Does this work reliably with Apple OSX? I'm using a mid 2012 MacBook Pro and I've purchased and returned several USB 3.0 hubs because they wouldn't work with my 3.0 devices at 3.0 speed or the computer didn't recognize as a USB 3.0 hub at all.
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I've been using it with an iMac (late 2012) for thee weeks now without any problems.
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Yes! My main computer is a MacbookPro Retina (mid 2012), and they s reader works really well with it. I haven't measured speeds but never had an issue, transfer have always seemed fast.
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No. To the best of my knowledge, the drivers are only available in OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 and later, where they are included natively as part of the OS updates. For Snow Leopard and Lion you will need a solution that includes third party drivers specifically for your operating system. I believe Highpoint, Caldigit, and LaCie make USB 3.0 solutions for Mac Pro on older OS X versions, but check before buying.
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I actually bought one that was specifically for Mac so not sure why my review was posted under this product. The one I bought was this one: Unitek USB 3.0 HUB 3 ports usb3+1 charger-only Built-in USB 3.0 hub usb 3.0 mac. It works perfectly.
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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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The hubs are plug and play, so if you are using Windows this should work. I have plugged mine into machines that have different versions of Windows and it works fine on all the machines I have used. The manufacturer claims that this is also plug and play with Mac OS X, but I have not tried it. If you are trying to use this on a different operating system (Linux or whatever) you will need to ask Cable Matters customer support if they have drivers for it. Their inquiry page is located here: https://www.cablematters.com/CustomerService.aspx?Topic=ContactUs
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I don't know if your Mac Mini has USB 3, my older one doesn't. It is a perfectly good USB 2 hub, so it should work at USB 2 speeds
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I've been using this Plugable USB hub with my MacBook Pro (late 2011 Intel Core i7 running Lion) for about 7 weeks. My experience so far is that external USB3.0 hard drives, USB2.0 thumb drives, a corded Apple aluminum keyboard, a corded Apple Mighty Mouse, a Logitech 2.4GHz wireless mouse adapter, an iPhone5, and iPod Touch (3rd gen.) all work flawlessly.
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I have this hub hooked up to my MacBook Pro retina with usb3 ports, and works great.
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Yes this unit works great with USB 2.0 my Mac Pros about six years old have no problems
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I've connected to my 1 year old macbook pro for the past year and it works great. I believe it has usb 3.0. This should work with all macs with USB.
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I have this on a Mac Mini running Mavericks and it works great. You definitely need a powered USB hub with the Mac. I have three USB hubs on my Mac Mini and this one works the best by far.
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Depends on what version of OS X you're running and if there's a driver for it. I'm running a 2013 MacBook Air with OS X 10.10.3 and it works great, even for streaming video to a television. It works far better than similar products I tried. YMMV of course with such old hardware though. I would wager you won't want to stream video or anything like that, and i'd expect it to be stuttery and laggy due to that being USB2.0 and not USB3.0. But the upside is that Amazon has a great return policy if it doesn't work as well as you think it should.
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I also have macbook pro running the latest OS X it works, the network works, the usb ports work I also believe when I first got it the monitor port worked. It is a little quirky, like when you plug in drives into the port they run even when the MBP is not connected. and you will not get full resolution on the monitor like you have on the MBP.
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Hi, it requieres 10.8.4 for USB 3 ports to work. For Ethernet, to work with 10.8.x, you also need to download and Install a driver form Caldigit web site. Better install Maverik (10.9.x) as it includes all drivers. The wife is using this device with a Macbook Pro 2011 (it has all firmware upgrades) with 10.9.1 and it is working just fine. I'm using a Belkin dock, but this is much more stable.
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USB 2 rated at 480Mbp/sec. I know of no way to modify a Macbook pro for USB 3.0 if it is not already configured for 3.0. Hope that helps...
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A few questions: Are you using this with a Mac? Are there usb 3.0 hub drivers to install for Mac? Are you referring to the physical plugging-in act or the device plugs in but doesn't charge or get recognized by your computer?