USB hub recommendation sought

Are there any powered USB hubs anyone can recommend? Looking for something like the Belkin 6-port hub but there seem to be lots of negative reviews of that, complaining that it's not properly powered. I'd like something that has at least one or two ports on the front, and am not so keen on the tiny hubs that look a bit like crapware and often don't seem to work with external peripherals like keyboards and iPhones.
Any suggestions?

This Rosewill 7-Port hub has worked fine for me for the past year:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182057

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Hi All,
I am looking for a recommendation for a solid USB that will work with any device I plug into it. I am posing the question to this community after recalling many frustrating experiences with low quality hubs years ago, where I was unable to figure out which products would work before I bought the devices. I have a late 2008 Mac Pro, and am already using an internal PCI hub, but I need some more slots. I am hoping to find an external hub that I can plug into one of the motherboard's USB slots that will have enough juice to run things like scanners, web cameras, USB modem, headset, etc. Most of these hubs are garbage, so I am wondering if someone might be able to recommend something that has it's own power source and has a good chance of working with all of these devices.
Thank you!.

I would try any of these POWERED USB hubs...
http://www.amazon.com/tag/powered%20usb%20hub/products

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Has anyone found a powered USB hub that works well with macs? I have a new mac mini and use it also for protools. I bought one from cable connect, and the keyboard and mouse would not work when it was connected, even if they were plugged directly into the computer.

There must be something wrong with that Cable Connect Hub.
Take or send it back and get a Belkin, Trip Lite, Cables to Go or one of the other top 10 that are listed at > USB Hub Review 2013 | Best Powered USB Hubs

Seeking Recommendations For A Snow Leopard-Compatible USB Hub

It has been suggested that my CablesToGo 7-port powered USB hub might be the cause of some of the kernel panics I have experienced since upgrading to 10.6.4. I understand that there are no guarantees when it comes to USB, but is there a brand that seems to have fewer problems than others? I don't need 7 ports, just reliability.

Is this one bus powered? Hard to tell from the picture and I couldn't find anything that looked similar on the Belkin site; in any case, personally I would only recommend hubs that are self-powered - see this excerpt of a Wiki article:
+A bus-powered hub is a hub that draws all its power from the host computer's USB interface. It does not need a separate power connection. However, many devices require more power than this method can provide, and will not work in this type of hub.+
+USB current (related to power) is allocated in units of 100 mA up to a maximum total of 500 mA per port. Therefore a compliant bus powered hub can have no more than four downstream ports and cannot offer more than four 100 mA units of current in total to downstream devices (since one unit is needed for the hub itself). If more units of current are required by a device than can be supplied by the port it is plugged into, the operating system usually reports this to the user.+
+In contrast a self-powered hub is one that takes its power from an external power supply unit and can therefore provide full power (up to 500 mA) to every port. Many hubs can operate as either bus powered or self powered hubs.+

Please Recommend reliable USB Hub?

RE: Please recommend reliable USB Hub?
It seems not all "Hi-Speed-give-me-a-break-where-are-my-firewire-ports-Steve-dangit" USB devices ports are linking up so easily as advertised these days, at least not for me.
1.0_I Am Looking for a reliable USB hub to expand the port set on a Mac Book Aluminum 2.0 13" Recommendations?
Specifically a USB hub that can connect Little disk drives via the USB extractable cable.
Tried a BELKIN Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Mini Hub (Grey zippo sized case with flip-up section reveals extractable USB cable plus extension) no such luck.
Thanks to all who reply

Maczbook wrote:
Indeed Apple recommends you rfirst option, which seems best. the 7 port model is just "wild"
The USB spec says that there can't be greater than 4 ports per USB hub, as well as a limit of five hub extension. There's a reason why it's typically 7 (and not 8) ports. It would be possible by making an 8-port USB hub, with one internal hub using two ports for two four port hubs for a total of 8 ports. A typical 7-port model would internally be considered two 4 port USB hubs, with the second hub connected to one port of the first hub. It could make a difference if more downstream hubs are connected (running into the limit of five consecutive), and there might be some differences in the host granting requests depending on which devices are connected to which ports.
As for recommendations - I can't fine it right now, but I remember using an unpowered hub sold by Targus. It was 4 port, but I liked that it had three side-by-side ports along with a single port at the end. The single one was ideal for non-standard sized USB devices like some really wide USB flash drives. I never really assume that the label corresponds to the manufacturer, since there are a host of lookalike hubs which are made by one company and relabelled by others.
One thing that irks me about all MacBook designs is because of the 13" screen they've placed the USB ports really close to each other. It makes it impossible to use a standard sized plug along with something like a USB flash drive. My older iBook had the USB ports spaced maybe 3 mm further apart, which was enough room to insert a SanDisk Cruzer micro.

Which usb 3 hub recommended for desktop?

which is the best usb 3 hub recommended for desktop?

Juan Z wrote:
I have a Sonnet PCi USB3 card for my MacPro, and a Sonnet USB3 Express Card 34 for my MacBookPro, and they work properly on Lion 10.7.4. However, when I use a powered four-plug USB 3 hub, the card reader that worked directly to the Sonnet cards, now is not detected when used through the hub. I think that what I need is a Hub Driver that works with Lion 10.7.4...
I would suggest contacting Sonnet directly with that question. I spent over a year with their PCIe card trying to get it to work reliably in two Mac Pro's with 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 and never succeeded because of the drivers, which are really modified LaCie drivers. Switching to a CalDigit card solved the problem. I don't use hubs so I don't know if the CalDigit would work with them, but I suspect that adding a USB 3.0 hub to the mix would only make shaky (in my experience at least) drivers even shakier.

USB Hub / External Card Reader recommendations?

Afternoon,
I have recently purchased a late 2012 27" iMac and would like to add some peripherals.
I am looking for a USB 3.0 hub and a multi card reader.
I have seen lots of posts about USB hubs (the joys of a google search) that either arent recognised as 3.0 or are on American sites. (Am based in the UK).
I know there is a card reader on the back of the iMac, but only for SD and I would prefer to not have to keep turning the monitor round to reach it. (I still have xD cards that I use).
Without being too picky, I dont want 'ugly' units. Dont want to make a beautiful machine look ugly when surrounded by lots of horrible looking external add-ons.
Does anyone have any recomendations of hubs / readers, or even ones to steer clear of?
Thanks very much.
Karen

Thanks for trying but ...
No, I can't see the drive when booted up with Cmd R.
I don't have a USB hub to test on.
I'm just tried resetting the PRAM as you suggested.
No change.
Any other ideas gratefully accepted, otherwise, I can book into the genius bar thingy - no idea if that will be of use. I work in IT so I'm fairly handy though there are many mac specific commands & tricks I'm not aware of.

USB hub does not work! Help

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The USB hub does not work! Monitor cable has no bent pins, and works perfectly for video with all my Mac's, G4's, G5's. The problem is I have had this monitor awhile and never tried these ports so apple won't help.
Anyone have any suggestions why these ports don't work and if there is a fix?
Can any one recommend a KVM switch that supports ADC, and USB so I bypass this hub.
Thanks

Some USB 2.0 hardware works very well w/USB 3.0 & some don't. Suggest that you contact the sound card manufacturer & ask them. Perhaps they can recommend a work-a-round.
Another user posted about the same problem some weeks ago regarding a sound card.

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I can't seem to get the TC to see my USB printer if it connects through a hub. I have an external drive plugged into the hub and I can plug it into any of the ports and the TC log file shows the disk plug in and unplug. The disk works great.
So far, the only way I've been able to print via the TC, is to connect the USB cable direct to the TC. But there's no indication in the AirPort utility that the printer even exists. Using System Preferences printer setup, I'm able to see the printer, add it and print a test page. At no time did the AirPort utility indicate that the printer was indeed attached to the Time Capsule and functioning correctly.
How do I get the AirPort to give me more log information? I can't believe that I'm able to print via the TC, yet the printers pane is empty, and nothing in the system log.
After doing this test, I again tried using the hub, and the printer is no longer visible on the Mac, but the disk on the hub is there. I unplug the hub and plug the printer direct, and it's again visible on the Mac. At no time does the TC indicate that the printer exists.
I do Linux system admin all day and bought a mac because it runs Unix for command line, and is supposed to be a "no brainer" to manage - a big plus as I really don't want to bring my work home and just use the computer. Sigh....
Macbook is running 10.7.2
Time Capsule is a new 2T unit
Printer is Canon iP4300

The thing that really bothers me is that when I connect the printer direct to the TC, the Mac sees it, but not the Time Capsule... ***?!?
Resetting the print system may...or may not....help here.
See the last step in this Apple Support Document
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1253
You are power cycling the entire network after you make a change in the USB connections, correct?
A powered USB hub will run $15-20 or so. Highly recommended.

Looking for a good USB Hub

I am looking at purchasing one of two different USB hubs for my iMac. Both are from Belkin. The first is a 7 port hub and the second a 4 port.
I am leaning towards the 7 port but have heard that it suffers from severe overheating. I'd like to know if anyone here has experienced this problem with either of the Belkin hubs. If you did have a problem what are you using now?
Any info is helpful, even recommendations of other hubs available on the market. A four port hub meets my requirements exactly. I have an APC UPS and my iSticks plugged directly into my iMac, and I will be plugging in my free-1 Skype phone, 5G iPod, card reader and Shuffle into the hub. I like the idea of having a couple extra ports for future devices.
Thanks.

Thanks Tom.
Not bad. However, I don't plan on using the dock once my Vaja case arrives. Much as I did with my XtremeMac case with my two previous iPods, I will leave my iPod in the case when connected or charging. If I did plan on using the dock I would use the Universal dock I have now. To be honest I think having an upward facing USB port is extremely useful for plugging in a Shuffle. With the TuneSync hub I would have to reach in behind every time I wanted to connect or disconnect the shuffle. Either that or I would have to buy a dedicated Shuffle dock. I think it is more efficient to purchase one device allowing me to connect a Shuffle rather than two.
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USB Hub will no longer charge my iphone since update to 4.2.1

Hi,
I have recently updated my iphone 4 to 4.2.1 and ever since then I can no longer charge it using a USB hub which has been working fine for about 6 months... the hud still works with all other gadgets I have plugged into it, I have also tried moving the cable into other ports with no luck.

apple recommends that you do not use a usb hub with ios devices they always have sorry

I need a USB hub to charge my devices.

I need additional USB ports to charge my iPhone, Pebble watch and Bluetooth headphones. I use the iMac's own USB ports to connect my external backup hard drive and my printer.
(1) The Amazon website says that USB 3.0 may interfere with wireless devices that run on 2.4mhz. I use an Apple wireless keyboard and also an Apple Magic Trackpad.
Will there be a risk of interference with the wireless keyboard and trackpad from USB 3.0? Amazon recommends using a USB 2.0 hub with 2.4mhz devices instead.
(2) For charging devices only, does USB 3.0 afford any advantage over USB 2.0? Data transfer is not an issue.
(3) Some USB hubs are powered directly off the iMac. Others have their own power supply that uses house power (120VAC).
Can I expect to recharge my devices off either a USB 3.0 or a USB 2.0 hub that gets its power only from the iMac?
Thanks in advance.
Dave

Non-powerer (USB bus-powered) hubs should not be used for charging multiple devices at the same time, because it will overload the iMac's USB bus.
If you are going to charge more than one devices at a time, then you really want a good self-powered hub or a device charging station.
In addition, not all self-powered hubs are created equal.
For example: I have had this > Belkin F5U259-ME /7-Port_USB_Hub for about 4 years and it charges all of my devices (iPods, Phone, RC helicopter, etc..) including my iPad when the display is in sleep mode.

External Hard Drive will not mount through USB Hub.

The Hard Drives are ok. If I plug them directly into my iMac (3 weeks old and update to 10.7.1) they mount fine. But they wont show up if I plug them into my USB Hub that is plugged into my iMac. I have had THREE USB Hubs and all of them have had problems. I have USB flash drive that sometimes shows up and a iPhone that will show up in iTunes when I mount it through the hub.
Is there a program (in the system or share/freeware) that will force the Mac to scan and mount them?
thanks - Otto.

The issue is the EHD's are not getting enough power. Going forward never buy EHD's unless they have their own power supply. I would recommend either connecting directly to the iMac or replacing them with higher quality devices. The EHD's I like to recommend are:
OWC Mercury Elite Pro series
LaCie d2 Quadra series
G-Tech G-DRIVE series
All are similar in quality and features. Yes they're probably more money that what you paid however they're worth it. I use the LaCie's however I wouldn't hesitate to use the OWC or G-Tech's either.

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Check with the drive manufacturer to determine if there is an alternative power source for the drive. I've never liked self powered drives and that so many made today require two USB ports is just one of the reasons why.

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