I am looking for a USB 3 hub for my early 2015 Macbook Air. And it turns out I am pretty ignorant on the subject of USB ports and requirements. Tried YouTube for a tutorial but most of them assume I know a lot more than I do. Tried a Mac formum with similar results.
I am looking for a hub from which I could use to run my HP printer (guess that means data only since the printer has its own power source), which I could use my WD My Passport portable hard drive, and which I could use for USB thumb drives. Do I need a "power" hub or a non-power hub? What hubs would you recommend? I have read of some shutting down the drives, messing up data, and all kinds of things (granted I mostly look at the "one-star" comments). I am not looking for something big or fancy; probably would never need more than four ports.
Thanks!
I am looking for a hub from which I could use to run my HP printer (guess that means data only since the printer has its own power source), which I could use my WD My Passport portable hard drive, and which I could use for USB thumb drives. Do I need a "power" hub or a non-power hub? What hubs would you recommend? I have read of some shutting down the drives, messing up data, and all kinds of things (granted I mostly look at the "one-star" comments). I am not looking for something big or fancy; probably would never need more than four ports.
Thanks!