Hi all! I got the Mac Book pro because it has both the USBC and the USB ports on it since I have both USBC charging cables and USB flash drives, so that way, I won’t have to mess with more adapters than I have to when I go to use the chargers or flash drives. I know, not everyone wants or can afford a Mac book pro, depending on which one you get since they generally run around the same price, but they can vary depending on storage size, and some folks like their Macs as small as possible. For those of you who like using extra adapters as a work around, they work for those folks. I personally think adapters can have a shorter life span than the cables or flash drives, especially the ones you use for wired headsets, and you can waste extra money from buying lots of adapters due to them being over priced for their quallity, so I don’t care much for them. Mind you, anything can break without warning, but I’ve experience consistantly shorter life spans for the headset adapters that you can use to adapt a wired headset to a lightning jack adapter so I don’t trust them much. Some adapters have longer life spans than others so if you do choose that route, make sure to take life spans and long term costs of buying lots of them into account. Kendra
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 21, 2025, at 20:05, Steven Sweeney <[email protected]> wrote: > > That is correct, there are no USB port however you can get a female USB to a > male USB-C adapter and then you can use your or most of your USB accessories. > I have a couple of these and they work well. > Steve. > Sent from my iPhone -Steve💻 > >> On Nov 21, 2025, at 4:34 PM, Brad Snyder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> New Mac mini has three thunderbolt/USB-C ports on the rear of the unit, and >> two USB-C ports on the front of the unit. >> There are no USB ports on the new Mac mini model. >> You can connect any monitor that uses HDMI, or thunderbolt/USB-C. >> External drives that are fat 32 should have no problem connecting to a Mac >> mini. >> >> HDH. >> >> - Brad - >> >> On Nov 21, 2025, at 15:23, Max <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> a friend of mine is looking at purchasing a MacMini. He will be moving from >> Windows. >> He already has monitors and external drives. I notice there are 2 USBC ports >> but are there any USB A ones? >> Am I correct that his other drives would need to be Fat32 format? so he >> could retrieve the files on them? >> I assume any monitor will connect to the Mini is this correct? >> Thanks for any advice. >> Max. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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