{"id":46460,"date":"2025-01-16T13:52:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T18:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=46460"},"modified":"2025-01-24T09:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:22:26","slug":"m4-mac-mini-usb-c-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/16\/m4-mac-mini-usb-c-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"M4 Mac mini USB-C Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/25\/01\/15\/m4-mac-mini-may-have-a-usb-c-connectivity-problem\">Malcolm Owen<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/macmini\/comments\/1gt00zc\/usb_hub_not_working_on_m4_mac_mini\/\">Reddit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/macmini\/comments\/1i1x7p1\/usbc_issues_on_m4\/\">2<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/25\/01\/15\/m4-mac-mini-may-have-a-usb-c-connectivity-problem\"><p>However, it seems that in a small number of cases, USB-C connections on the M4 Mac mini are problematic.<\/p><p>Various Internet posts uncovered by <em>AppleInsider<\/em> 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.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>The issue has also appeared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/discussions.apple.com\/thread\/255857058?sortBy=rank\">Apple Support Forum<\/a>. One November 23 post explained that the front USB-C ports worked fine, but the rear ports wouldn&rsquo;t work reliably with connected devices, effectively making the rear ports useless.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>Elsewhere, the same problem appeared on the <em>MacResource<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.macresource.com\/read.php?1,2988515\">forum<\/a>, with a user reporting a similar issue. They discovered that the Apple Extended Keyboard didn&rsquo;t work around the back when plugged in via an adapter, but a Logitech mouse plugged in directly worked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/03\/m4-mac-issues-with-ultrawide-monitors\/\">M4 Mac Issues With Ultrawide Monitors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/15\/m4-macs-cant-virtualise-older-macos\/\">M4 Macs Can&rsquo;t Virtualize Older macOS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/29\/mac-mini-2024\/\">Mac mini 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"m4-mac-mini-usb-c-issues-update-2025-01-24\">Update (2025-01-24): <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IsleOfTheKakapo\/status\/1882435862589583594\">Isle of the Kakapo<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IsleOfTheKakapo\/status\/1882435862589583594\">\n<p>Same here... &#x1F641;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.[&#8230;]The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-01-16T18:52:38Z","apple_news_api_id":"5290f309-ccb3-4733-8e85-9f8daccfdc71","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-01-24T14:22:29Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AUpDzCcyzRzOOhZ-NrM_ccQ","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30,557,2598,175,1154],"class_list":["post-46460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-mac","tag-macmini","tag-macos-15-sequoia","tag-usb","tag-usb-c"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46460"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46513,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46460\/revisions\/46513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}