7th October, 2025.
It’s officially official: I’ve got a double-ended thingie!
To put it more sensibly?
I’ve got a recently acquired, double-ended, USB stick.
Which was handy, I felt: it meant I could plug the thing into my Mac mini’s USB-c ports, copy something to it, then give the thing to someone who’s laptop only has USB-a ports.
That way … ? They can copy it their machine, and not have to worry too much about compatibility.
What I’d totally forgotten?
Was that technology moves.
And that, for several years, mobile phones have come equipped with what’s called USB OTG, USB on-the-go, capabilities.
In other words?
You can also plug a USB OTG capable stick into a mobile phone — or tablet — with a USB-c port, and copy things to and from the phone.
That’s handy.
~≈☎︎≈~
As a quick, extra thought, there?
My phone is an Oppo A40, running a version of Android.
I have to switch on the OTG capabilities by going into Settings>Accessibility & Convenience>OTG Connection.
One of the volunteers at my weight management group was interested in seeing this work.
They have to go through the file explorer on their Android phone.
But with much the same results: it’s show up in the relevant drop down.
As I’ve not had a chance to see it work on an iPhone?
I couldn’t tell you if it works on them.
I’m assuming it does: especially as I know there’s similar, Lightning port equipped sticks that should work with older iPhones.
And that newer iPhones have USB-c ports.
But, as I say, it’s not something I’ve been able to check for myself.
~≈☎︎≈~
As a final thought … ?
I found out that I’ve put on a couple of hundred grams, since last week’s weigh-in.
But?
Am still under one hundred kilos.
That, and finding out something new?
Was welcome.
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