The more important thing will just be to make sure there’s enough power for the devices to operate. I guess I should worry too much about whether I use a thunderbolt or usb 3 port on the Mini then.
Thanks for bringing up that point about the external drives Woodmeister! I forgot about the fact that the slower spinning drives would be bottlenecks by their own operation, rather than a lack of power from the port they are plugged into. I have a quick question about that hub: since it supports power pass-thru, does that mean it only supports charging a laptop battery, like the MacBook for example? Or does that also mean it can supply more power to the hub itself so all those other hookups, such as HDMI, don’t have to run only on the USB-C bus/port’s power? Thank you both for your prompt and helpful replies! Thank you for sharing your link to the USB-C/Thunderbolt hub Illaass. With all my listed devices, would it make more sense to perhaps have two hubs, rather than just a single one? Perhaps splitting the load across two USB 3 or USB-C hubs would make more sense? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! The good news is that it would be using the Mini's Thunderbolt port, so it would have bi-directional data transfer as opposed to the USB 3.0 hub above. I have had a great deal of trouble finding AC-powered USB 3.1 gen 2 hubs.
Although it is rated for 10Gbps, it is only bus-powered, so I'm not sure I would get concurrent max speed data transfer across all my devices. The StarTech 4 port USB-C Hub was what I had in mind. So my second choice was to go with a USB-C type dock, as that has much more potential throughput, although I'm not sure if I could still get wireless interference from such a dock. Second, even though the hub itself is powered, as is my HD dock, I'm not sure if I would still be able to get maximum throughput on all my devices whilst also charging others, since the USB 3 port on the mini is only rated at 5Gbps. Fortunately, I have a 5GHz wireless network, so that won't be an issue, but I'm worried about my mouse – or another other wireless device on that frequency – having issues. First, I've read that it can cause interference with 2.4GHz devices, like my wireless mouse, or wifi. The only issues I have with using a USB 3.0 hub are twofold. This has the advantage of not only offering me the ability to charge my phone or other gadget, but also lets me simultaneously transfer files to and from various storage devices. My first choice is to use the SmartDelux Power 7-Port Powered USB Hub. Now the Mini only has two A-type USB connectors. I plan to charge my phone whilst connecting an AC-powered USB 3.0 HD dock, a thumb drive, Time Machine USB backup drive, wireless Logitech mouse, two USB printers, an SD card reader, and an Apple USB superdrive. I've narrowed it down to two choices, and I'm hoping some of the fine folks in this forum can give me their educated advice. One thing I'm having trouble with however, is which type of hubs I should get in order to support all my peripherals.
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I recently purchased a 2018 Mac Mini, and I'm definitely enjoying it.
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