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I have a usb trackpad that used to be a mbp top - hence it's an 'internal' trackpad (in System Profiler). It works great plugged into any usb jack. The problem is with the wireless usb hub. I can see it in System Profiler but the Mac Pro apparently isn't looking for an internal trackpad in such a place. Is there any way to 'point' it at the trackpad on the usb hub?

[Waragainstsleep]

What kind of "Wireless USB hub"?

[P]

Yes, do you have a link to that hub?

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The hub is a WiRanger USB 2.0 wireless wi-fi device. Great product BTW.

I suspect that I'd need better buffering for this to work. To put it another way - I suspect that the usb connection for this Macbook Pro trackpad isn't made to be truly hot plugable because it normally doesn't have to be. I think the issue is that over the wireless there will be lags or dropouts here and there and this trackpad would need to be more hot-swap capable to work in this application.

It works great just plugging into the Mac although I have had the usb port shut down a couple times when I pulled the plug out. Maybe I need to add some basic usb buffer circuit. Maybe I should just buy a track pad from Apple since they're making them now and quit screwing around...
Still, this one would be a perfect fit for my wireless mixer, so I'm still interested in a solution.

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Any reason you can't just go with a Magic Trackpad? I can understand reusing existing parts, but if you're thinking about building something new anyway...