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  • Re: Does anybody make an Thunderbird usb adapter?

    From Robert Peirce@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 6 16:45:10 2021
    I forgot to mention that the load is such that I can't use an external multi-port hub to plug two devices into one usb port. I've tried it and
    it doesn't work. Each device needs to be on its own internal hub.

    Right now I have a 5Tb USB 3 HD drive as a music source on one port and
    an iFi DAC on another so I'm ok for now. The problem will occur if I
    need to add a bootable drive for an alternate OS.

    The software won't run on Catalina or later so I am running Mojave and I
    have Mojave on a bootable SSD if I have to upgrade. Before you suggest
    it, Parallels doesn't work either for this application.

    One solution I may have to consider but don't want to is buying another computer just to support this stuff.

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  • From Robert Peirce@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 6 16:25:00 2021
    Wow did I misspell that!

    I'm looking for a thunderbolt to usb adapter.

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  • From Robert Peirce@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 6 16:22:43 2021
    I have a MacBook Pro which has only two USB 3 ports and I need to attach
    three USB devices. It also has two Thunderbolt 2 ports. Does anybody
    make an adapter that would allow me to plug the USB device into the
    thunderbolt port?

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Robert Peirce on Sun Nov 7 12:38:48 2021
    On 2021-11-06 20:45:10 +0000, Robert Peirce said:

    I forgot to mention that the load is such that I can't use an external multi-port hub to plug two devices into one usb port. I've tried it
    and it doesn't work.

    Was it a powered hub (power via wall socket) or just unpowered (power
    from the computer ports)? Powered hub is often better for "high drain"
    devices.

    Even with an unpowered hub, you can sometimes get around it by getting
    more power using a double-plug from the computer's ports into the hub,
    or double-plug from the hub into the external device.



    Each device needs to be on its own internal hub.

    Right now I have a 5Tb USB 3 HD drive as a music source on one port and
    an iFi DAC on another so I'm ok for now. The problem will occur if I
    need to add a bootable drive for an alternate OS.

    Make sure your Mac can actually boot from an external drive before
    spending money though.



    The software won't run on Catalina or later so I am running Mojave and
    I have Mojave on a bootable SSD if I have to upgrade. Before you
    suggest it, Parallels doesn't work either for this application.

    One solution I may have to consider but don't want to is buying another computer just to support this stuff.

    Another option might be to plug the music drive into your network
    router/modem. Some will work happily that way, but others don't.

    Or get just one bigger external drive and partition it into two smaller ones.

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  • From Chris Ridd@21:1/5 to Your Name on Sun Nov 7 15:09:58 2021
    On 06/11/2021 23:38, Your Name wrote:
    On 2021-11-06 20:45:10 +0000, Robert Peirce said:

    I forgot to mention that the load is such that I can't use an external
    multi-port hub to plug two devices into one usb port.  I've tried it
    and it doesn't work.

    Was it a powered hub (power via wall socket) or just unpowered (power
    from the computer ports)? Powered hub is often better for "high drain" devices.

    Even with an unpowered hub, you can sometimes get around it by getting
    more power using a double-plug from the computer's ports into the hub,
    or double-plug from the hub into the external device.

    The Caldigit Element might work. It is powered, and it looks very
    similar to another couple of devices from OWC and (memory fails), so
    they're probably all coming from the same Chinese factory.

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    Chris

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Robert Peirce on Sun Nov 7 22:56:27 2021
    Ask Mozilla about Thunderbird? [grin] ;)

    Robert Peirce <[email protected]> wrote:
    I have a MacBook Pro which has only two USB 3 ports and I need to attach three USB devices. It also has two Thunderbolt 2 ports. Does anybody
    make an adapter that would allow me to plug the USB device into the thunderbolt port?

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