Charging 2-3 USB devices with MacBook 2015

[MacHocke]

Hi all,

I'm a proud owner of the new MacBook since couple of days now and I love it beside one problem I have.
Wanted to check whether someone has a solution for that...

We all know there is only one USB-C connection. I have ordered the apple adapter which has a USB-A, HDMI and USB-C connection. My initial thought was that I simply attach an USB-A Hub to the USB-A connection which then gives me 4 additional USB-A connections to charge my iPhone, Apple Watch and e-cigarette while I'm working at the office desk...also what I was used to to on my older MacBook pro is to have 2 external hard drives connected sometimes for doing backups. Now the problem is that as soon as I connect more than 1 device to the hub my MacBook complains that too many devices are connected and energy consumption is too high (MacBook is connected to the socket) and as a result it skips charging everything connected or throws out the hard drives with an error. As a result I'm now only able to charge one device at a time or have only one HD connected for backups...this makes the USB-A Hub completely useless and of course is quite inconvenient when it comes to charging devices.

Anyone with the same problem, anyone with a USB-A Hub which is working as I plan to do it, is it my USB-A Hub which has minor quality?

Any help would be much appreciated...


Thanks Stefan.

 

[Gav2k]

Buy a cheap powered USB hub

 

[MacHocke]

Buy a cheap powered USB hub

not sure I understand, but having a powdered USB Hub means I need a socket nearby and if this is the case I can also charge my devices by using the socket...or do you mean something else by a powered USB Hub?

thanks

 

[zhenya]

Yes, he means a hub with its own power supply. If it's sitting at your desk, does it matter if the hub is plugged in as well?

That said, I'm a bit surprised it can't power more than that for you - I have mine connected to a 3-port hub with ethernet, and I can have ethernet, my watch, an external DAC, and a small backup drive all connected at the same time. Can you have the 3 devices other than the backup drives connected? Some drives, especially older ones, draw a significant amount of power.

And just to be sure, you are using the stock Apple power brick connected to the adapter?

 

[MacHocke]

thanks for that...you made the right point, it was the HD sucking all energy. As the MacBook is still new I had that connected all the time to do data transfer from my previous MacBook...just tested without the HD connected and only 2-3 mobile devices and they are all charged at the same time...stupid me

Thanks for pointing this out