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I'm trying to work out the best way to connect all my USB devices to my iMac.
My iMac only has 3 USB ports on the back and I don't have a USB keyboard and mouse. Also I have two USB drives that will automatically power up and shut down when the iMac is powered up/down but if I connect these to an hub they stay on the whole time (they don't have a power switch on the back either).
My main query/concern is over the keyboard. I know that the keyboard also has two USB ports on it but I believe these are USB 1 and so very slow.
I basically have the following USB devices
2x Hard Drives
1x Printer
1x Scanner
1x Keyboard
1x Mouse
1x Card Reader
1x iPhone
My thinking is to connect:
Drive 1 to USB 1
Drive 2 to USB 2
Hub to USB 3
Mouse to Keyboard
Keyboard, Printer, Scanner, Card Reader, iPhone to Hub
However I'm sure my iPhone takes longer to sync if I connect it to the hub and my thinking is that having a USB 1 device (the keyboard) plugged into the hub is causing the entire bus to slow down to USB 1 speeds.
Is that the case? Is there a way of connecting a USB 1 device to a hub without it slowing the entire bus down?
My iMac only has 3 USB ports on the back and I don't have a USB keyboard and mouse. Also I have two USB drives that will automatically power up and shut down when the iMac is powered up/down but if I connect these to an hub they stay on the whole time (they don't have a power switch on the back either).
My main query/concern is over the keyboard. I know that the keyboard also has two USB ports on it but I believe these are USB 1 and so very slow.
I basically have the following USB devices
2x Hard Drives
1x Printer
1x Scanner
1x Keyboard
1x Mouse
1x Card Reader
1x iPhone
My thinking is to connect:
Drive 1 to USB 1
Drive 2 to USB 2
Hub to USB 3
Mouse to Keyboard
Keyboard, Printer, Scanner, Card Reader, iPhone to Hub
However I'm sure my iPhone takes longer to sync if I connect it to the hub and my thinking is that having a USB 1 device (the keyboard) plugged into the hub is causing the entire bus to slow down to USB 1 speeds.
Is that the case? Is there a way of connecting a USB 1 device to a hub without it slowing the entire bus down?