2.0 keyboard drivers...?

I have a wired apple keyboard with two usb ports on the back edge next to the wire. If I plug in a flash drive I get an alert saying the device can work faster in a usb 2.0 port. The keyboard is from the last generation. I thought apple would've put those drivers/hardware with their keyboards out of the box. But since they aren't, does anyone know of a way to update the thing or am I stuck with it? thanks

Hi,
the 'white' Apple keyboards have USb ports, that do in fact only support USB 1.1, leading to that error message you get and also limiting the speed of the USB stick.
Nonetheless you can use them for USB Sticks when you can live with the decreased throughput.
The Apple Keyboard Support Updates are only meant for the 'new' Aluminium like keyboards, whose USB ports do support USB 2.0.
Regards
Stefan

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