How can I find the port names for the 4 USB ports on the iMac?
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Yes I have seen this page. This page tells me there are (4) USB Ports but not the name of the ports. For example in the Windows environment the ports are names COM1, COM2 COM33 and etc. What are the USB Port names for the iMac?
Ah! The proverbial missing information. AFAICT, the USB ports aren't named and don't have dev attributes, so you won't be able to code that. On my machine with, the only info that shows up under USB is this, even though the printer and a ZIP 250 drive reader are attached and powered on:
port names...?
They are just USB ports on the USB bus, but you can see what is on the ports by going to: Apple / About This Mac / More Info and selecting USB in the Hardware section.
I hope that is what you are looking for?
Sorry, I don't get or understand windows terminology....😕
I've been a Mac user since the 80's and never owned or had an MS system in the house.
Give it a try over in > Windows Compatibility: Windows Software: Apple Support Communities
Thanks for your answer - although I know of the info you provided it deserves helpful information. Let me give a bit of info to explain what I'm doing. I am writing a "C" program. In the MAKEFILE I need to identify the port I need to use. Example: PORT = /dev/ttyACM0.
The following information is provided at http://www.pololu.com/docs/0J20/5.c
"To flash the example program “test.hex” to the device, you can re-execute the make file, this time passing “program” as an argument. However, the Makefile contains a default value (/dev/ttyACM0) for the PORT variable that will need to be changed. Check in the
/dev/dev/**.usbmodem00000011I can't seem to find the "dev" directory to find the info required.
THanks for your help!
Page 22 of your Everything Mac manual (at least in mine):
As den.thed noted, I don't do windoze either. However, this in the Terminal will tell you everything contained in the hidden, root-level dev folder:
ls -al /dev/
Hopefully, that means that you've solved your problem.
Thanks for all your help baltwo!
USB Port names