MacOS X Sleep Problems with USB Hubs
Why can’t I find a USB hub that will let my computer sleep properly? I recently bought a USB 2.0 hub when I upgraded to the Intel iMac. The hub works great, but it keeps the computer from sleeping while idle. I had the same problem on my G4. It took me about a half dozen hubs (USB 1.1) to find one that worked properly.
That old hub works fine on the iMac,but it is of course USB 1.1. That’d be fine except I have an external drive connected which is pretty much worthless at USB 1.1 speeds. Swapping in the new hub is the problem. D-Link claims that it fully supports the Mac, but I guess their flexible on this point. To me, its a show stopper.
I do NOTWANT to leave my Mac on all the time. I WANT it to behave! Anyone have any brand/model of USB hub that they have had success with? The D-LINK DUB-H7 hub I’m using is powered, and seems to be pretty high quality. It’s got 6 of the 7 ports used (scanner, printer, UPS, keyboard/mouse, card reader, drive), but nothing else magical.
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