On 2/11/20 8:31 AM, Martin McCormick wrote: > After recently ordering and receiving a new 1 TB external > SSD drive, I realized I had no way to connect it. It has a small > rectangular slot about 8 MM or a quarter of an inch long. A Mac > lightning connector is almost exactly the same size but > fortunately doesn't plug in but that's the size of whatever fits. > Crucial says it is usb-A . > > What is the correct nomenclature for the most common usb > connector that has been around for 25 or 30 years and fits the > vast majority of devices using usb? Here is a nice table, in which you perhaps can identify the connector on your drive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Receptacle_(socket)_identification There is no such thing as usb-A. They probably mean USB Type-A. Also note the table says Connectors where it should say Standards... -- Sarunas Burdulis Systems Administrator, Dartmouth Mathematics math.dartmouth.edu/~sarunas · https://useplaintext.email ·
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