Just use a FireWire 800 to 400 adapter, they are passive and therefore are very cheap. One option is Apple's Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter. It's Thunderbolt 2 though, and FireWire 800, so you have a ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

It comes with USB 2.0 and FireWire 800 ports (and a FireWire 400 adapter), plus enough space to back up any MacBook or MacBook Pro twice over. Rugged construction, flexible interfaces, good bang for ...

While Apple's new adapter can be attached to a computer by its FireWire connection, it will not provide Thunderbolt over FireWire. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user for the past ...

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i could be wrong, but my iMac only shows one firewire bus in System Profiler. so it may just come down to whatever's convenient wire-wise.

which has a suggested retail price of US$99.95 — delivers faster FireWire 800 performance to Mac Pro, and Power Mac G5, Xserve, and Windows PCs with PCI Express slots. It’s backward compatible with ...

The 6-pin FireWire 400 port made its way into every Apple laptop released between January 2003 and October 2008, with the exception of the MacBook Air. With a greater sustained throughput than USB 2.0 ...