Questions tagged [firewire]
FireWire (IEEE 1394) is an interface standard for a serial bus for high-speed communications and isochronous real-time data transfer. It was developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s by Apple.
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What's the fastest connection speed / shortest elapsed time using Migration Assistant?
When using Migration Assistant to move users, files, and folders from an old Mac to a new one, you have a few different choices, depending on the Macs involved. Presuming that both Macs have ...
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Does daisy chaining FireWire 800 and 400 cause all devices to use 400 speeds?
I recently purchased a Drobo, and in looking over some online documentation, I encountered this support article which states:
If a FireWire 400 device is also connected, it will pull down the ...
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How to update external iSight firmware?
Apple released several firmware revisions for the external iSight camera:
iSight 1.0.3 Update
Improved audio performance
iSight 1.0.2 Update
Improved auto exposure
Improved auto white balance
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Can I get S.M.A.R.T. support on external hard drives?
Disk Utility reports the S.M.A.R.T. Status as not verified for external disks, and by default Mac OS X only seems able to access S.M.A.R.T. information on internal hard drives.
Is there a way to get ...
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Installing OSX onto PPC using Intel Mac and Firewire
I have an old G5 PPC machine with no OS X installed. I have the installation disk. Unfortunateley there seems to be an issue with the G5 reading or accepting the data from the disk. I've tried ...
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External iSight camera with Apple Silicon Mac?
I'm attempting to use a 2003-era external Apple iSight Camera with an M1 Mac mini via adapters:
iSight > FireWire 400 > FireWire 800 > Thunderbolt 2 > Thunderbolt 3
This same adapter ...
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Does Thunderbolt support a net topology like FireWire?
Does Thunderbolt support the same kind of network architecture that FireWire does?
If you have a Mac with two FireWire ports, you can daisy-chain FireWire devices in a loop with the Mac at both ends ...
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Can I daisy chain Thunderbolt to FireWire 800 to FireWire 400
If I had a FireWire 400 DVD drive connected (via a FireWire 400-800 cable) to a FireWire 800 hard drive that was then connected via a Thunderbolt to FireWire 800 adapter to a Thunderbolt hard drive, ...
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Time Machine Backup via another Mac? [closed]
Since I have broken Permissions, which can't be fixed now, because my sudo is broken too, I want to create a Time Machine Backup. Now the problem: both of my USB-Ports are broken.
After some research ...
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How to prevent Finder windows from automatically popping up when I attach a disk?
I have a removable Firewire drive. It has several partitions, many of which have Mac OS installers on them (I'm a developer/sysadmin, and need to reinstall fairly frequently). However, I also use ...
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Do the FireWire ports on the early 2011 MacBook Pros use 4-pin or 9-pin connectors?
I've ordered a MacBook Pro (early 2011, 13-inch, 2.3 ghz), to replace my aging and breaking-down iMac G5. I'll need to run a FireWire cable from an audio interface (also on order, that has a 6-pin ...
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iMac-to-iMac Migration was interrupted; Now, source iMac is reading as 0.0GB
I attempted twice to migrate my iMac (2006) to my iMac (2009), first via wireless and second via LAN. The connection was interrupted both times, but the second time left it unable to 'resume from ...
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iMac - Airport 'Looking for networks' affects FireWire audio device
This problem has been driving me mad for months and started when I upgraded to OS X Lion from Snow Leopard on my iMac.
I've got a Saffire 56 external audio device connected via FireWire (works ...
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External iSight microphone audio not working
I'm using a 2003-era external iSight "Autofocus Video Camera + Noise Suppression Microphone" with an Apple Cinema Display and USB-C MacBook Pro running macOS 10.15.
It's connected via a long ...
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Mac KernelPanic Using FireWire Device
I am using a mid-2010 Mac Pro with the latest Monterey 12.6 using OpenCore. Everything works perfectly except for some Firewire audio mixer I am trying to use (Mackie Onyx 1640i).
I am connecting it ...
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Migration Assistant fails on FireWire Mavericks-to-Mavericks migration
I have the following setup and am attempting the use Migration Assistant over FireWire:
Source machine: Early 2009 24-inch iMac running OS X 10.9
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machine: Latest MacBook Pro Retina ...
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Connect firewire MacMini to thunderbolt MacBook Pro
I have a MacMini that only has a firewire port, I want to connect it to my MacBook Pro via its thunderbolt port, can I do this so that I can then (using target mode) display my Mac mini on my macbook ...
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