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  • Charging a Device From the USB Port of a Sleeping iMac

    From Wade Garrett@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 26 16:25:41 2022
    Do the USB ports on a *sleeping* iMac put out any/enough current to
    charge a plugged in Magic Mouse 2 or Magic Keyboard?

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  • From Lewis@21:1/5 to Wade Garrett on Sun Feb 27 15:08:07 2022
    In message <sve5sm$b29$1@dont-email.me> Wade Garrett <Wade@cooler.net> wrote:
    Do the USB ports on a *sleeping* iMac put out any/enough current to
    charge a plugged in Magic Mouse 2 or Magic Keyboard?

    Depends on the Mac.

    Easiest way to tel is to check if the USB ports still have power at all
    when the Mac is asleep.

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  • From Wade Garrett@21:1/5 to Lewis on Sun Feb 27 12:16:12 2022
    On 2/27/22 10:08 AM, Lewis wrote:
    In message <sve5sm$b29$1@dont-email.me> Wade Garrett <Wade@cooler.net> wrote:
    Do the USB ports on a *sleeping* iMac put out any/enough current to
    charge a plugged in Magic Mouse 2 or Magic Keyboard?

    Depends on the Mac.

    Easiest way to tel is to check if the USB ports still have power at all
    when the Mac is asleep.

    Yeah, definitely would have been easier/faster just to do that. Seems
    I'd gotten to the point where my first impulse was to post a question
    online rather than try a DIY fix!

    FWIW, my late 2019 21.5" iMac simultaneously charges both fine while asleep!

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  • From DManzaluni@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 3 14:09:12 2022
    You DO raise a good point, though!

    I have been charging my earbuds from my USB port on my 13" 2012 MBP. I changed the Soundpeats for some Soundcore ANKER earbuds which dont connect via BT particularly well. They dont have any charging lights or charged lights and lose their bt
    connection every few days.

    and I noticed that when the charge state goes down, they play havoc with the Operating System!

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