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firewire 800/800

  1. Frantisekj

    Connecting usb c drive into firewire 800?

    I wondered if I could utilize FW 800 port in my MBP somehow and searched any adapter or cable. Can not find one. Is there way to use FW 800 port for usb c devices? Would be speed beter then connecting it to USB A?
  2. haralds

    Thunderbolt 3 to Firewire 800 Adapter

    I occasionally need to hook up older Firewire 800 devices to my MBPro with Thunderbolt 3. All I found for an adapter solution would be to daisy chain Apple T3 to T2 with a T2 to FW 800. Does this work? Is there anything else?
  3. 4sallypat

    Firewire 800 to audio out - XSERVE 3,1 - need L/R stereo outputs

    I have an XSERVE 3,1 running Yosemite OS X and would like to have audio output from the Firewire 800 port. Is there an adapter or module that can output audio (2 channel) from the XSERVE thru it's built in FW800 port ? I have run out of USB ports and since I have 1 unused FW800 port, I thought...
  4. Giuanniello

    Hub with both USB and FW

    My old iMac lies on a very tight desk and as such sometimes it gets tough to reach the ports on the back, I often switch from a card reader to an external usb drive or a pen drive and to reach the back is like driving around LA at noon (or here in Napoli all day long...) so I was thinking at...
  5. iulop

    Powermac g4 freezes on boot

    My powermac g4 firewire 800 dual 1.42 gh 2gb of ram sometimes freezes at boot .That rainbow cursor wheel appears and my mac simply freezes . I am running mac os tiger on it . Can someone help me please ?
  6. TickleSoup

    External Win10 booting from USB2.0 but not FireWire800

    Hello there, first post! Hope this is in the right place. After trying a few methods of installing Windows 10 on an external drive (SanDisk ultra 2 500GB SSD in an enclosure) using my old mid-2010 27' iMac, I hit success using Rufus to create bootable software with Windows to go using this...
  7. SnarkyBear

    What to do with the 2 Thunderbolt 1 ports on 2011 iMac?

    I have two Thunderbolt 1 ports sitting on my 2011 iMac that are doing nothing for me. I want to make them useful. I could stick a Thunderbolt to Firewire dongle on there, but I already have a Firewire port and daisy chain the two external drives through it. I could use more USB ports, but the...
  8. S

    El Capitan or new cable?

    This is December 23, 2016 Regarding daisy chained hard drives and El Capitan. Can anyone help? My Connected Hardware: - Mid 2010 Mac Desktop (Intel Core), running El Capitan 10.11.6, with a Firewire 800 port. - Time Machine hard drive (backups only) and At&T Modem. 1) Is it El Capitan or do I...