Hi, Martin McCormick wrote: > After recently ordering and receiving a new 1 TB external > SSD drive, I realized I had no way to connect it. It has a small > rectangular slot about 8 MM or a quarter of an inch long. A Mac > lightning connector is almost exactly the same size but > fortunately doesn't plug in but that's the size of whatever fits. > Crucial says it is usb-A .
6.5 to 8 mm is too small for USB Type A (12 mm), which is about the only clearly rectangular shape on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Receptacle_%28socket%29_identification All others have protrusions or chamfers instead of corners or rounded edges. Mac Lightning resembles Type C. 8 mm width, 2.4 mm height, half circles where a rectangle would have its small vertical edges. A look into the offers at Amazon shows that Type C is quite usual with portable SSDs. The typical USB socket at computers is Type A. 12 mm x 4.5 mm. Rectangular with a plastic tongue at about half height of the socket. But the drives at sale often offer a cable for C-to-C too. Have a nice day :) Thomas
