How to Restore Your USB Connection when it drops to your printer or camera

Just unplug the USB cable from the USB port you’ve used. 

Now plug into another USB port on your computer. 

If that doesn’t work, try another USB cable. Cables can fail. Get another one.

I once earned $30 just by switching a client’s USB cable to their printer from one port to another. 

Now save yourself $30 and move the USB cable to another port. 

Why does this happen? The digital “handshake” between your computer and the device you want to plug in fails.

Try another port. That’s all. You haven’t hurt your computer. It’s just one of those weird things in life, like hitting all the green lights in a row. 

 

Tom Briant

Editor, MacValley Blog