However I agree with you on the lack of the ports on the Satechi hub for charging. Have had zero issues with Bluetooth using the Logitech MX Keyboard for Mac along with the MX3 Mouse & I'm 110% happy with it. I installed a Samsung Eco 860 1 TB and it works flawlessly.

I own a MacMini M1, 512GB, 16GB Ram & have been using the Satechi hub for over two years. In addition the SD card slot on the Satechi Hub and the Mac Studio is of no use to me as I use Compact Flash Type B cards only, so message to Satechi, convert to a Type C charging port on the front and you have a new customer. Apples newly released M2 Mac mini Max Pro gives me another choice but the extra TB ports are on the rear. The mouse and Keyboard come with USB-C to USB cables for charging or you can use a USB-C to USB-C cable and having a USB-C port on the front of the Satechi Hub would be much more convenient.Īs I see it my only alternative is to upgrade my Mac mini to the Mac Studio which is more computer than I need. I have little or no use for USB Type A or B ports other than for charging the Logitech Keyboard and mouse. I use either a HDMI to USB-C, Display port to USB-C or HDMI cable for connection of a second monitor. I am limited to using the USB-A ports on the back for charging as both TB ports are occupied one for the connection of the Hub and the other for a monitor. Satechi should update their hub to Thunderbolt 4!Ĭlick to expand.I own a MacMini M1, 512GB, 16GB Ram & have been using the Satechi hub for over two years. The option to add some fast SSD inside an hub would be ideal, but not necessary. So what are the best hubs for the mini M2/M2 Pro, which allow to recharge peripherals? I would like to add more USB-A and USB-C ports to the base mini M2 (which has only two USB-A and two USB-C/Thunderbolt4 ports), with the ability to recharge peripherals (mostly the Apple keyboard and the Magic Mouse). And I'm a bit worried about the BlueTooth issue that may be aggravated with this hub, or the cooling of the mini.

Also, the option to add an SSD inside the hub is limited to slow SSDs (faster ones aren't supported). Unfortunately, this hub doesn't allow to charge the BT keyboard and mouse (it's not recommended by Satechi), and the ports are relatively slow (I believe that this hub isn't Thunderbolt 4, while it's using one TB port on the mini).

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