and Thunderbolt 2 – like Firewire 800 before it – is unlikely to be enough to sway the market. But there are two glimmers of hope. The first is the new Mac Pro. That has not just one ...

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 ...

Ideally, the old Mac should have a native FireWire port (IEEE 1394) and run High Sierra (macOS 10.13). Fortunately, most of ...

Mac shops with significant FireWire investment may not need a total Thunderbolt or USB 3.0 makeover, but staying put with current hard drives and devices will come at a price This past summer ...

Trying to connect FireWire 400 and 800 devices gets iffy. Apple has a Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter for $29/£29, but it has an older Thunderbolt connector that doesn’t plug into the ...

Years later, Apple would enable a FireWire Target Disk mode that allowed ... Ultimately, it brought similar functionality to USB-C and Thunderbolt (with the latter requiring a reboot on Macs ...

FireWire, eSATA, etc. This post will help you understand the current state of modern connection standards—namely USB and ...

I use the Apple Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter, and then the Apple Thunderbolt 2 to Firewire 800 adapter to connect to some legacy devices (iSight, Canopus capture card, Sony Digital8 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As the MacBook Pro has evolved, it has many things to love. There have been upgrades to displays, operational power, battery life, memory ...

It took well over a decade, but it happened. FireWire is basically obsolete. External SATA is nearly extinct. Only Thunderbolt may provide a serious challenge — but it’s years away from ...

Here’s how it works. Thunderbolt 5 has arrived, and it's finally started to crop up in laptops hitting the market in 2024. I'm not just talking about faster data transfer speeds, either — I'm ...