Thanks Carl & Tom, I am sure going to give this a try, it may be charging at a very slow rate but it is worth the elimination of another cord. I appreciate your replies.
John On Aug 27, 2010, at 7:53 PM, tom holloman wrote: > When I plug the ipad into the keyboard USB on 27" imac get message not > charging but if I leave in all night it charges from 14% to 100%. > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Carl T Wimmer <[email protected]> wrote: > I found the same thing. I have 3 USB ports on my 27" iMac (august 2007.) Only > one of these ports has enough wattage to charge the iPad, so I use that one. > > Carl Wimmer > > On Aug 27, 2010, at 2:26 PM, John Robinson wrote: > > Folks, > > Both myself and the Apple Genius bar guy learned something today about the > iPad, thought some of you may want to know in case you run into this. > > When I plug the iPad into the computer to sync it & get software updates I > get the warning that it is NOT CHARGING. It will do the sync but not charge, > for that I have to use the AC adapter. > > I thought I had a problem with the iPad so after two long days of ownership I > took it back to the Apple store. The Genius guy plugged it into his NEW > laptop and it began to charge! Always happens that way! He then plugged > it into a 21" iMac right in front of us and it would NOT charge. > > I have the 21" iMac and it wouldn't charge the iPad, nor will my 15" MacBook > Pro that is a couple years old. > > He was baffled so he went in the back room and plugged it into a 24" iMac > that was new and it would charge. > > The bottom line is this. The newer laptops and iMac's have the juice to > charge the iPad but many of the older models (by old I mean a year or so) > will not. He was unaware as were the guys in the back room doing the work. > He did a search and found, sure enough the iPad requires the newer machines > to charge. > > So, I will sync with the computer and then unplug and use the AC to charge. > Once I replace this computer with a newer one the problem will go away. > > Also, I sometimes forward an item from our list to my programmer in > Cincinnati and he will reply to me but it goes back to the list serve. I > apologize, I do it so infrequently that I forget I need to copy and paste to > keep you all from being involved in our problem solving. > > John > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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