Thursday, January 16, 2025

M4 Mac mini USB-C Issues

Malcolm Owen (Reddit, 2):

However, it seems that in a small number of cases, USB-C connections on the M4 Mac mini are problematic.

Various Internet posts uncovered by AppleInsider reveal that users are undergoing similar problems. They generally consist of hardware connected using USB-C suddenly disconnecting and becoming unusable, or not connecting in the first place.

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The issue has also appeared on the Apple Support Forum. One November 23 post explained that the front USB-C ports worked fine, but the rear ports wouldn’t work reliably with connected devices, effectively making the rear ports useless.

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Elsewhere, the same problem appeared on the MacResource forum, with a user reporting a similar issue. They discovered that the Apple Extended Keyboard didn’t work around the back when plugged in via an adapter, but a Logitech mouse plugged in directly worked.

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Update (2025-01-24): Isle of the Kakapo:

Same here... 🙁

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People like to use the success of Apple Silicon as justification for Apple's hardware maintaining its quality in opposition to its declining software quality, but I think issues like these are signs that their hardware quality is having issues too.

It used to be that Macs had the most reliable ports of pretty much any device on the market. Not so any longer. And even if they did, it's hampered by the lack of number and variety of ports forcing users to use dongles and hubs, all of which are not as reliable as we'd like.


Kristoffer Fredriksson

Gods, the SD card reader on my MBP is the flakiest I've ever used. Not sure if it's because I've refused to upgrade to the latest OSX or not


Surely users reading here will have experienced Apple cables (the decade or so of £40 official Apple lightning cables for one) flatly refusing to work whilst discovering a £2 cable from Amazon will and so realising there's nothing wrong with their Apple hardware or cable after all. Maybe because Apple embed information into their cables so they can arbitrarily causes users to wonder what is wrong?

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