical security dongle.

可能是PIN解、纹或面部扫描，或者是安全硬件密狗。

So you don't have to worry about buying dongles to plug in all your accessories.

因此你无须担心要买软件狗来连接你的配件了。

If you're coming from the Mac Pro, you certainly have this dongle on the top of it.

如果您使用的是 Mac Pro，那么您肯定会在它的顶部安装这个密狗。

Biomedical engineer Sam Sia is one of the developers of the device, called a dongle.

生物医学工程 Sam Sia 是该设备的开发人员之一， 称为密狗。

That's where a mobile phone or dongle is used to verify access to a device.

这就是使用手机或密狗来验证对设备的访问权限的地方。

Sam Sia says the dongle makes the smartphone test especially useful in developing countries.

Sam Sia 说密狗使智能手机测试在发展中国家特别有用。

That is the one thing that I have to still go reach for a dongle for.

这是我仍然必须密狗的一件事。

He says the dongle detects the biological markers for both HIV and syphilis and shows the results on the smartphone.

他说密狗可以检测 HIV 和梅毒的生物标记， 并在智能手机上显示结果。

He adds that the dongles could also be used to test for diseases such as hepatitis, herpes, and malaria.

他补充说，密狗还可用于检测肝炎、疱疹和疟疾等疾病。

Above all else, I have this iLok dongle that is USB-A that I need to plug in to a computer to run most of the software I'm using.

- 最重要的是，我有一个 USB-A 的 iLok 密狗，我需要将其插入计算机才能运行我正在使用的大部分软件。

Apple has kept its proprietary lightning connector while removing useful ports, like the headphone jack and the SD card reader, forcing consumers to buy expensive dongles like its $39 SD-card-to-USB-C reader.

Apple 保留了其专有的闪电连接器， 同时移除了有用的端口，如耳机插孔和 SD 卡读卡器， 迫使消费者购买昂贵的密狗， 如 39 美元的 SD 卡转 USB-C 读卡器。

I'd really have loved some ports on the right side, and while I know it would never happen, a USBA port is still super useful in this, the 2022nd year of our dongle.

我真的很喜欢右侧的一些端口，虽然我知道这永远不会发生，但 USBA 端口在我们密狗的第 2022 年仍然非常有用。

They both look as Thunderbolts, so you're gonna lose MagSafe, which is gonna be a bummer for a lot of people, but USB-C is a lot more versatile, although you are probably still gonna have to deal with some dongles.

两个看上都像雷电插孔。所以就没有了 MagSafe 插孔，这对不少人来说都是一件蛋疼的事，虽然你可能仍然要用软件狗，但 USB-C 更通用。