I have a mac mini and I would like to use this to run a printer, scanner. I plan to use ac power to run this usb hub, will I experience any degradatio
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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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Yes, the standard USB socket is too underpowered to operate this properly. If you plug this into most USB sockets, it will "blink and "beep". It is however an excellent external backup or extra external hard drive and very compact-Just buy the 110v power supply, you will need itMr Burke
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It does not require the use of the AC adapter, it will work without the AC adapter being plugged in. It will only work, however, as good as any non-powered USB hub, meaning, there would be a limit to the amount of power that can be used by the devices connected, some devices will require the additional power, that is the advantage of the additional AC Power source.
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Kinda late, but if you still need to know, I wouldn't be worried about compatibility. You might need an adapter though. I don't know what ports a mac mini has.
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Yeah, you do. I got a sata to 4 pin adapter for the power since my Mac Pro doesn't have any extra power ports. I'd check out the cal digit options. Their a little more expensive but don't require extra power. I've read mostly positive reviews of them. Again I'm on a Mac so there isn't as much support for USB 3 in older machines
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It has two USB connections because it needs more than the 500mA that a single USB 2.0 port can provide. All the ports on my wife's iMac are in use, too. So I have 2 powered USB hubs. As it happens, I plugged one of the drive's cables into each of them, but you could plug them both into the same USB hub. You could plug the signal connection into your mini and the power connection into a powered USB hub that had no other connection to your mini.
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This hub is underpowered by almost 45%. USB 2.0 ports should be able to pull 500mA, so with 7 ports the AC adapter should supply 3.5 Amps. It only delivers 2. Almost every powered hub on the market seems to be similarly underpowered.
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Yes, you should be just fine. Just dont format your usb, or else all of your data will be wiped. Your mac should be able to use the usb just as fine as windows would
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I have used this device, externally powered with portable hard disk drives formatted for FAT32 and had no problems but have not used with a USB printer. I suspect there would be printer driver issues.
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The recommended way is to use a powered USB hub. The Pi is a bit power hungry requiring up to 700 mA to operate. Many use a small cell phone charger to operate it and a lot of them are only 1 amp, which doesn't leave a lot of excess power to run the other components. If the Pi doesn't get adequate power there can be some intermittent operating problems. The answer that Noel provided below is using an external 4-port hub, which I assume has its own power supply. Spend a few $ and get a powered hub!
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Actually, I wouldn't use it with anything more than one computer and immediate peripherals. I use it with a single desktop computer, monitor and large format inkjet printer. Because the printer (HP 1050c plotter) is only on standby the majority of the time it really doesn't draw much power and doesn't actually use much even when printing. That avoids potential headaches should the power fail during printing. Otherwise the larger the UPS relative to your system the more operating time you will have during a power outage. :o)
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When I tried to pull that much current through this hub... it shorted out, and destroyed every usb peripheral that was attached to it. I believe by the power ratings it might work... but i wouldnt risk it.
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If you want only usb cable, yes. It is not AC powered, though. I use one to supplement an AC powered 4-port USB hub.
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Depending on the drive.. Some smaller (2.5", 1.8", etc) drives enclosures require no additional power and if they are capable of using a single (or sometimes dual) USB ports for operation, you will have no trouble using them with this hub. However, larger drives (3.5") enclosures must be plugged in to external power source (they usually come with power adapters). For those you will not be able to operate them with this hub only, without external power source.
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I found this link you might want to read first :http://forums.cnet.com/7723-13973_102-601738/usb-hub/It works fine for my computer expansion but it may not be 100 percent for your application.So far I've had no problems with mine breaking down.
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No. It requires external power for the drives and most other USB-powered devices. I ended up connecting my non-powered USB devices into the hub and those requiring power directly into my iMac. Fortunately, I had sufficient devices that didn't need power that it worked.
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Yes, I bought one and use it to power a USB hub that my printers are connected to. Works great, no problems