Worried your older firewire peripherals wont work with the new mac minis firewire 800 port. Questions about apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter apple. There are two types in firewire as firewire 400 ieee 94a and firewire 800 ieee 94b. Im intending to buy a firewire cable to xfer some files from my g5 to the macbook and was wondering what type of cable i need. Also, the specification for ieee94 does allow for firewire to be transmitted over ethernet, but it doesnt allow for an ethernet adapter to be used as a fw interface in other words, you can do it one way, but not the other. The naming scheme is accurate though, as it represents the actual speed of the cable. Product title firewire cable ieee94 4pin4pin 400mbps. I did a web search and could find nothing about this causing any over heating problems but maybe rab and nick know something i dont. Use firewire with devices that connect using a firewire 400 or firewire 800 cable.
This video shows various types of mx firewire cables. How to use fire wire cables for data transfer five now. Firewire 800 is available on the nonretina macbook pro, mac mini and mac pro. Usb 3, pcie cable, and firewire daniel knight 2012. What is the difference between firewire and thunderbolt. Below are some of the common pros and cons for using a device with firewire. Nov 1, 2012 ive got an old sony camcorder with a bunch of tapes that i want to digitize when i get my new imac next month. The ability to boot a mac from firewire is most useful when youre experiencing problems with your mac and need to run system diagnostics, or simply access the system but cannot do so through the computer. Minidisplayport is like dvid or vga, its a video output. Upgrade the ram and storage of nearly any apple computer at. Back when firewire was standard on the mac, it supported a number of features that made it possible to directly connect macs to one another and transfer data at high speeds. Thunderbolt 3 usbc to thunderbolt 2 adapter previous gallery image.
Easily connect your thunderboltequipped mac to a firewire device with the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter. The older standard, firewire 400, is a flatter connector with one rounded side, and the faster 800 version resembles a fat usb connector. What is a firewire cable, and do you really need it. Firewire 800 provides a data transfer rate up to 800mbps, and it is a 9 pin connector. The mac mini early 2009 your model has no means of being upgraded nor can you get a firewire to usb3 adapter, i am afraid you are stuck with the builtin usb 2. Whats the difference between usbc and thunderbolt 3. The my book tested on the mac pro showed the firewire 800 connection to be 48 percent faster than usb at copying the file to the external drive, 54 percent. Firewire 400 provides a data transfer rate up to 400 mbps, and it is a 6 pin connector. Firewire had such promise, and apple even made a firewire 800tothunderbolt adapter for the most recent macs. Find cables, charging docks and battery cases for mac.
The term firewire cable is actually a brand name that was coined by apple for the ieee 94 data communications interface. Although firewire has all but disappeared, thunderbolt can offer the same functionality for modern macs with thunderbolt target disk mode and thunderbolt networking. My mac only has usb and some other smaller ports on it. Choose apple menu about this mac, click support, then. I dont know too much about fw can i plug a fw 400 device into either port, or do i have to use a device specific to the port e. How to connect firewire devices into new macs with. Thunderbolt 3usb c adapters, cables, and hubs for new macbook pro. Apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter the thunderbolt to firewire adapter simply brings a firewire 800 port into a thunderbolt mac. In this video i show the few options you have to how to connect older firewire 400800 devices to a new mac which only has thunderbolt 3usbc ports. Sd card use the sd card slot with sd, sdhc, sdxc, mmc, and uhsii media cards, such as those used by digital cameras. The cables have wide applications and can reach data transfer speeds of up to 900mbps. The only ports i see on my laptop are usb, lightening, and hdmi. We also provide refurbished macs, external storage, docks, accessories, and more.
The manual says the elura 100 has 4pin connector ieee 94 compliant so you probably need a firewire 4pin to 9pin firewire 800 cable to connect it to the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter or any firewire 800 port of a thunderbolt dock. Firewire 400 vs firewire 800 i believe the new imac has both a fw 400 and fw 800 port. Bizlande r firewire high speed premium dv to f irewire cable 800 94b 800400. Ieee 94 is an interface standard for a serial bus for highspeed communications and isochronous realtime data transfer. Digital optical audio cabl e toslin k ca ble 24k goldplated, ultradurable mini displayport to displayp ort cable, 6. How to use fire wire cables for data transfer youtube. Best way to connect 4pin firewire 400 camcorder to new imac.
There are future versions such as firewire 1600 and 3200 that can support much faster speeds. Highspeed data transfers between macs with thunderbolt. Firewire, apples name for the ieee94 serial bus standard, is a general purpose interface that predates usb and can be used to connect multiple devices to a computer or to. Sd card use the sd card slot with sd, sdhc, sdxc, mmc, and. Firewire is a data interchange protocol that is more advanced than usb. Trying to capture digital video from sony handycam to. Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer, giving you a firewire 800 port that supplies up to 7w for buspowered peripherals like hard drives and audio devices. Plus a long slot that i guess is for a memory card. Best way to connect 4pin firewire 400 camcorder to new.
They are used with devices like computers, dvd players, minidv camcorders, and some televisions. It was developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s by apple, which called it firewire, in cooperation with a number of companies, primarily sony and panasonic. With this adapter the tcnt2 will be able to test usb and firewire cables also, but no more. Thunderbolt to gigabit ethernet adapter and thunderbolt to firewire. The only problem i am aware of is the possible inability to boot from a firewire to usb external hard drive. How to connect firewire devices into new mac s with thunderbolt 3usbc duration.
If youre not sure which port to use with your external display, hard drive, camera, printer, iphone, ipad, or other device, the port shapes and symbols in this guide should help. Information about these and other types of mac ports is available in the specifications for your mac. Firewire cables are highspeed interfaces that are used to transfer data. Thunderbolt 3 usbc to thunderbolt 2 adapter next gallery image. Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer, giving you a firewire 800 port that supplies up to 7w for buspowered peripherals like.
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