Is there any real use for Toslink port in consumer (prosumer) life? Or is it just for audio professionals? I can easily find Toslink cables for sale on web, but no attachments using such cables. So what is such connection for?
View 3 RepliesI'm considering running an HDMI cable around 50 feet as well as a toslink for audio from my macbook to HDTV.
Will this cable length reduce quality of either?
A number of products (speakers, headphones) include a Dolby 5. compatible Toslink digital to multichannel analog (3 mini headphone in particular) converter box. I can't seem to find one for sale separately.
View 1 Replies View RelatedIf so, do you use them and what sound system do you have?
View 2 Replies View RelatedThe Mac Pro only has 2 400 and 2 800 ports. and I was wondering if there was a way to get more, or split them. I have a lot of externals and an isight, etc. Or maybe a solution is daisy-chaining harddrives, does anyone know anything about this, or how to do it.. I'm afraid to experiment with my data.
View 11 Replies View RelatedSince apple is now in fashion to reduce the amount of ports in laptops, what do you think will happen to next MP model?
Which ports do we loose and which will survive?
Will there also be proprietary graphics cards with miniDP?
I bought a new micro SD card for my blackberry and I need to format it before it'll work. It came with a USB adapter but I have no idea how to access my USB ports. I've also heard that I can format it by putting it in the phone and accessing it as an external storage device, but I have no idea how to do that either.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI'm having a NAT issue while sharing my internet via ethernet to my xbox360. I've opened the required ports except for 88 in my router because it uses that for services (friggin belkin). I'm still getting a strict NAT on my xbox and I should have a Moderate NAT if I have every port but 88 open. I know that Tiger had a setting for port forwarding in system preferences, but for the life of me I cant find it in snow leopard. Does anyone know how I could forward the necessary ports?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have the microsoft arc mouse and keyboard and each of them have seperate transrecievers. The macbook air only has two ports. If I bought a usb hub would this enable me to plug the transrecievers into the hub so I would have 1 usb port free? Im considering returning them and getting logtech's unifying transreciever, but they have no small keyboards that are compatible with it.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
My usb ports in my c2d macbook don' t seem to be working. When I plug in my digital camera (sony) or itunes phone (motorola), nothing happens. I tried both of these devices on my 2 old powerbooks and they sync fine. Anyway I can check whether my macbook usb ports are functioning?
View 2 Replies View Relatedwould it be possible to solder any wires to get power onto the USB ports on a G3 iMac? I have a blue 500Mhz model, if that would make any difference. the reason that I want to do this is because all of the iPods use USB now, and I would like to be able to charge mine while I am syncing it.
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi, i have a 24" intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz imac aluminum 1 gb ram.
I first noticed this problem when i plugged in my ipod, it would not open itunes, appear in itunes, the desktop or finder. i managed to resolve this problem by reinstalling itunes and plugging in my ipod before i turned on the computer, but i can not change anything as it gets stuck while syncing with my ipod and says that my ipod is disconnected, i reconnect but the ipod not not appear on the screen.
All of a sudden a few days ago, I realized that my keyboard was not working. It was plugged into my 23" ACD. So I unplugged it and put it into my Mac Pro. It worked. So I decided that my ACD's USB ports were not working. A phone call to AppleCare and he told me to take the display for repair to the Apple Store. I just did that, and the USB's worked fine in the store. I take it home, still does not work. So I thought my USB ports on my Mac Pro must be bad. But everything else I plug into all three of the back ones works just fine; but my ACD does not. In the store, he used all of my own cables / power adapter. Why is my USB not working for my ACD but it is for everything else?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI just moved into a new apartment with my roommate and we got a new router - a Dlink DIR 615. For some reason, I can't seem to open the necessary ports for Transmission. I've been forwarding ports for Transmission forever now, and it always works. I've never done it, however, on a Dlink router - it's always been Linksys. Is there any difference between the two? Included is a screenshot of the settings. And to avoid all the obvious (I think) questions, I do have a static IP address, I have indeed set the right ports on both the settings and Transmission, and I have enabled everything (again, I think). I'm obviously missing something, but I have no idea what it is.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have two memory sticks (loads of space on both of them.)
For about seven days now I noticed that they are incredibly slow (about usb1 speed) and I don't know why?
I have 10.5.4 OS , 2 x 2.8 Ghz Quad, 8 GB Ram with about 5 usb2 ports. I tired ports at both the back and front - same result.
I occasionally have trouble charging my iPhone via my iMac USB ports. I plug in the iPhone, the screen indicators change to show that the phone is charging (green battery indicator and the lightning bolt symbol). However, when I come back to the phone several hours later, the charge indicator hasn't advanced any. For example, if the indicator showed half-full when I plugged it in, it remains half-full.
The iMac does go to sleep a few minutes after I leave it, but sleep has never precluded an iPhone battery charge on my MacBook, and most of the time it works on the iMac.
Is there anything, besides shutting down a computer, that causes a USB port to unpower while the iMac is sleeping? Does it matter whether I am logged in or simply at the login screen?
Does anyone know how to
reset the firewire and USB ports on a Mac ?
I recently went away for the weekend and when I came back my USB ports don't work. When I first start my 24" iMac the mouse lights up but then goes off later on when it's booting up. I really don't know what to do and i'm not even sure if I got any discs with my iMac as it had Leopard preloaded...
View 2 Replies View RelatedIs their a way to simultaneously use the headphone ports on the back and front of the mac pro?
View 2 Replies View RelatedBasically, I want to know -- what is a port?
Sorry for the stupid question, but I looked and I couldn't find anything that explains it to me. I looked in the Network settings, and couldn't find it...
Basically, I am trying to troubleshoot a slow Transmission torrent download, and the one thing I can't do is 'check the ports' -- because I don't even know what that means.
I have a MBP and am running OS 10.4.11...
I've got a first generation macbook (2006) and my HD crashed last night. Just wondering if this is a compatible replacement. I know it says pc/mac in the specs - but I'm not sure if there has been a change in the HD ports from first to second generation mackbooks.
View 1 Replies View Relatedi am looking for a specific Macbook pro verticale stand.The computer sits in it vertically, lengthways (sideways) and with the ports down that plug into the stand.There are ports on the back of the stand that you can use to plug the comp into an external monitor and usb and whatnot.I saw it on here a while ago but cannot remember where to find it
View 6 Replies View RelatedWhen I plug a wireless USB receiver for my wireless mouse into my USB drive that mouse will sometimes jump and not work but if i push up on the receiver it starts working perfectly, any ideas on what to do, the receiver is about the size of a thumb drive.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI brought my 3-year old ibook to the Mac store a few weeks ago because my USB ports stopped working. The kind genius behind the bar rebooted the ports during start up.
My ports stopped working again and wanted to try and reboot the ports. Can anyone tell me how to do that?
Im trying to use Vuze (the old Azureus) to run some torrents. What do i have to do to maximize my d/l and u/l speeds?
View 3 Replies View RelatedOne of the USB ports are not working is there something I can do at home so I can avoid having to go into the Apple Store?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS 9.0.x
what is the best way to add storage to macbook pro without having to use the too few usb ports.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a late 2009 21' IMac. it has 4 ports for ram 2 of them has 2GB in each. can I put 4GB in each of the two remaining ports? or does it need to stay consistent ??
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
After using time machine or anything plugged into my USB ports my machine will not shutdown normally, i have to hold down the power button and force the shutdown, or just sit and look at a spinning wheel.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), This also happened whilst operating
On my MacPro I have 3 USB ports on the back and 2 on the front. I have 7 periferals i want to connect to the computer and they all need to be connected to a USB port on the computer in order to fuction. Hubs I have testet can not help. On the front of the computer there are 2 USB 2.0 porte can they be used?? If yes
are cables avaiable ( mail stick for the computer port at one end and male USB stickfor the periferel on the other end ). Alternatively are there useable Hubs on the market?
