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USB hub recommendations
I need more USB ports on my Hapertown Mac Pro. I brought a cheap 7 port one off Ebay but it’s crap it always cuts. Anybody here recommend one that works !!!
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Re: USB hub recommendations
I recently bought a Amazon Basics 4 port USB 3 hub that seems to be working well. I'm bus powering it, not using the included power adapter. Only plugging in accessories though, not my interface.
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-.../dp/B00DQFGH80 Joel
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Re: USB hub recommendations
Been using various D-Link hubs over the years and they've been good for me. All powered by a wallwart - don't trust bus powered models. The one on my daw machine is a D-Link 7 port with a couple of them having a fairly large current output on each. I even use one of the ports to charge my cell phone. I don't have my 11 Rack and MOTU MIDI Timepiece AVUSB plugged into it as they go direct into the cheesegrater USB ports.
A thought - if you're going to plug your iLok into one do get a dongle buddy short extension cable. |
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Re: USB hub recommendations
Mine does bugger all if I pull out the connected equipment and plug them back in. It’s powered by a wall wart socket. Do macs have a setting where the USB goes to sleep ??
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www.blaze-studios.co.uk PT 10.3.10 HD Accel 6, Mac Pro 5.1 12 Core 3.46hz Dual Boot Lion 10.7.5 and Maverick 10.9.5 32GB Ram Magma PE6R4i Chassis |
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Re: USB hub recommendations
use mophie here, as well as an mbeat 10 port usb2 which works great.. it has all my synths connected..
Mophie also never missed a beat. On my windows laptop i have a targus, flawless, and a belkin, flawless.
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Re: USB hub recommendations
Macs have a couple of different sleep possibilities - the whole machine goes to sleep, display goes to sleep, drives can be set to sleep and apps can go to sleep but all of those are user configurable. The first three in System Preferences and the last one is on a per-application basis and configured via the 'get info' menu selection. But the USB ports themselves don't have a separately configurable sleep option (that would be taken care of by the whole computer sleeping).
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USB hub recommendations
Ahhh memories.
I remember when I got my 3.1 Harpertown........I remember letting that thing sleep and waking it “and going right to work” Hiccup free!! It was months before I actually had to restart my Mac just for an actual gremlin.
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Re: USB hub recommendations
So it must just be the rubbish USB hub then causing the issue. I’ll try a different one
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Raoul Crane
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Re: USB hub recommendations
Thanks guys just went out and brought another one on the fact if it didn’t work I could take it back!! And it’s working like a charm
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Re: USB hub recommendations
Sounds good. Did you get a wallwart powered one or bus powered?
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