Re:From macOS to FreeBSD
by brimble on Friday February 18, 2022 @02:38PM
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> > USB-A devices
> Are fairly rare, unless you are talking laptops/desktops (and other hosts), hubs, and wallwarts.
A new device is still much more likely to arrive with a USB-A connector than USB-C. Most of the devices on the shelf at, say, Target, come ready to be plugged in to USB-A, not C.
Yes, you can get other cables or adapters. But if Macs hadn't dropped all USB-A ports, that wouldn't be necessary.
> Are fairly rare, unless you are talking laptops/desktops (and other hosts), hubs, and wallwarts.
A new device is still much more likely to arrive with a USB-A connector than USB-C. Most of the devices on the shelf at, say, Target, come ready to be plugged in to USB-A, not C.
Yes, you can get other cables or adapters. But if Macs hadn't dropped all USB-A ports, that wouldn't be necessary.