Help with 14.04 on 2009 Mac Mini

[Scott Ehrlich]

This was the tool I used but reported no devices found when my ipad and
iphone were already plugged in and Ubuntu prompted for the ipad
security code so it could access the contents, so I know both the Mac and
Ubuntu see it.

As for Ubuntu not caring about the hardware, I thought of that, but then I
wondered if Apple might care what OS is running on its equipment and give
non MacOS a more difficult time?   Could I be seeing an example of this?
If so, how to get around it to get more power to the USB ports?

Thanks.

Scott - srehrlich at gmail.com


On Monday, March 23, 2015, iceblink <iceblink at seti.nl> wrote:

> On 2015-03-22 21:14, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
>
>> Mac OS X Yosemite was slowing my Mac Mini down enough (pinwheel) that
>> I elected to install Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit desktop version in place of
>> Yosemite and it works a lot better now.
>>
>> I also have an iPhone 4 and a reburbished older 30-pin iPad.   I am
>> able to charge the iPhone fine via USB, but the iPad requires more
>> current, thus I get the notorious note on the iPad that it is not
>> charging.
>>
>> I learn about, downloaded, and compiled ipad-charge application, but I
>> soon remembered I had Ubuntu, not running on a conventional PC, but on
>> a Mac.
>>
>> Google searching mostly points to this app, and other posts don't seem
>> to address, from what I have seen, fixing how to send enough current
>> to the USB port of a 2009 Mac Mini running Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit to
>> charge an iPad.
>>
>> What do I need to know to make this happen?  What am I missing?
>>
>> Running ipad-charge app directly in a terminal shell simply reports it
>> cannot find any devices.   lspci reports Apple devices but it does not
>> know what they are.
>>
>> Insights and help are appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Scott - srehrlich at gmail.com
>>
>
> My first reaction was: this software must be a scam, how can you send more
> power over USB by software?
> But after Googling a bit, it seems some people have tested it, and it
> actually works.
>
> I found this link that may help. It says nothing about Apple hardware, but
> I don't think Linux cares too much about which hardware it is running on :)
>
> http://ubuntuguide.net/how-to-charge-ipad-on-ubuntu-linux-via-usb-ports
>
> Good luck,
>
> Patrick
>
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