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Re: No USB power charge when MacBook Pros are off?

From ANTant@zimage.com (Ant)
Subject Re: No USB power charge when MacBook Pros are off?
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc
References <Rbydne9bz6H7LIrFnZ2dnUU7-TmdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <311020161713528659%nospam@nospam.invalid>
Message-ID <x_qdnWAymLR7IYrFnZ2dnUU7-SmdnZ2d@earthlink.com> (permalink)
Date 2016-10-31 16:51 -0500

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In comp.sys.mac.system nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <Rbydne9bz6H7LIrFnZ2dnUU7-TmdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
> <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:

> > On Lenovo Thinkpads, I can power charge in specific USB ports. Does 
> > MacBook Pros (mid 2015, early 2013, etc.) not have these?

> usb compliant devices (phones, tablets, etc.) can charge from any
> compliant port, which includes all macbooks, imacs, thinkpads, etc.

> if you mean charge the laptop via usb, that requires usb-c and very few
> laptops have that (so far). the macbooks announced last week can, as
> can a few others, however, some require a specific charger (namely hp
> with an hp charger *only*).

No, I cannot charge this Samsung Galaxy S6 edge from the powered off 
work's MacBook Pros. I had no problems with two work's Lenovo Thinkpads 
(P50 and W530) with their USB ports though.
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No USB power charge when MacBook Pros are off? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-10-31 16:02 -0500
  Re: No USB power charge when MacBook Pros are off? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-31 17:13 -0400
    Re: No USB power charge when MacBook Pros are off? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-10-31 16:51 -0500
      Re: No USB power charge when MacBook Pros are off? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-31 18:17 -0400
  Re: No USB power charge when MacBook Pros are off? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-01 00:50 +0000

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