Great gear you may have missed

As the editor who coordinates most of Macworld?s iOS- and Mac-accessory coverage, I?m inundated with miscellaneous cables, connectors, chargers, and other ?minor? products that don?t necessarily warrant a full review or article. But, as I wrote back in late 2012, that doesn?t mean they should all go unnoticed. Some of these products are interesting or useful enough that they?re worth talking about; or they?re things that, though they may not have impressed me at first, have since earned a spot on my desk or in my bag.

Here are some of the best little accessories I?ve come across over the past year for connecting, charging, organizing, and more.

Charging and syncing gear

If you?ve got an iPad, iPhone, or iPod, you need to keep it charged?and there?s a good chance you need to do so in more than one location. These gadgets can help.

Kanex DoubleUp: If you?re like me, you have more than one iOS device, and you tend to charge them at the same time?say, at night while you?re sleeping, or in a hotel room, using the one available outlet, when traveling. The $49 DoubleUp (available online for less than half that) is a single charger that features two USB ports for charging your devices. Even better, each USB port provides enough juice (2.1 amps/10.5 watts) to fast-charge a full-size iPad, and each has an LED that turns green when your iPad gets to roughly 98 percent of a full charge, or your iPhone to roughly 90 percent. It?s bulkier than Apple?s iPad chargers, but it takes the place of two of those chargers in your bag or behind your nightstand.

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