Because a USB device was drawing too much power from your computer?
Ok so lately when I plug in my iPhone 5 to my macbook to charge it, about every five minutes I get this message that says "Because a USB device was drawing too much power from your computer, one or more of your USB devices have been disabled." and then under it it says "To prevent damaging your computer, the USB device drawing too much power has been disabled. Other devices may have also been disabled. When you disconnect the device drawing too much power, your other USB devices will be enabled again."
I have never had this problem before. It used to work just fine.
Can anyone help tell me what this means and how I can fix it?
Short answer: you're probably using the FRONT USB ports which usually deliver lower power. Standard USB ports provide 0.5A which is totally insufficient if you have 3+ USB devices connected
Use the USB ports at the BACK of your PC. You're out of luck if you're using a Laptop. (You'll have to buy a hub with with external power adapter)
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