Apple has a history of doing its own thing when it comes to ports, and Firewire was supposed to replace USB but never caught ...

Need to connect a firewire device to Mac or PC? Most new computers have a USB-C connection. But there is no such adapter that can convert firewire 800 or USB-C. The same is true for the firewire 400.

When I connect a drive to the Firewire 400 port on the ... And here's a salutary tale from a reader who says that merely having a FireWire cable plugged into one port caused his internal disk to ...

FireWire 400 is roughly comparable to USB 2.0, ... Connect the other end of the FireWire cable to the FireWire port closest to the power supply, or the one marked "In," on your first drive.

Nearly a month after they were announced, Apple's adapters for using older, 30-pin accessories with the latest iPhone and iPod models are available. We've been testing them for compatibility; here ...

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 ...

Macworld Lab tested four of the new 250GB FireWire 800 hard drives to see just how fast they moved data: the EZQuest Cobra FireWire 800/USBII, the LaCie D2 U&I, the Other World Computing Mercury ...

Jumping from FireWire 400 to FireWire 800 also required different cables, where USB 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, and 3.0 have managed to use physically compatible connectors across all generations of the ...

Of course, FireWire—up to and including S3200—has always offered certain advantages that USB lacks. Not only is it markedly less CPU-intensive due to its peer-to-peer nature (USB is master ...

Apple, an early adopter of USB-A and USB-C connectors, will likely be forced to phase out Lightning over the next two years. Here's why, and what's likely to happen along the way.