Hi
No. If your device supports charging via USB, it will immediately
begin to charge when plugged into any powered USB port. It doesn't
matter what the os on the host is, all the device needs is for the
connection to be established so it can draw the power it needs.
On Mar 15, 2009, at
Will, you should be able to charge any usb device on the Mac. As
you well know, the usb on the Mac is standard. So this really would be
a feature concerned with your device itself. For future reference,
really these sorts of questions that are essentially non-Mac related
and more
Cara can you tell us the name of these lists?
On Mar 15, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Cara Quinn wrote:
Will, you should be able to charge any usb device on the Mac. As
you well know, the usb on the Mac is standard. So this really would be
a feature concerned with your device itself. For future
sorry, -not going to do that on the list. smile My door is
always open, write me privately and the info is yours! smile
Listers whom have speech on their mobile devices are most likely
already familiar with the lists those screen reader companies provide,
so this is way OT for
Hi,
There is a tidbit of Mac and USB info to share here though. Low
voltage in a USB series can cause devices not to charge or function
properly. What I mean by a series is a chain of connected USB
devices that run off a single USB powered bus. So for example, if
you have a power hungry
Hi Scott
Very true, this is why all of my stationary USB hubs are always self-
powered by their own AC adapter. There's only so much power a USB port
can provide.
One very nice feature of OS X is that it will let you know when this
occurs. When a USB device cannot draw the required amount of
