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USB 3.0 hub recommendations for Mac - 2021
I've noticed a few usb related glitches, which seem to be from my powered USB hub. It's pushing 6-7 years old, so probably time to upgrade.
My setup: 2013 Mac Pro trash can RME babyface pro PT 2021.7 Logic X I recently updated from an older version of PT, and added some more Softube plugins, but the system was stable for at least a month after those changes. Right now I am getting random ilok auth errors, audio drop outs, UPDD errors for my raven touchscreen and in some cases - the usb hub will just suddenly be turned off. So more than likely a failing power supply for the usb hub or the hub itself is just showing its age. One thing I despise about this hub is the power switch is a momentary button. So, every time it is unplugged, a momentary button needs to be pressed to turn it on. Very annoying because it's behind my desk. Anyways, looking for a solid powered USB 3.0 hub, 10 ports or more, with no power switch at all, or a rocker switch that I can just leave on, so when I shut down my UPS, I don't need to reset it. Some of these new ones have "smart charging ports"... Like any new technology, I'm skeptical that it might cause other issues. Any recommendations? Haven't shopped for these for a long time, I know when I bought this one, I went through 2 or 3 different brands before I got one that was reliable.
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Re: USB 3.0 hub recommendations for Mac - 2021
I recently picked up this one https://www.newegg.com/p/0J2-06Z5-00...9SIAV17E9Z0106 Works well for me.
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Re: USB 3.0 hub recommendations for Mac - 2021
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Re: USB 3.0 hub recommendations for Mac - 2021
Well I was hoping I could wait to order one, but ended up going to micro center today, the problem was happening every 10 minutes and just too annoying to deal with any longer.
I bought this: https://www.microcenter.com/product/...-power-adapter At $60, its the most expensive usb hub I have ever bought. but, it has a rocker switch for power, seems solid and well built. So far, I haven't seen the UPDD connect/disconnect messages on my raven... which was the most common symptom. So fingers crossed, I'll post back my findings once I've put it through its paces.
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Re: USB 3.0 hub recommendations for Mac - 2021
Yes, they latch. It's set and forget.
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Desktop build: PT 2020.5 / Win 11 / i9-11900K @ 5.1GHz / 64GB / 4TB NVMe PCIe 4 / Gigabyte Z590 Vision D / PreSonus 2626 Laptop: PT 2020.5 / Win 11 / i5-12500H / 16GB / 1TB NVMe / Lenovo IdeaPad 5i Pro / U-PHORIA UMC1820 Ancient/Legacy (still works!): PT 5 & 6 / OS9 & OSX / Mac G4 / DIGI 001 Click for audio/video demo Click for resume |
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Re: USB 3.0 hub recommendations for Mac - 2021
IMHO non-rackmountable USB hubs are a total PITA.
Sedna do a 13 port hub for not a lot of money. I have 3 of them in different parts of the studio, extended by active cables.
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Anyone know of one that will provide sufficient power to keep a 12” iPad going? I use the Sabrent one and it doesn’t have sufficient power to charge the iPad faster than it drains. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Re: USB 3.0 hub recommendations for Mac - 2021
Even the smaller iPads, I have always used the wall charger that came with them. Nothing else seems to charge fast enough.
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