its actually worse bc ports are counted twice for 2.0 & 3.0

https://lemmy.world/post/44674585

someone is going to nerdsnipe me so i will add that technically its 15 registered ports per USB controller, so you can add a dongle and have more than 15. a mobo usually only has 1 USB controller for way more than 15 USB ports though, Apple added this arbitrary restriction for no reason since none of their devices have that many ports. so a typical PC motherboard just straight up destabilizes the system lmfao
Okay but what kind of application is it used for that you exceed 15 ports filled??

but why would you need [thing that is already technically possible and could conceivably be needed]???

Are you an apple dev?

When I worked for Apple, I do remember the iOS devs having racks of iOS devices all being flashed at the same time off a single Mac. But I don’t remember the count and this was years ago—like Snow Leopard to El Cap era.

I was just kind of data analytics, but the labs were near my area, so can’t really give much more info, but mildly interesting, I guess?