How can I get my Samsung monitor's usb hub to work with my Macbook Air Mid-2013?

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How can I get my Samsung monitor's usb hub to work with my Macbook Air Mid-2013?

I've got a mid-2013 Macbook Air and I just purchased a Samsung SA850 monitor to use with it. The display works great via thunderbolt, but I can't seem to get the built in USB3.0 hub to work. I've plugged in the provided powered usb cable to both USB ports on my macbook, but it doesn't recognize any attached devices, nor does it show up in System Profiler.

I tried seeking out a driver, but the only one for this model is for windows..

Any ideas?

Posted on Jul 8, 2014 3:24 PM

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Ludeth

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Jul 8, 2014 4:23 PM in response to npierno

It is possible that a driver may be needed to activate the USB Hub. I see that there is a driver for windows but Samsung has not provided one for the Mac. You could try resetting the SMC to see if it detects anything different but short of that you could be out of luck.

Reset SMC:

Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

Thanks,

Ludeth

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