Hi all! An airvent? How confusing! That whole totally looks like I could plug in one of my flash drives. I’m glad I didn’t play with flash drives and my Mac yet! All the more reason to install Drop box if I wanted to manage files on my Mac. Kendra
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 22, 2025, at 12:19, Herbie Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > > The thing that looks like an extra port is an air vent. > >> On Nov 22, 2025, at 13:05, Kendra Schaber <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Brad! >> Mine has the USBC ports on it, and it’s got 2 on the left side of it and one >> on the right side. I have it in front of me so I was able to take a closer >> look. There is another port on the right hand side near the back corner of >> it that looks like a USBA port, but it could be something else. This Mac is >> a Mac book pro, 14 inch, and it’s one of the newer ones that supports Tajo. >> Even if this Mac doesn’t use flash drives after all, my Windows computers do >> and so does my Humanwhare Ereader. I have work arounds like installing >> Dropbox and Word if I want to use my Mac for those kinds of files because I >> use Word a lot for text files. I won’t have to use adapters at all if I used >> Dropbox and installed Word on my Mac, of course, if I ever decided to take >> that route. I’d have to install Word and Drop box on my Mac anyway if I >> decided to use my Mac for text editing beyond just Pages and I’m not sure if >> Works is accessible or even if they replaced Works compleetly with Pages. >> These workarounds are also there regardless of if you use an adapter or not. >> I’m sorry for confusing you!!! >> Kendra >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Nov 22, 2025, at 10:30, Brad Snyder <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> This doesn't make sense. >>> None of the MacBook Pro models has had USB-A ports since 2015, or perhaps >>> earlier. >>> >>> - Brad - >>> >>>> On Nov 22, 2025, at 12:16, Kendra Schaber <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> 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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