Question 1

How does it connect to computer?  I see no cord.

Accepted Answer

It connects via USB and has a power adapter for wall plug in as well. It's a powerful into as it can handle multiple external accessories like hard drives, keyboards, and any other USB connective devices. Hope the info helps.

Question 2

will it still operate if it's power adapter isn't plugged in? 
i.e. 
1. in a situation with a power outage that doesn't effect the laptop it's plugged into, but does kill the power to the hub's power cord. 2. or if there's simply no where to plug the power cord in, but 
devices attached do not exceed computer's usb power output.
thanks!!

Accepted Answer

I have the unit plugged into my iMac. I have two powered on external hard drives attached to it. To test your question, I pulled the power to the Hub.

Both drives disappeared.

So, it appears that the unit needs to be plugged in.

Question 3

How many apms does it put out per port?

Accepted Answer

Johnny, Although I don't have the specifics of how many amps per port, I can tell you that I have a 4TB external Hard Drive, MAC Keyboard, my iPhone, my Wacom tablet and an external DVD burner and have not once experienced any delay in power or memory being used.  The response time is impeccable and still have two extra ports on the unit available.  The 4TB external Hard Drive usually slows down my computer when plugged in directly with other USB ports in use.  Hope that helps in answering your question.

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