Will it transfer power to an Apple portable superdrive? I tried a competitor model and it will not allow it.
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Unfortunately, most third party hubs as well as our hubs are not compatible with the Apple Superdrive. Apple used a special drive and provides the drivers only on a Mac. It needs to be hooked up directly to the Mac to work. For further assistance, please email support@satechi.com. Thank you, Satechi Technical Support
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Unfortunately, most third party hubs as well as our hubs are not compatible with the Apple Superdrive. Apple used a special drive and provides the drivers only on a Mac. It needs to be hooked up directly to the Mac to work. For further assistance, please email support@satechi.com.Thank you,Satechi Technical Support
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Yeah works with mine fine connected through the hub to my MBPr 15. What it won't do is charge iPad's at the high speed rate since that requires Mac-specific USB ports that provide more current than the standard calls for; this device is limited to the USB standard 500 mA per port, but it can do 500 mA on all ports simultaneously so you won't have to worry about connecting seven devices and having some of them not power up.
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Right. This is a powered hub that is only connected to the MBP or what ever other computer via thunderbolt. It doesn't send power for eh computer itself. Some USB devices such as the SuperDrive and some hard drives are not able to get enough power from the hub, and must be plugged in directly to the MBP.. Overall though I am thankful for this hub and it works very well.
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An Apple SuperDrive will fit in this but it will be an odd fit. There are Velcro straps inside the travel journal to secure it so it can be done.
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Correct. The USB port on some older laptops, such as the ones with a disc player built-in, will ignore the device and give an error that it can not be connected. There isn't enough power to run it from the USB port. There are software work around to over-ride this function, however. Google "USB device is Unsupported". It works fine on Mac Air. The Superdrive is NOT Blu-Ray compatible. Use on PC's may vary.
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I have had no problems using the Superdrive with my Macbook Air. Also, it is thin which makes it easy to pack in my computer case.
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Officially, it only works with Macs (iMac, Macbook Pro, and Macbook Air) that did not come with a built-in super drive. However, you can get it to work by following these instructions: http://www.hardturm.ch/luz/2011/10/how-to-make-the-macbook-air-superdrive-work-with-any-mac/.
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I connect mine to a USB 2.0 port on my Mac Mini, and it works fine. It does charge an ipod, albeit slowly, but an ipad connected to it will not charge. All flash drives that I have connect to it just fine, and file transfers between my mac and drives work perfectly.
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Yes, you should be able to. Using the Apple USB Superdrive. I transferred about 40 music and photo CDs using this excellent drive. Very fast. Good luck.
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It is a powered hub. The only thing I haven't been able to connect was an Apple SuperDrive.
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It does not have a power cable attached but, will not charge your mobile devices or run your Apple super drive. Syncs and transfers data fine.
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Per my recent review, I had a similar problem. I plugged in an old MSDOS external hard drive and the Apple could see it but not copy from it, which it does when plugged directly into the Apple computer.
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It does not charge my iPhone, I've tried. I imagine it would not charge any other devices either. I believe the USB port is used solely for flash drives.
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It powers my Toshiba portable external hard drive. Battery power is probably limited bc it is pushing power to the HD but it works. If I'm using it for long periods of time, I plug the macally mobile into a charger using it's USB cord - it works well that way.
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Nope. It will not. I bought it for the same reason. Before it arrived I was thinking about it and I realized flash drives need power. No power comes out of a 3.5mm aux port. So unless you have a portable MP3 player that runs on batteries (which you could connect directly to the aux port with a 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable) and has a usb connector, this will not help
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Yes! It will work great with your iMAC or MAC PRO. Don't try to use a HUB that doesn't have it's own power source because the USB ports on the iMAC WILL NOT pass the required power through the HUB, not if you don't have the later type that have the additional connections for the power transfer. They cost quite a bit more. I have used it on Delicious Library and on CLZ Books and both work great. Have a problem, I just might be able to help. Happy scanning.
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It will conect your device but it will not charge your device it is not supported by Apple