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inUSB Studio · macOS

Support

inUSB Studio shows the USB devices connected to your Mac as a map of hubs and ports, with details for each device, and lets you label hardware and export the tree as text. Everything stays on your Mac.

Getting started

  1. Open inUSB Studio. Give your Mac a display name, or choose Use Your Mac to start straight away.
  2. Physical View shows your hubs and devices as they are really connected.
  3. Select a device to see its speed, IDs, requested power and path in the Inspector.
  4. Name hardware with unclear names, and give hubs a hub group.
  5. Switch to Diagnostic View (⌘D) for the full macOS hierarchy; Export USB Tree (⌘E) saves a text file.

In-app help: Help → inUSB Studio Guide (⇧⌘/).

Common questions

Does the app send my device list anywhere?

No. The app makes no network connections.

Does renaming change the device?

No. Display names exist only inside inUSB Studio; the device and its macOS name are not modified.

Why is “requested power” not what my device uses?

It is the allocation the device asks for, not a live measurement of power draw.

A device isn’t showing up

Press ⌘R to refresh. If macOS itself doesn’t see the device (check System Information → USB), try another cable or port; inUSB Studio shows what macOS reports.

I see extra empty hubs

Physical View hides internal controller layers. Diagnostic View shows everything macOS reports, including empty logical hubs.

A save or export failed

The app keeps your previously saved settings and explains what happened. Check disk space and access, then use Retry or choose another export folder.

“This hub group would loop”

A hub plugged into another hub needs its own group name. Two hubs side by side can still share one.

A scan is paused

The app keeps the last successful snapshot and retries automatically. You can also choose Retry Scan; scan failures do not create disconnect events.

My names from an older version are gone

Versions before the App Sandbox stored names in a different place that the sandboxed app can’t read. Enter them again once; they are kept from then on.

Contact

For support with inUSB Studio, use the contact options on the Inder Studio Contact page.

Please include your macOS version and Mac model, the inUSB Studio version from About, the hub or device involved (brand and model is enough), and what you expected compared with what happened.