I bought one of these <https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=322597897178> years ago for a song. It's not state-of-the-art tech today, but it continues to work fine when I need it, and even does LightScribe (for when that was a thing). The guy at the link has a new unit for $15 buy-it-now, which is a pretty fair price to escape Apple brain damage.
> On Jul 20, 2017, at 7:44 PM, Michael <keybou...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 2017-07-20, at 7:15 PM, Macs R We <macs...@macsrwe.com> wrote: > >>> >>> On Jul 20, 2017, at 6:09 PM, Michael <keybou...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 2017-07-20, at 1:22 PM, Macs R We <macs...@macsrwe.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Number one, a bigger hub would probably be the cheapest and most efficient >>>> way out of your problem. >>>> >>>> Number two, I can't imagine there's anything magic about an Apple optical >>>> that requires it to be directly connected, as long as you have a powered >>>> hub, which you want to have anyway. Sure, possibly you won't be able to >>>> boot from it, but who does that anymore? >>> >>> Actually, attempting to plug it into a hub does bring up a "This drive must >>> be directly connected to the computer" message. Apparently, the computer >>> will provide more power than a normal (even powered) hub will when a device >>> asks in an Apple manner. >> >> Well, damn. Yeah, I was aware of the hardware hack in Apple products where >> if you plug an iPad (and maybe an iPhone) into a Mac, they negotiate for the >> double-secret-probation nonstandard-high-current quick-charge option over >> the USB port, which the Mac will give to no other device. I was unaware >> this hack extended to opticals. Now I'm curious as to what the hell an >> optical thinks it needs all that extra power for. > > I don't know, but i'm really unhappy to have an apple optical :-) > > --- > Entertaining minecraft videos > http://YouTube.com/keybounce >
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