Hook USB Device directly to MAC

[Judboy]

The instructions state that you should hook the Roxio device directly to the MAC and not to a keyboard port. I thought the new Aluminum iMac's USB ports on the keyboard where the same as hooking into the MAC directly. Elgato does not seem to state this on their products. Is this done for a reason (like to avoid dropped frames)? I was just curious why the instructions really stressed a USB 2.0 port directly on the MAC itself. Thanks.

[sknis]

The instructions state that you should hook the Roxio device directly to the MAC and not to a keyboard port. I thought the new Aluminum iMac's USB ports on the keyboard where the same as hooking into the MAC directly. Elgato does not seem to state this on their products. Is this done for a reason (like to avoid dropped frames)? I was just curious why the instructions really stressed a USB 2.0 port directly on the MAC itself. Thanks.

Yes. You can however try hooking it up any way you want. If it doesn't work, then change it.

 

[tsantee]

It used to be that the USB ports on the keyboard were USB 1.1. I don't know if that is still the case, but that is a reason not to connect that way.

[patatrox]

The instructions state that you should hook the Roxio device directly to the MAC and not to a keyboard port. I thought the new Aluminum iMac's USB ports on the keyboard where the same as hooking into the MAC directly. Elgato does not seem to state this on their products. Is this done for a reason (like to avoid dropped frames)? I was just curious why the instructions really stressed a USB 2.0 port directly on the MAC itself. Thanks.

 

While we didn't see any specific issues when using USB 2.0 ports, as mentioned above some of the older keyboards are not USB 2.0.