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Does anybody make an Thunderbird usb adapter?

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  Does anybody make an Thunderbird usb adapter? Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2021-11-06 16:22 -0400
    Re: Does anybody make an Thunderbird usb adapter? Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2021-11-06 16:25 -0400
    Re: Does anybody make an Thunderbird usb adapter? Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2021-11-06 16:45 -0400
      Re: Does anybody make an Thunderbird usb adapter? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2021-11-07 12:38 +1300
        Re: Does anybody make an Thunderbird usb adapter? Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2021-11-07 15:09 +0000
    Re: Does anybody make an Thunderbird usb adapter? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2021-11-07 22:56 -0600

#8325 — Does anybody make an Thunderbird usb adapter?

I have a MacBook Pro which has only two USB 3 ports and I need to attach 
three USB devices.  It also has two Thunderbolt 2 ports.  Does anybody 
make an adapter that would allow me to plug the USB device into the 
thunderbolt port?

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#8326

Wow did I misspell that!

I'm looking for a thunderbolt to usb adapter.

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#8327

I forgot to mention that the load is such that I can't use an external 
multi-port hub to plug two devices into one usb port.  I've tried it and 
it doesn't work.  Each device needs to be on its own internal hub.

Right now I have a 5Tb USB 3 HD drive as a music source on one port and 
an iFi DAC on another so I'm ok for now.  The problem will occur if I 
need to add a bootable drive for an alternate OS.

The software won't run on Catalina or later so I am running Mojave and I 
have Mojave on a bootable SSD if I have to upgrade.  Before you suggest 
it, Parallels doesn't work either for this application.

One solution I may have to consider but don't want to is buying another 
computer just to support this stuff.

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#8328

On 2021-11-06 20:45:10 +0000, Robert Peirce said:
> 
> I forgot to mention that the load is such that I can't use an external 
> multi-port hub to plug two devices into one usb port.  I've tried it 
> and it doesn't work.

Was it a powered hub (power via wall socket) or just unpowered (power 
from the computer ports)? Powered hub is often better for "high drain" 
devices.

Even with an unpowered hub, you can sometimes get around it by getting 
more power using a double-plug from the computer's ports into the hub, 
or double-plug from the hub into the external device.



> Each device needs to be on its own internal hub.
> 
> Right now I have a 5Tb USB 3 HD drive as a music source on one port and 
> an iFi DAC on another so I'm ok for now.  The problem will occur if I 
> need to add a bootable drive for an alternate OS.

Make sure your Mac can actually boot from an external drive before 
spending money though.



> The software won't run on Catalina or later so I am running Mojave and 
> I have Mojave on a bootable SSD if I have to upgrade.  Before you 
> suggest it, Parallels doesn't work either for this application.
> 
> One solution I may have to consider but don't want to is buying another 
> computer just to support this stuff.

Another option might be to plug the music drive into your network 
router/modem. Some will work happily that way, but others don't.

Or get just one bigger external drive and partition it into two smaller ones.

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#8329

On 06/11/2021 23:38, Your Name wrote:
> On 2021-11-06 20:45:10 +0000, Robert Peirce said:
>>
>> I forgot to mention that the load is such that I can't use an external 
>> multi-port hub to plug two devices into one usb port.  I've tried it 
>> and it doesn't work.
> 
> Was it a powered hub (power via wall socket) or just unpowered (power 
> from the computer ports)? Powered hub is often better for "high drain" 
> devices.
> 
> Even with an unpowered hub, you can sometimes get around it by getting 
> more power using a double-plug from the computer's ports into the hub, 
> or double-plug from the hub into the external device.

The Caldigit Element might work. It is powered, and it looks very 
similar to another couple of devices from OWC and (memory fails), so 
they're probably all coming from the same Chinese factory.

-- 
Chris

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#8330

Ask Mozilla about Thunderbird? [grin] ;)

Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> wrote:
> I have a MacBook Pro which has only two USB 3 ports and I need to attach 
> three USB devices.  It also has two Thunderbolt 2 ports.  Does anybody 
> make an adapter that would allow me to plug the USB device into the 
> thunderbolt port?

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