Using High-Speed Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0

Your iMac comes with five USB (d) ports (three high-speed USB 2.0 ports on the back of the iMac and two USB 1.1 ports on the keyboard), which you can use to connect many types of external devices, including a printer, scanner, iPod, digital camera, game pad, joystick, keyboard, or floppy disk drive. USB makes it easy to connect a peripheralÑand once you connect it, itÕs ready to use.

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Using USB Devices

To use a USB device with your iMac, simply connect the device to the USB (d) port on your iMac. Your iMac automatically accesses the necessary software whenever you connect a new device.

You can connect USB 1.1 devices and high-speed USB 2.0 devices to the USB 2.0 (d) ports on the back of your iMac. USB 1.1 devices wonÕt take advantage of the USB 2.0 higher transfer rate.

You can connect USB 2.0 devices to the USB 1.1 (d) ports on your keyboard, but they may operate at slower speeds.

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Apple MC413LL/A manual Using High-Speed Universal Serial Bus USB, Using USB Devices