Tag Archives: USB

Q. Is it possible to connect a USB thumb drive to an iPad?

A. The iPad doesn’t have a USB port so you may think you can’t use a USB stick but actually you can. First you get an Apple USB 3.0 Camera Connection Kit for Lightning, which gives you USB 3.0 A … Continue reading

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Q. My USB memory stick won’t let me save a 4.2 GB file?

You are finding that individual files larger than 3.99 GB are failing when you copy them to a USB memory stick (or a camera memory card, or an external hard drive). The simple answer is that the memory stick is … Continue reading

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Q. I downloaded and installed Lion OSX10.7, but I don’t have a disk?

What will happen if I have to reinstall or if my hard drive has problems? Apple offers the Lion OSX 10.7 operating system upgrade for sale by download, but no longer sells it on DVD. If you have installed Lion … Continue reading

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Q. What is a USB microphone?

See companion article on Software for computer recording See companion article on Hardware for computer recording A USB microphone is a hybrid – it is a microphone cross-bred with a USB audio interface, so that it can plug directly into … Continue reading

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Kingston introduces USB 3.0 keychain drives

Kingston has released new USB 3.0 models of their DataTraveller USB memory drives. The USB 2.0 interface imposes limits on data transfer rates of storage media; USB 3.0 raises the bar on flash drive performance.  The drives are backwards compatible … Continue reading

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