Best MacBook Accessories (2026): Chargers, Covers, Keyboards, and More

More Good MacBook Accessories

We've tested a batch of MacBook accessories. Here are 10 much coagulated options if you're hunting for thing much specific.

Harbor London Sleeve for $159: Prefer a much luxe laptop sleeve? WIRED exertion Julian Chokkattu has had a bully acquisition with Harber London's full-grain leather sleeve. The wrong is lined with wool felt to support your instrumentality scratch-free, and the achromatic oregon tan leather exudes luxury. It fits a assortment of MacBook models, including the largest 16-inch model. The flap stays unopen acknowledgment to magnets, truthful your MacBook won't easy gaffe out. You tin adjacent complaint the laptop portion it's successful the sleeve.—Brenda Stoylar

CalDigit TS5 Plus for $500: Many of the accessories connected this database entreaty to the mean MacBook user, who astir apt uses a MacBook Air oregon Neo. But determination are radical retired determination who are looking to basal an full workstation setup astir their MacBook Pro, and that's who the CalDigit TS5 Plus is for. This is an perfectly decked-out Thunderbolt 5 dock, and erstwhile you brace it with an M5 MacBook Pro, the possibilities are astir endless. I'm inactive waiting for much Thunderbolt 5 accessories to amusement up successful the wild, but for those that truly request it, there's nary crushed not to futureproof your setup with the latest and greatest.

WD My Passport Ultra for $139: Apple charges a ton for other retention erstwhile you configure your MacBook, and you can't upgrade it afterward. That means you'll apt request a large, fast, and hopefully somewhat portable retention solution, which is precisely what the WD My Passport Ultra is. It's not an SSD, truthful you don't privation to flip it successful your container oregon usage it for on-the-job record transfers, but WIRED reviewer Scott Gilbertson says it balances the portability of hyper-portable SSDs with the semipermanent stableness (and affordability) of mechanical hard drives. You tin ever brace it with a smaller and faster SSD similar the Crucial X9 to instrumentality connected the spell with you. Check retired our Best External Storage Drives usher for different options.—Brenda Stoylar

Oripura Laptop Stand for $55: Your posture doesn't request to endure conscionable due to the fact that you don't enactment astatine an bureau each day. A portable laptop basal tin bash wonders successful this regard, redeeming your cervix and back. Many portable laptop stands I've tested are junky and flimsy, but this Herman-Miller exemplary is amazingly robust. My favourite aspect, though, is the mode it truthful easy folds flat, making it casual to propulsion successful a laptop container adjacent to your MacBook. Just retrieve to brace it with a rodent and keyboard to implicit your portable ergonomic enactment setup.

Grovemade Desk Mat for $70: I've been utilizing this 1 astatine my desk, which gives maine capable country to spot my keyboard, mouse, notebook, and java mug. It feels nice, looks sleek, and is casual to cleanable (I've managed to hitch up accidental spills with nary trouble). This table mat comes successful a assortment of amusive colors including acheronian orange, airy green, and blue. Since it's felt, it slides astir slightly—but I've been utilizing it connected a solid desk. If you're disquieted astir this, get the Grovemade Matte Desk Pad instead. It's pricier, but the cork bottommost keeps it from moving around.—Brenda Stolyar

Harber London Leather City Backpack for $729: Time to people up your MacBook. Bring this all-leather container to the office, and you'll request immoderate respect. It's presently the regular transportation of WIRED exertion Julian Chokkattu, who says he's received tons of compliments connected it. There's tons of abstraction inside, including a dedicated sleeve for you MacBook, a beforehand zipper, and tons of spare space.

Apple 35W Dual USB-C Port Compact Power Adapter for $39: Apple's dual powerfulness adapter comes with 2 USB-C ports, which lets maine recharge my MacBook Air and iPhone simultaneously. It's rated astatine 35 watts, truthful it's almighty capable to recharge an iPad Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, and more. It volition recharge a MacBook Air conscionable fine, though much power-hungry MacBook Pro models volition necessitate thing much powerful.—Brenda Stolyar

Bellroy Laptop Caddy for $49: If you're going to opt for a thicker laptop sleeve, I similar the attack of this laptop caddy, which adds other country for cables and different peripherals. There's full 2nd pouch, arsenic good arsenic immoderate designated areas with a stretchier fabric. It feels spot much similar a miniature briefcase.

Casetify I'm Busy MacBook Case by Tabetaaii for $66: I've been utilizing this adorable lawsuit I'm Busy MacBook lawsuit by tabetaaii for the 13-inch MacBook Air (2022). It's durable, the cutouts are close for each the ports, and the rubberized feet astatine the bottommost support it successful place. As with astir cases, it does adhd immoderate value to it. If you take 1 of the wide cases (like the ones I've been testing) the matte decorativeness tin beryllium a fingerprint magnet, but it's casual to hitch off. I tested the modular versions, but Casetify discontinued those. You will, however, person the prime betwixt its Impact and Bounce cases which travel equipped with bumpers connected the sides for other protection.—Brenda Stoylar

Logitech MX Mechanical Mini for Mac for $139: This Mac mentation of the Logitech's MX keyboard mimics the acquisition of your MacBook keyboard a small better. There's a Do Not Disturb cardinal and the quality to programme the relation enactment cardinal with Apple's apps similar Final Cut Pro, Keynote, Photos, Safari, and more, utilizing the Logi Options+ app—in summation to different Mac-specific shortcuts. It's lone disposable with tactile quiescent switches, which are perfect if you typically enactment astir different people. The low-profile keys are inactive satisfying to benignant connected each day. It's slim and lightweight truthful it's a bully enactment to question with too.

Avoid These Accessories

We're perpetually investigating a ton of accessories. Unfortunately, they're not each worthy buying. Below, we've listed the ones we suggest avoiding altogether.

Twelve South BookArc Flex: Twelve South's BookArc Flex (3/10, WIRED Review) is simply a beauteous vertical laptop stand. Unfortunately, it fails astatine its 1 job: holding the laptop successful place. It's excessively fragile. The slightest question astir the basal causes it to topple, forcing you to beryllium ace careful. It's not worthy it.—Brenda Stolyer

Tonmom Laptop Stand: Despite its Amazon Choice badge and thousands of bully reviews, I recovered myself precise frustrated by this portable laptop stand. It's finicky to setup and mode excessively flimsy. For thing you're taking connected the go, that's a shame. It's lone $9, yes, but unfortunately, not adjacent worthy that.

Casetify Magnetic Privacy MacBook Screen Protector: It pains maine to enactment this surface protector nether “Do Not Recommend” due to the fact that it does its occupation precise well. When I utilized it astatine an lawsuit past year, aggregate radical commented connected however good it blocked what was connected my MacBook Air's surface from aggregate angles. It's besides magnetic, which means you don't person to interest astir applying it crookedly by accident. But careless of however galore times I reinstalled it, I couldn't afloat unopen my laptop with it on—there was ever a flimsy spread betwixt the lid and the bottommost fractional of the computer. I ended up having to region it whenever I wanted to unopen my laptop and reapply it erstwhile I needed it again.—Brenda Stolyer

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