• No USB power charge when MacBook Pros are off?

    From Ant@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 31 16:02:30 2016
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    On Lenovo Thinkpads, I can power charge in specific USB ports. Does
    MacBook Pros (mid 2015, early 2013, etc.) not have these?

    Thank you in advance. :)
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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to ANTant@zimage.com on Mon Oct 31 17:13:52 2016
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    In article <Rbydne9bz6H7LIrFnZ2dnUU7-TmdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:

    On Lenovo Thinkpads, I can power charge in specific USB ports. Does
    MacBook Pros (mid 2015, early 2013, etc.) not have these?

    usb compliant devices (phones, tablets, etc.) can charge from any
    compliant port, which includes all macbooks, imacs, thinkpads, etc.

    if you mean charge the laptop via usb, that requires usb-c and very few
    laptops have that (so far). the macbooks announced last week can, as
    can a few others, however, some require a specific charger (namely hp
    with an hp charger *only*).

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to nospam on Mon Oct 31 16:51:34 2016
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    In comp.sys.mac.system nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
    In article <Rbydne9bz6H7LIrFnZ2dnUU7-TmdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:

    On Lenovo Thinkpads, I can power charge in specific USB ports. Does
    MacBook Pros (mid 2015, early 2013, etc.) not have these?

    usb compliant devices (phones, tablets, etc.) can charge from any
    compliant port, which includes all macbooks, imacs, thinkpads, etc.

    if you mean charge the laptop via usb, that requires usb-c and very few laptops have that (so far). the macbooks announced last week can, as
    can a few others, however, some require a specific charger (namely hp
    with an hp charger *only*).

    No, I cannot charge this Samsung Galaxy S6 edge from the powered off
    work's MacBook Pros. I had no problems with two work's Lenovo Thinkpads
    (P50 and W530) with their USB ports though.
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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to ANTant@zimage.com on Mon Oct 31 18:17:02 2016
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    In article <x_qdnWAymLR7IYrFnZ2dnUU7-SmdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:


    No, I cannot charge this Samsung Galaxy S6 edge from the powered off
    work's MacBook Pros. I had no problems with two work's Lenovo Thinkpads
    (P50 and W530) with their USB ports though.

    easy solution - turn on the macbook pros or better yet, buy a usb
    charger.

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  • From Lewis@21:1/5 to Ant on Tue Nov 1 00:50:01 2016
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    In message <Rbydne9bz6H7LIrFnZ2dnUU7-TmdnZ2d@earthlink.com>
    Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
    On Lenovo Thinkpads, I can power charge in specific USB ports. Does
    MacBook Pros (mid 2015, early 2013, etc.) not have these?

    No you cannot. No non UBC-C Mac allows charging via USB. I don't know of
    any computer anywhere tha allows charging via USB-A because that would
    be stupid (and a violation of the spec).

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