USB hub failing under Monterey

That this issue persists is a huge eff you from Apple to its customers. $4000 for a computer that won't let me plug in my $29 keyboard.

I've had the same issue on 2018 MBP 15" with the latest Monterey 12.5 Beta. I have two 32" Samsung monitors connected via usb-c and a wavlink dock which were immediately no longer recognised after upgrading to this beta. I have tried all forms of restarts but without success.

Omg, I am just in hysterics! I've learned how to deal with a monitor, I bought type-c cables to connect directly to mac. Today I updated my mac to version 12.4 and guess what? It just stopped charging via usb-hub. Are you kidding me, Apple?

On top of this bullsh!t, if a USB device (like an audio interface) loses power while connected, the whole computer has to reboot. f!ck this, f!ck you apple.

I faced the same issue today with my company macbook M1 pro Monterey 12.4 . I'd contact Apple support, and they send me a "troubleshoot guide" which basically says :

1. power off and boot on Safe Mode. Test if everything works, otherwise reinstall OS.
2. If everything works on previous step, it should be resolved if you do a restart. If don't get resolved with a normal restart, try to use a different user. so I created a local user and boot using that one, and surprise surprise it worked fine!.

Then restarted again and logged with my own user (company one), and everything was working as expected. Monitor, keyboard, pendrive, mouse, and it is charging normally.

It looks like it was "stuck" , I hope this comment helps someone

This is ******* ridiculous. FIX THIS!! It's completely destroyed my workflow and productivity. A ******* USB hub bug. **** YOU, ******* fix this Apple what the ****

One temp workaround I have used with previous Macs and seems to work with my issue, which was after upgrading to Monterey my Anker usb-c port extender worked fine except for supplying power to the Mac (I had the usb-c power cord plugged into the usb-c charging port of the Anker).

Go to Terminal and paste in: sudo killall -STOP -c usbd

It will ask for a password to confirm.

I used this just now and then unplugged / replugged in the Anker with the power cord attached and the battery display message changed from Not Charging to the displaying amount of time to full charge. Now my battery is at least constant as I work (I think the amount of power the Anker allows through is limited?)

Same here, since updating to Monterey (now 12.4) sleep stops power delivery from the USB Hub, so wake up fails to wake the external HDMI monitor attached to the hub. This is specific to certain hubs it seems, the Apple stock "USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter" does not experience the same issue.

It would be fine if there was an official supported Apple product that provided Ethernet, HDMI, etc, but since there is not Apple should try not to break third party ones.

Hey everyone, before you give up try flipping the connector over and trying again. Apparently, if you connect USB-2.0 devices, this is a limitation of the protocol.

In my case I'm using a USB-C extension cable from my hub to my laptop (female to male). Flipping the connector on the laptop side did not work, but once I flipped the connection at the hub side (female in my case) my USB-2.0 devices started working!

FYI before finding a fix, my devices were powered but not connecting to the MacBook, like a lot of users here.

Has anyone tried upgrading to the Ventura beta and seeing if this fixes the issue?

Ive found a fix for my problems, it seems MacOS became a bit more touchy on unstable power, perhaps it doesn't like my docks power supply, im not sure. So i just power the mac with a seperate power supply while docked, no more issues.

Hope this helps some of you aswell.

My Mac and dock have been powered separately from the beginning. Very curious that some fixes work for some people. And that Apple has not acknowledged this bug.

go terminal and run "sudo killall -STOP -c usbd". After that, reconnect HUB.

Looks like problem is in some kind of usb daemons get stuck after that commend they will restart immediately

It helps me with Baseus hub

respect goes to MM73

12.6 the same problem, the usb ports stopped working, you can charge it but the flash drive does not open

What a disaster.

I learned my lesson. I'm not updating until my IT Admin threatens to fire me!

I have a TOTU hub for macbook pro. Worked perfectly before I did update to 12.6 and now nothing. Tried all workarounds mentioned in this thread with no luck. Anyone know of anything else to try?

I even downloaded the beta of Ventura- STILL same issue.. what the heck Apple???

• 1. 2022 MacBook Pro 14"
• 1. 16GB
• 1. Monterey 12.6

How can this issue be so old, then transfer to the next OS?!? I am using a Micro Center purchased quality USBC hub with two USBA spots on it. Everything was fine, then USBA webcams stopped working. Seemed intermittent, I was able to get the GoPro10 working from time to time, then not but the cheap Onn worked beyond the Logi, then they all stopped. My USBA Mackie mixer and Pioneer DDJ-SR controller still work, and my external hard drives are fine. I tried the sudo killall command pages above, nothing. I'm not doing any safe mode nonsense just to have it stop mid-stream again. $2200 laptop, can't use simple devices. I tried my quality USB3 powered hub out of the USBC hub, nothing changed; power not the issue. Everything works on the ol 2015 MBP workhorse. Neigh...

j5create JCA374 hub doesn't work with Monterey 12.6. Tech support wasn't helpful. No drivers available.

same issues with my lg ultrafine 5k display (with usb-c => usb-a powered hub attached)

using monterey on an m1 pro 16" 2021

Am running latest Monterey 12.6.3 on 2021 MBP Max and have an Eizo display, which has 4 USB ports and a RJ45 LAN port (what Eizo calls a 'docking function'), connected to my MBP via USB C. The LAN works (running a simple switcher for an internal network). The 4 USB A ports on the Eizo, however, do not show any signs of life. I tried the Terminal command suggested above (sudo killall -STOP -c usbd), to no avail, and Eizo actually referred me to this thread - seems they are as exasperated as the rest of us? In any case, I do hope that Apple will assign this high priority and sort it out without delay. Please. Thanks.

I’m running 12.6 on a M1 Mac Mini. I’ve been using a plethora of USB devices (mostly 2.0, some 3.0) for years, across a variety of machines without issue, even daisy-chaining them through multiple USB hubs.

I decided to consolidate my hubs and bought a new Sabrent 10-port USB 3.0 (type A) hub with external 12v power supply and independent switches to turn on/off each port. After getting everything plugged in and powered up. Only my two WD external hard drives were recognized. Not my key/mouse dongle, not my audio interface, not my two midi controllers, not my printer, etc. The devices would power up but no data passed to the Mac.

At first I was ****** at Sabrent for a faulty product but now I know it’s actually Apple, delivering the faulty product. What a bunch of BS. Went back to my old mess of USB 2 hubs and all is well again. BOO Apple. Shame on you. USB 2 and 3 should be simple yet you can’t deliver. Shame.

I have this same issue on an M2 Max Studio running Ventura 13.6. I have an apple keyboard and trackpad connected via lightning<->USB-A to a KVM, and then via USB-A to the Mac Studio. The trackpad will move the mouse pointer around, but dies as soon as you click the keypad. I then moved the KVM output to a USB-A<->USB-C adapter, and plugged it into the USB-C port on the Mac studio, and it mostly works okay now, but the connection will lock up intermittently and I have to unplug the connection to the Mac studio, and plug it back in again. This typically happens after returning from screen saver, but I've had it happen before under normal active operation.

I had this exact same connection set up previously with a Mac Mini (2014) and it never gave me these sorts of issues with the I/O ports.

I don't see any action from Apple to resolve the problem with AX88179 in Monterey. I have the last 12.7.3. I downloaded the drive few times and still my USB ethernet drive is not working. Did any one have found a solution?