New Keyboard (usb hub question)

Aloha, before I buy the new keyboard, I would like someone with real world experience to tell me that the usb 2 hubs on the keyboard actually work, or is that just an Apple marketing ploy ? Will plugging in an iPod, or some other "power hungry" device really work? Mahalo in advance for any facts, info. JB

The webpage for the new keyboards contains the following regarding the wired keyboard:
"Two USB 2.0 ports provide high-speed connectivity for your iPod, Mighty Mouse, digital camera, and other USB-based electronic devices. Yes, we did think of everything."
I'm not sure what to make of this. I have a small external hardrive that worked initially with the keyboard ports, but it no longer works. The ports on a replacement keyboard that I received do not work either. The folks at Apple Care seem to think that many of these devices will not work with the keyboard, but they also seem to be surprised when I point out what the website says. It does sound like the marketing department needs to talk with the tech folks.
I'll try it with my wife's ipod, but it seems like the keyboards are not functioning they way they have been advertised to work.

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Keyboard USB hub

Hello again.
Sorry I should combined this with my other thread. Oh well. Question: Is the USB hub on the keyboard supposed to be the same speed as the ports directly on the back? I was having all kinds of problems with my Creative Nomad ZEN until I plugged it into the back on the computer. Before i was getting like 6mbps transfer. With it in the back I got like 45mbps, which I was very pleased with.
So yeah, is that an indication that I need a new keyboard?
Thanks Again peeps,
Jesse

Ah, yes! That is what I thought!
thanks for the help

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Thanks!
Sky......

I have a passport that works only with a powered hub, but the passport (WD) is not a powered hard drive. I guess it doesn't hurt to spend $10 on a powered hub.

Can the new keyboard USB be used for iPod connection for charge & sync'ing?

I have never had an iMac..yet.
Goon buy the new one soon, I was going to get the wireless keyboard but it doesnt include any USB ports like the wired version so because the iMacs USB are put on the back (shouldnt they put on in easy reach on the front?)
Can the iPod be plugged into the keyboards and charged and synced?

Get yourself a [Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 4-Port for Macintosh|http://www.provantage.com/belkin-f5u233-apl~7BELU032.htm] to prevent having to reach around to plug/unplug your devices.
I have my keyboard connected in one USB port.
Then I have my printer connected into the second port.
Then a 7 Port Belkin Hub connected in the thrid port.
Then all my cords for iPod, camera's and other devices are connected to the Hub.
Then there's no need to plug/unplug anything but, the device to it's cord and flash drives into that top port.

Apple Keyboard USB HUB problem.

Hi, I bought this keyboard recently ( http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB...co=MTA4Mzc4ODA ), it has 2 USB ports on the side. In 1st I plugged the mouse and the other I plugged this speakers ( http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/no...200&cl=roeu,en ). The problem is that when I'm in Windows 7 it says the hub has not energy enough to connect the devices, and the speakers do not work. Now when I'm on Mac OSX the mouse and the speakers work perfectly. Does anyone have an explanation for that?
Sorry about my english, and thank you.

well, im an idiot. disregard almost everything i just said.
Macs use EHCI/OHCI. The issue is with windows recognizing everything as low speed usb.
EHCI handles high speed usb
OHCI handles low speed usb
Windows is passing everything off to the ohci controllers whether or not they're high speed or not.
I'd still like a smarter windows usb driver, apple.

USB Hub not working

I have a hub which has worked fine but is now no longer working. A light on it still lights up and it is recognized in System Profiler. Also items plugged into it are also recognized in System profiler.
Any ideas?
Thanks
John

Have you tried a new USB cable between the computer and the USB hub?
And if another USB port than the one being used now, has not been tried
to see if the issue is in one port on the computer, and not another, try it.
Also, sometimes the lights are on, but nobody is home. The hub can be
bad and still appear to be there.
{Have you tried the computer with only the keyboard and mouse attached?
If that works OK, then consider the limits of port power to run other USBs.
Then, a new powered USB hub may work, if the Mac's ports aren't bad.}
There may be a low-power situation (assuming USB hub is powered) that
somehow does not translate into a notice or 'warning dialog box' on screen.
Perhaps one of the connectors in a USB cable or in the computer's USB
ports, necessary for data flow, is not working correctly?
At one point, I'd bought a two pack of powered USB hubs; to find one of
them did not work right out of the box. It was un-powered, yet the AC
adapter supplied adequate power. Items appeared in Sys Profiler, yet
if more than one were used, the Mac's ports could not sustain them.
The package was such a low price, I kept the working one; the store I'd
bought them from no longer had any in stock. The good one still works.
Have you tried to reset the SMC or 'power management' unit device?
This may be a last effort of desperation & signals a service tech visit.
Good luck & happy computing!

USB hub and internet sharing stop working after sleep

Hi,
I have a relatively new Bluestork USB hub I purchased to connect multiple USB devices I have at the same time. It used to work correctly under Leopard, but now it stops working each time the computer wakes up from sleep. I have to restart the computer for it to start working again. Both link and power LEDs stay on, even when the hub is not recognized.
My second problem is related to internet sharing. It stops working after each sleep/wakeup cycle and the only way to make it work again is to restart the computer. It used to work correctly before Snow Leopard as well.
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Thanks Barry.
The hub is on its way to the manufacturer for after sales service...
But the issue with AirPort remains the same, even after resetting SMC.
Some clarification:
* It happens just after computer wakes up from sleep. Restarting solves the problem and the issue doesn't arise until computer goes standby again.
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I purchased a new mac keyboard. Before I was using a bluetooth mac keyboard.
Ever since plugging the new mac keyboard in (non bluetooth) I have had nothing but problems from my connected Belkin Powered USB hub.
With the wireless keyboard the hub works perfectly.
With the new mac keyboard the hub does not work properly. When booting into XP it will not boot until the hub is unplugged from the mac.
The seagate harddrive attached used to go to sleep when the mac did, now it stays on.
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The ALT key does not work on the mac keyboard when using it to choose boot drives between restarts.
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Hi Gary
You don't say if the keyboard is plugged into the back of the iMac or to the hub? I can only suspect that the way your devices are connected may be the problem in general! If you look in the iMac handbook you will see that the keyboard should be connected to a port on the back of the Mac.
Dennis

MacBookPro - USB devices/HUB question... thank you

I am a new Mac user... and I love it so far. I have the new MacBook Pro and purchased the Airport Express and a Belkin USB hub along with it. I have the USB hub connected to a USB port in my computer (and a few externals connected to that: mouse, external LaCie hard drive, etc.). My question is, when I want to go wireless and move the computer to a different location... how do I safely/properly disconnect the USB Hub? If I just pull it out (gently, of course) I get a window popup that says something along the lines of "device was not properly/safely disconnected... etc." I don't want to cause any short or long-term damage. I just want to know the proper way to disconnect USB devices (hubs, mouse, external hard drive, etc.) before using the wireless feature of the notebook.
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Bob,
You're awesome, thanks! I tried that (pulled the external HD icon to the trash) then pulled out the USB from the Macbook and didn't get that "warning" box! I am currently only using two peripherals in my hub (a printer and the LaCie hard drive)... will I only need to do this "eject" thing for the external HDs? Or are there any other peripherals (I might use in future) that I will need to do this for as well?
Thank you again!!
M.

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I have the same problem. I found I can unplug the keyboard and when replugged, everything works OK.
I just upgraded to OS V10.6.4 and still must unplug and replug the keyboard in order to type.
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How to Use Home+End Key on new short usb apple keyboard on XP

How to Use Home+End Key on new short usb apple keyboard on XP
now i use macbook and new short apple keyboard.
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Easy, no need to be harsh. I might not be a Level 9  Discussions user, but I’ve been an Apple Technician for more than a decade now. So believe me, I know what I’m talking about. Be it OS X Server or emptying the Trash. But even I come here from time to time to learn from others. Well, back to topic and being a little more specific:
The 'My Info' setting always belongs to the first iCloud account you add to an iOS device. In this account you create at least 1 contact, the one you will be using for 'My Info'. You then do the same on your other iOS device using NOT the same iCloud account, of course. You only need to enable contacts syncing in iCloud preferences for these primary accounts. From here on you can use differing 'My Info' on your 2 iOS devices without a problem.
But you may know that you can use more than one iCloud account at a time. Only the primary one will offer all iCloud options like Photostream. But what they all offer is contacts, calendars, etc. So if you intend (and I did) to share these 2 between your devices you can add them using a second iCloud account to both of your iOS devices. This makes it 3 accounts all in all. You could even go further and add another one just for 'Find my iPhone' if you like.
I would’ve used the built-in sharing of Calendar.app instead, but Contacts.app does not (yet) offer sharing contacts with others. That’s why I went with the third iCloud account as a secondary account to both iOS devices.
Apple of course recommends using just one Apple ID for everything to make it easier. But in some scenarios this just won’t cut it, which is even described in one of their support documents.
I hope that now you have an idea what I’ve done…
Good night
Björn
PS: It would be nice if people did not insist on being right. They too can sometimes learn something!

Kernel panic upon first attaching new Apple USB keyboard

Brought home a new Apple USB external keyboard today -- I love the feel of it. I barely have to touch the keys at all. I attached it while the MacBook Pro was powered off.
Upon powering it on for the first time, imagine my surprise to see a kernel panic over the login screen!
Figuring +post hoc ergo propter hoc+, I assumed it was the new keyboard that had caused the kernel panic, but now I'm not so sure. Here's the log:
Thu Dec 20 18:02:22 2007
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A7BED): Kernel trap at 0x0019abd6, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x80010033, CR2: 0x00000000, CR3: 0x01086000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x00000000, ECX: 0x04c27404, EDX: 0x00000000
CR2: 0x00000000, EBP: 0x3e523b58, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0x3e523c3c
EFL: 0x00010246, EIP: 0x0019abd6, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x304c0010
Error code: 0x00000000
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x3e523978 : 0x12b0e1 (0x455670 0x3e5239ac 0x133238 0x0)
0x3e5239c8 : 0x1a7bed (0x45ea20 0x19abd6 0xe 0x45e1d4)
0x3e523aa8 : 0x19e517 (0x3e523ac0 0x40d6640 0x3e523b58 0x19abd6)
0x3e523ab8 : 0x19abd6 (0xe 0x48 0x10 0x10)
0x3e523b58 : 0x4fbfe797 (0x0 0x4cb7abc 0x1c 0x2261e7)
0x3e523bd8 : 0x213884 (0x0 0x4c27404 0x2 0x3e523c3c)
0x3e523c58 : 0x20e825 (0x4c27404 0x2 0x304c1200 0x0)
0x3e523cd8 : 0x2011f7 (0x17000001 0x3e523ebc 0x11 0x4e71b00)
0x3e523d78 : 0x1f3f5e (0x3e523dac 0x246 0x3e523dd8 0x1d803e)
0x3e523dd8 : 0x1ea7bc (0x4350b50 0x3e523ebc 0x11 0x3e523f54)
0x3e523e68 : 0x388e1a (0x4843760 0x3e523ebc 0x0 0x3e523f54)
0x3e523f18 : 0x389112 (0x3e523f54 0x4843760 0xb0080400 0x0)
0x3e523f78 : 0x3da847 (0x42b6e70 0x40b0ba0 0x40b0be4 0x4e5fec4)
0x3e523fc8 : 0x19ea34 (0x3fd9b80 0x0 0x1a10b5 0x40ab4f0)
No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xb0080498
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.cisco.nke.ipsec(2.0.1)@0x4fbfc000->0x4fc6afff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: configd
Mac OS version:
9B18
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.1.0: Wed Oct 31 17:46:22 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228.0.2~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro2,2 (Mac-F42187C8)
The good news is that I've restarted a couple times since, and it proceeded normally past the login screen without a kernel panic. But should I exchange the keyboard for a different one while I can? What's oddest is that this doesn't look like a USB-related crash to me. Any advice would be appreciated.

Brought home a new Apple USB external keyboard today -- I love the feel of it. I barely have to touch the keys at all. I attached it while the MacBook Pro was powered off.
Upon powering it on for the first time, imagine my surprise to see a kernel panic over the login screen!
Figuring +post hoc ergo propter hoc+, I assumed it was the new keyboard that had caused the kernel panic, but now I'm not so sure. Here's the log:
Thu Dec 20 18:02:22 2007
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A7BED): Kernel trap at 0x0019abd6, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x80010033, CR2: 0x00000000, CR3: 0x01086000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x00000000, ECX: 0x04c27404, EDX: 0x00000000
CR2: 0x00000000, EBP: 0x3e523b58, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0x3e523c3c
EFL: 0x00010246, EIP: 0x0019abd6, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x304c0010
Error code: 0x00000000
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x3e523978 : 0x12b0e1 (0x455670 0x3e5239ac 0x133238 0x0)
0x3e5239c8 : 0x1a7bed (0x45ea20 0x19abd6 0xe 0x45e1d4)
0x3e523aa8 : 0x19e517 (0x3e523ac0 0x40d6640 0x3e523b58 0x19abd6)
0x3e523ab8 : 0x19abd6 (0xe 0x48 0x10 0x10)
0x3e523b58 : 0x4fbfe797 (0x0 0x4cb7abc 0x1c 0x2261e7)
0x3e523bd8 : 0x213884 (0x0 0x4c27404 0x2 0x3e523c3c)
0x3e523c58 : 0x20e825 (0x4c27404 0x2 0x304c1200 0x0)
0x3e523cd8 : 0x2011f7 (0x17000001 0x3e523ebc 0x11 0x4e71b00)
0x3e523d78 : 0x1f3f5e (0x3e523dac 0x246 0x3e523dd8 0x1d803e)
0x3e523dd8 : 0x1ea7bc (0x4350b50 0x3e523ebc 0x11 0x3e523f54)
0x3e523e68 : 0x388e1a (0x4843760 0x3e523ebc 0x0 0x3e523f54)
0x3e523f18 : 0x389112 (0x3e523f54 0x4843760 0xb0080400 0x0)
0x3e523f78 : 0x3da847 (0x42b6e70 0x40b0ba0 0x40b0be4 0x4e5fec4)
0x3e523fc8 : 0x19ea34 (0x3fd9b80 0x0 0x1a10b5 0x40ab4f0)
No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xb0080498
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.cisco.nke.ipsec(2.0.1)@0x4fbfc000->0x4fc6afff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: configd
Mac OS version:
9B18
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.1.0: Wed Oct 31 17:46:22 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228.0.2~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro2,2 (Mac-F42187C8)
The good news is that I've restarted a couple times since, and it proceeded normally past the login screen without a kernel panic. But should I exchange the keyboard for a different one while I can? What's oddest is that this doesn't look like a USB-related crash to me. Any advice would be appreciated.

New Keyboard Not Compatible With All USB Flash Drives

Hi,
I've noticed that the new super-thin iMac keyboards are not compatible with all USB Flash Drives. Here's an example.
I have 2 USB Flash Drives. One is a ByteStor 2GB USB 2.0 High Speed Dataferry Flash Drive, the other is a Kingston DataTraveler 1GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive. Neither of these drives used to work with the previous design of iMac keyboard, giving me the "low power" warning.
However, the ByteStor works just fine with the new super-thin iMac keyboard, but oddly enough, the Kingston DataTraveler doesn't. Does anyone know why this is? What's the difference? When buying a new USB Flash Drive, how do you know if it's compatible with the new iMac keyboard or not?

Thanks. Yeah the Kingston DataTraveler works just fine if I plug it into one of the USB 2.0 ports on the back of the iMac. But if I plug it into the new thin Apple Keyboard, it gives the low power warning.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-Technology-1GB-DataTraveler-Flash/dp/B000AV14M2 /ref=pdbbs2/203-9795812-0230310?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1187109154&sr=8-2
Anyway, I'll try that new keyboard software update and report back.

New Keyboard (usb hub question)

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