USB devices on OS X – Spinor Lab

We have a command % lsusb on linux, but what should I do on OS X?

One solution is to use % system_profiler and open the generated xml file with System Information.

% system_profiler SPUSBDataType -xml &gt; mytest.spx

Without an xml option, you will get a plain text instead.

% system_profiler SPUSBDataType
USB:

    USB 3.0 Bus:

        ZOOM G Series:

          Product ID: 0x015f
          Vendor ID: 0x1686  (ZOOM Corporation)
          Version: 1.00
          Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
          Manufacturer: ZOOM Corporation
          Location ID: 0x14700000 / 5
          Current Available (mA): 1000
          Current Required (mA): 500
          Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

You may also try:

% ioreg -p IOUSB -l

    +-o ZOOM G Series@14700000  &lt;class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x10000033e, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (53 ms), retain 19&gt;
    |   {
    |     &quot;sessionID&quot; = 1558153804
    |     &quot;iManufacturer&quot; = 1
    |     &quot;bNumConfigurations&quot; = 1
    |     &quot;idProduct&quot; = 351
    |     &quot;bcdDevice&quot; = 256
    |     &quot;Bus Power Available&quot; = 500
    |     &quot;USB Address&quot; = 5
    |     &quot;bMaxPacketSize0&quot; = 64
    |     &quot;iProduct&quot; = 2
    |     &quot;iSerialNumber&quot; = 0
    |     &quot;bDeviceClass&quot; = 0
    |     &quot;Built-In&quot; = No
    |     &quot;locationID&quot; = 342884352
    |     &quot;bDeviceSubClass&quot; = 0
    |     &quot;bcdUSB&quot; = 272
    |     &quot;USB Product Name&quot; = &quot;ZOOM G Series&quot;
    |     &quot;PortNum&quot; = 7
    |     &quot;non-removable&quot; = &quot;no&quot;
    |     &quot;IOCFPlugInTypes&quot; = {&quot;9dc7b780-9ec0-11d4-a54f-000a27052861&quot;=&quot;IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBLib.bundle&quot;}
    |     &quot;bDeviceProtocol&quot; = 0
    |     &quot;IOUserClientClass&quot; = &quot;IOUSBDeviceUserClientV2&quot;
    |     &quot;IOPowerManagement&quot; = {&quot;DevicePowerState&quot;=0,&quot;CurrentPowerState&quot;=3,&quot;CapabilityFlags&quot;=65536,&quot;MaxPowerState&quot;=4,&quot;DriverPowerState&quot;=3}
    |     &quot;Device Speed&quot; = 1
    |     &quot;USB Vendor Name&quot; = &quot;ZOOM Corporation&quot;
    |     &quot;idVendor&quot; = 5766
    |     &quot;IOGeneralInterest&quot; = &quot;IOCommand is not serializable&quot;
    |     &quot;IOClassNameOverride&quot; = &quot;IOUSBDevice&quot;
    |   }

Of course, you can run System Profiler anytime from Launchpad.