Having a bunch of ports facing me is totally a sin against the Church of Ive.- Stephen Hackett
Staring at the wall of Dongle Town, I was hoping I would see a USB Type-A to USB Type-C cable. That would have been perfect, but there was no such cable on the wall. I sucked up my pride and grabbed and Apple Store employee to explain my dilemma. He wasn't sure. I pulled out my new iPad and my older MacBook Air and he stared at the wall of dongles for a moment and finally said, "let me grab someone else real quick."
With the new store employee coming over, he did the script, "This is Jordan, and he is trying to connect his new iPad Pro to his older MacBook Air." The new employee stared at the dongle wall... and finally said, "Umm, I actually don't think we sell anything that can solve this problem for you." To which I said, "That's not true, you sell those new MacBooks Pro and MacBooks Air which both would be able to do it...."