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Does anyone know how to reset a USB port on MacOS?

Hello Everyone!

Does anyone know how to reset a USB port on MacOS?

  1. Marvee Amasi#0000

    I dont use mac os, I ve seen this work for similar problems
    Just shut down your Mac, then press **shift** plus **control** plus **option** plus **power** for like 10 seconds, release them, and turn your Mac back on

  2. melta101#0000

    would prefer if i dont need to restart the Mac
    in linux it is easy
    simply bind and unbind the port

    but sadly does not follow the case for MacOS

  3. Marvee Amasi#0000

    OH then it wont be as simple as it is on linux

  4. Marvee Amasi#0000

    you know about this : `sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBHostPlatformProperties.kext` `sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBHostPlatformProperties.kext` @melta101

  5. Ming#0000

    Have you tried unloading and re-loading the USB Kernel extensions?
    In ‘System Settings goto General –> About. At the bottom of the page, there is the ‘System Report’. Open that.
    Under ‘Hardware’ Select ‘USB’ , and select your USB Bus. This will tell you what type of Controller you have. e.g., mine is: `Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBEHCIPI7C9X440SL`
    that tells me that I am using EHCI controller.

    Then, in a terminal, find the kernel extension with
    `kextstat -l | grep USB`
    Find the extension for your controller. Mine is `com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCI`
    Then try unloading it and reloading it
    `sudo kextunload com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCI`
    Find the location of the extension
    `find /System/Library/Extensions -name “*AppleUSBEHCI*”`
    Then re-load it
    `sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBHostFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBEHCI.kext`

  6. ZacckOsiemo#0000

    @melta101 as above and consider using a script since this could disable your keyboard and mouse

  7. ZacckOsiemo#0000

    also this ‘sudo launchctl start com.apple.usbd’

  8. Ming#0000

    That’s the advantage of using a Bluetooth Keyboard 😄

  9. melta101#0000

    i have a iphone and MacOs connected via USB for screen capture of iphone

    sometimes the packets just stop in between,
    stopping the stream
    This however works after a unpluging and repluging

    Now as this goes to a server stack with multitude of Iphone, i wouldnt want to unplug and replug
    or
    reset the whole bus as that would destroy the experience with other iphones

  10. Ming#0000

    Does the stream stop for the entire bus or just one phone in particular?

  11. melta101#0000

    1 particular

  12. ZacckOsiemo#0000

    what sort of social media armageddon are you running streaming multiple screens to a device

  13. Ming#0000

    Have you looked at a hardware solution such as:
    https://eu.mouser.com/new/crowd-supply/crowd-supply-programmable-usb-hub/?srsltid=AfmBOorGCgzdFA_AcePSALT8Sv77iL8I4VDqCEBtov1mohmWbH0JJYpq

    We use something like that in our test lab to remotely turn on and off a USB device

  14. melta101#0000

    😂
    i work for app testing platform
    and we need to support Iphones Apps

  15. Ming#0000

    I’m not sure the exact one used – as the lab is in the USA and they are all asleep, so I can’t ask them

  16. ZacckOsiemo#0000

    Lol makes perfect sense, so app on different iphone software and hardware

  17. melta101#0000

    let me go through this

    i was also thinking of going HW,
    Just wanted to save expenses incase Sw soln is possible

    Thanks for this

  18. melta101#0000

    yep
    manual
    automation
    record and replay

  19. melta101#0000

    all sort

  20. melta101#0000

    and not only limited to apps

  21. ZacckOsiemo#0000

    what! you are doing kernels on iphone?

  22. melta101#0000

    not kernel level,
    atleast not now as there are no customer for those

    i mean websites, external services, apple ecosystem integration

  23. ZacckOsiemo#0000

    AH normal dev shop, that’s cool to know! Interesting that you also do embedded stuff

  24. melta101#0000

    this seems feasible

    Maybe a i could create a USB passthrough,
    but the question is how do control the reset
    as i would rather not connect a GPIO wire to reset.

  25. melta101#0000

    actually embedded is my main

  26. Ming#0000
  27. melta101#0000

    exactly as my need

  28. melta101#0000

    but a license for controlling
    hmmm..

  29. melta101#0000

    Maybe could start a side R&D to find ways to interact with the USB Hub, the way these people did

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