Is there an equivalent of lsusb for OS X
MacosUsbDarwinLsusbMacos Problem Overview
This question seems to be all over google, but the answers all point to using System Profiler. That's nice, but with System Profiler all you get is something that looks like this:
DasKeyboard:
Product ID: 0x1919
Vendor ID: 0x04d9 (Holtek Semiconductor, Inc.)
Version: 1.06
Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
Location ID: 0x1d114000 / 11
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 100
USB2.0 Hub:
Product ID: 0x0608
Vendor ID: 0x05e3 (Genesys Logic, Inc.)
Version: 32.98
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Location ID: 0x1d113000 / 10
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 100
Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse v2.0 :
Product ID: 0x00cb
Vendor ID: 0x045e (Microsoft Corporation)
Version: 1.99
Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Location ID: 0x1d113200 / 12
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 100
That's great if all you want are the contents of a bunch of device descriptors, but lsusb
gives you so much more - information on interfaces and endpoints, interface associations, composite devices... where can you find this information in OS X? There must be a tool that does this?
Macos Solutions
Solution 1 - Macos
I got tired of forgetting the system_profiler SPUSBDataType
syntax, so I made an lsusb
alternative. You can find it here , or install it with homebrew:
brew install lsusb
Solution 2 - Macos
I typically run this command to list USB devices on Mac OS X, along with details about them:
ioreg -p IOUSB -l -w 0
Solution 3 - Macos
Homebrew users: you can get lsusb
by installing usbutils
formula from my tap:
brew install mikhailai/misc/usbutils
It installs the REAL lsusb
based on Linux sources (version 007).
Solution 4 - Macos
In mac osx , you can use the following command:
system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Solution 5 - Macos
If you are a user of MacPorts, you may simply install usbutils
sudo port install usbutils
If you are not, this might be a good opportunity to install it, it has ports for several other useful linux tools.
Solution 6 - Macos
system_profiler SPUSBDataType
it your need command on macos
Solution 7 - Macos
How about ioreg
? The output's much more detailed than the profiler, but it's a bit dense.
Source: https://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2008-July/011115.html
Solution 8 - Macos
At least on 10.10.5, system_profiler SPUSBDataType
output is NOT
dynamically updated when a new USB device gets plugged in,
while ioreg -p IOUSB -l -w 0
does.
Solution 9 - Macos
On Mac OS X, the Xcode developer suite includes the USB Proper.app application. This is found in /Developer/Applications/Utilities/. USB Prober will allow you to examine the device and interface descriptors.