Is there any purely USB C hubs out there,??

[Nurgle2024]

Hi,
while i am using a U=iMac M1, which is solely Thunderbolt and USB C... i am updating many of my items to USB C devices, Hard Drives external displays and Camera etc. I still have quite a few USB 3 items. but the iMac and iMac Mini seem to have a flaw of jut too few Ports on board.. I even have a powered 12 Port USB3 hub, but it uses a USB 3 plug...

(2 scanners, A4& A3, small A4 printer and Large Format 17" Printer, 6 Hard drives, Canon 5 D Mk2. etc.. and i prefer a wired usb mouse & Keyboard...)

i have 2 Usb Hubs on my imac M1, and already all they ports are used, but they are all USB 3... the Satechi Hub has a USB C port, but as it takes up one port and only give one then it is a problem (When i connect a hub to that port to daisy chain, i get "not enough power" messages and items drop off. have to many times the hard dish drops of an i can get a corruption.. etc..... esoecialy as i am using photoshop all day andhave been working on files when the HD drop and I end up saving a "Rescued" file... fun.

My question is, does anyone make a purely USB C hub, or is there a flaw in the system that wont let that happen...??

Regards, Sandy Barrie

 

[MacsBug]

Hi Sandy,

They do make several USB-C hubs.. But you need to know what exactly you need.

You can get a hub that plugs into a 10GB USB-c port and it shares that between everything in the hub. The fact that you said that you have 6 Hard Drives I don't think that this is what you need,

I would recommend getting a Thunderbolt hub/dock. They do make some that are USB-c only that have 1 in and like 4 out. others have an input and up to 20 outputs. Just use google and search for "Thunderbolt Hub" and "Thunderbolt Dock". look at what each offers and figure out which would work best for you.

 

[Nurgle2024]

Hi Sandy,

They do make several USB-C hubs.. But you need to know what exactly you need.

You can get a hub that plugs into a 10GB USB-c port and it shares that between everything in the hub. The fact that you said that you have 6 Hard Drives I don't think that this is what you need,

I would recommend getting a Thunderbolt hub/dock. They do make some that are USB-c only that have 1 in and like 4 out. others have an input and up to 20 outputs. Just use google and search for "Thunderbolt Hub" and "Thunderbolt Dock". look at what each offers and figure out which would work best for you.

thanks.


I have just found there is a "affordable" usbC hub, if $229 (Australian) Is affordable, and it is one usb c in and 23 usb c out along with a USB 3.1... (They just could not have made that and extra USBC could they... Thanks again. (I have been flooded 3 times and am trying to sort out over 20 Hard drives, up dates to a new one every year, and some have corrupted files... the the file cataloguer that would have helped is no longer supported by the latest mac system.. the same old problem. been retouching posters since 1970, and have 400K+ files, many in the 500meg to 2gig size.. Thanks again.