USB Hub question
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When I got my last Mac, I bought a USB-C type hub for my peripherals. It's this guy.
The USB-C cable at the top is plugged into my Mac. The HDMI port is not being used. On the right side, (with the SD card slots) I have a USB dongle for my wireless keyboard plugged in, and nothing else.
On the other side, I have my two printers plugged in, and they work fine. Also, where it says "USB-C PD Input" I have it plugged into my UPS supply which has two USB ports - one of which I use for charging power bricks, etc. The other, as I said, is connected to the hub.
When I plug my iPad into the hub, it does not charge, however, I can sync it to my Mac. When I plug it into a standard USB-A type hub, it's fine - charges and syncs.
Any thoughts?
My guess is that the USB port on the APC is not supplying enough power to charge the iPad. Anything else it could be?
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When I got my last Mac, I bought a USB-C type hub for my peripherals. It's this guy.
The USB-C cable at the top is plugged into my Mac. The HDMI port is not being used. On the right side, (with the SD card slots) I have a USB dongle for my wireless keyboard plugged in, and nothing else.
On the other side, I have my two printers plugged in, and they work fine. Also, where it says "USB-C PD Input" I have it plugged into my UPS supply which has two USB ports - one of which I use for charging power bricks, etc. The other, as I said, is connected to the hub.
When I plug my iPad into the hub, it does not charge, however, I can sync it to my Mac. When I plug it into a standard USB-A type hub, it's fine - charges and syncs.
Any thoughts?
My guess is that the USB port on the APC is not supplying enough power to charge the iPad. Anything else it could be?
@George-K said in USB Hub question:
When I plug my iPad into the hub, it does not charge, however, I can sync it to my Mac. When I plug it into a standard USB-A type hub, it's fine - charges and syncs.
You mean when you plug it into a USB-C port, it does not charge but it does when you use a USB-A port?
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USB-A is simpler and has been around much longer. USB-C uses a more complicated process to determine how much power to supply and which device should be supplying the power. It’s more costly to implement all of USB-C’s power delivery functions correctly, so some vendors just don’t do it or not doing it correctly, the result of which is that you sometimes get USB-C ports that don’t charge as expected. All this will get better over time, but for now I still hang on to my USB-A chargers.
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@Klaus said in USB Hub question:
@George-K said in USB Hub question:
When I plug my iPad into the hub, it does not charge, however, I can sync it to my Mac. When I plug it into a standard USB-A type hub, it's fine - charges and syncs.
You mean when you plug it into a USB-C port, it does not charge but it does when you use a USB-A port?
Not quite. I have a USB-A hub. And it charges and syncs fine with that. But when I plug it into the USB-A port on this fancy-schamcy hub, it doesn't.
