firewire 400

I have found trying to use a bus powered FireWire hard drive (an owc mercury on the go) to be a bit frustrating. If I try to use the drive connected directly to the Mac it can fail to be seen by the Mac and OS X. If I use a bus powered belkin fw400 hub it works but can fail to be seen by the Mac...

Hello, I was wondering, if I were to get a FireWire 400 hub, can I boot from things connected to it? I am asking because my iBook G4 only has one FireWire port and I wasn't sure if this is a viable solution. FireWire drives are pricey and I know that I can't boot from a drive connected to my USB...

I have a 3.5 inch hard drive that has been sitting on ice on a shelf in a closet that came out of a G5 imac. It’s a 3.5inch HD with a 22 pin SATA connection on it (15 for power, 7 for data). I need a SATA 22pin to Firewire cable. Why Firewire? Because I have a old 2008 white MacBook that I need...

The ExpressCard/34 Thread: expansion options for 2006–2011 MacBook Pros OVERVIEW Although now a relic, the ExpressCard/34 slot, the successor of PC Card/PCMCIA slots found in PowerBook G3 and the larger PowerBook G4 models, were introduced simultaneously with Apple’s transition to...

So here’s a rabbit hole for people to get lost in... I have an old external hard drive with FireWire 400 (IEEE 1394 6 pin) ports ONLY. I need to connect to a new MacBook with Thunderbolt 3/USB-C ports. How on earth do I do that? I’ve been scouring the interweb for a cable or converter box, and...

I haven't used a Mac since 2006-2010ish. I now am reconsidering getting one because I want to record video in during procedures (no patient data, just video, consented for for education / research) Olympus CV-190 Endoscopy video processor for medical endoscopy of the gi tract. There are...