How To Identify USB Cable Connectors

Posted on June 21, 2021March 8, 2024 by Tim Hannon in Hardware, Macintosh

Are you confused by the assorted USB cables that you’ve accumulated over the years? Do you need to be able to name or identify the type of connector you have on one end of your USB cable? The image above shows most of the USB connectors that have been used since USB debuted around 1998.

Fixing iPhone And iPad Charging Port Problems

Posted on June 3, 2018August 23, 2019 by Tim Hannon in Hardware, iPhone and iPad, Seattle

Are you having problems reliably charging your iOS device, such as an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch? When you try to plug in the device’s Lightning cable do you have to reinsert the cable multiple times? These are the 3 most-likely causes: Lint stuck in the Lightning port A flaky Lightning cable A faulty Lightning … Read more