Usbutil Mac -

Here’s a useful, concise piece on — a lesser-known but valuable built-in USB debugging and diagnostic tool. What is usbutil on macOS? usbutil is a command-line utility included with macOS that provides low-level information about USB devices connected to your Mac. It’s especially handy for developers, system administrators, or power users troubleshooting USB recognition, power delivery, or device descriptor issues. Note : Unlike Linux’s lsusb , usbutil is more limited but still useful. For a richer USB view, many use system_profiler SPUSBDataType or third-party tools like USB Prober (from Apple’s Hardware IO Tools). Basic Usage Open Terminal and type:

system_profiler SPUSBDataType | grep -A 10 "Product ID" But for minimal, fast scripting: . usbutil mac