Why do i get a usb power warning from my retina display macbook pro?
When home, i connect my 13" retina macbook pro to my thunderbolt monitor. I have my ipad and iphone thethered to the monitor via usb for charging, sync and so on. I frequently get warning messages stating that my "usb devises are drawing too much power your my computer, one or more of your usb devises has been disabled". This is just one more delightful little problem I've had since acquiring a retina display macbook and/or updating to 10.8.4......i could write a book! Anybody else experiencing this issue?
I don't have an answer for you. What you say sound right but is the TB display really supplying power to the USB ports on it or are they being powered from the notebook? I don't know as I don't have either a TB display or a retina MBP.
About the only thing to do is take it all into a apple store and let them figure it out. That is why they are there. To deal with the inconsistencies and problems with Apple devices.
Best of luck to you.
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