MacBook :: Connect External Harddrive With Firewire 800 To Macbook With Firewire 400?
Feb 8, 2012
I just got the external harddrive "Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex USB 3.0 1TB" with a Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Upgrade Kabel FireWire 800. I have neither a USB 3.0, nor a Firewire 800 on my white macbook (2008). I already know, that it's possible to use USB 3.0 with an USB 2.0 port, but I would like to use it with the firewire to spare the USB port for other devices. My question: Is there an adapter or cable to use the Seagate Firewire 800 with my Firewire 400 port? I don't know, where and what to look for.
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MacBook (13-inch Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Broken harddrive, dont wanna get a new internal one, I need to boot from external firewire.
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I was thinking that if i bought an external MOBILE hard drive (un-powered) i could take it with me sometimes when i need it in UNI (in Lectures where there is no power source to plug drive in), but also attach it to the mac and since it is un-powered and mobile time machine will work without needing external power.
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I'm looking for a way to connect an external bus-powered Firewire 800 hard drive (Glyph Portagig 800) to an iMac which only has Firewire 400 ports, and still powering the drive through just the Firewire connector.
All I've found are Firewire 400 to 800 adapters, allowing Firewire 400 peripherals to be connected to computers having only Firewire 800 ports. I need the opposite of course.
Where can I get such adapters, and without sacrificing bus-power?
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I have a late 2009 iMac with Firewire 800 input on the back. I have a Western Digital Passport external hard drive with USB Micro-B input that I would like to connect to the Firewire (4 USB inputs aren't nearly enough on the iMac). I can't find an adapter to do this. As an alternative, is there an adapter that will convert the Firewire 800 to standard USB2.0?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Disk utility says it is bootable, I can mount it and edit files using single user mode from the internal HD, etcetc, but it just won't boot from it.
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Aug 4, 2009
i just thought it was compatible because it said it was made for the mac and i really wanted to use my surround sound system. So my dilemma is that it came with a firewire 400 cable and I have a firewire 800 port on my mac mini which i bought recently. I've looked for some adapters and I saw one that said it accepts male firewire 400 6 pin and at the other end is a 9 pin firewire 800. it says its designed to connect your firewire 400 cable so it can be used in firewire 800 ports for newer macs. I'm not 100 percent sure what all that means and I didn't want to go buy something without being sure that's what I need.
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Oct 27, 2008
i have an old camcorder using firewire. How can i connect my MBA coz its dont come with it.
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Aug 17, 2009
I recently got a few external HDD, and for the life of me couldn't find any Firewire equipped enclosures. Seems eSata and USB have taken the standard.
So I decided to just suck it up and use USB.
Now apple has taken away the express card slot, is there any way to utilise eSata on a MBP? The only conceivable way would be through firewire.
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Sep 14, 2009
I have a 15" MBP and am now having trouble discovering my printer on it. I have the printer connected to my iomega powered hard drive which in turn connects to my MBP via firewire 800. Earlier the printer was working fine when the iomega was connected via a USB port. BUt im short on USB ports (one goes to my Companion 5 speakers and the second to a 2nd display besides the mini DVI display) hence need to connect via firewire.
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Apr 28, 2012
Is there a way that I connect a firewire to my MacBook which doesn't have a Firewire port? I need to connect an External HD (not via USB) to my MacBook but just now realised that I don't have a port!
Info:iMac, MacBook Aluminum + 7 more Apples!, Mac OS X (10.5.6)
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Jun 27, 2010
I have a somewhat old Seagate FreeAgent external drive (like this).
It has a switchable port controller, one has a USB2 and eSATA and the other has two FireWire 400 ports [URL].
Now, on the FW controller it says "Dual FireWire 400".
What is Dual FireWire 400? And does it implicate that I can use both ports together somehow and get FW800 by that?
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Nov 11, 2009
is there a USB 2.0 > FW800 adapter that exists?
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Jun 12, 2012
Is there an adaptor available to connect firewire 400 and 800?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Jun 26, 2012
i have an older digital camera with a firewire output. Is there an adapter to use Firewire with a Macbook Air with no direct firewire connection?
Info:MacBook Air
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May 14, 2012
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MacBook Pro
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May 31, 2012
I have a late 2008 12" MacBook with a FireWire 400 slot (only). I am hooking up an 8TB Raid hard drive to it for digitizing, backup and editing on FCP 6 and would like to have a higher speed available than the laptop's FireWire 400 provides. Is there a way to augment/build out the MacBook to utilize either a FireWire 800 slot or an eSATA EC2 card? I don't think this version of the MacBook (MacBook4,1) has a PCI or PCIe card slot. Although I believe it may have a mini-PCIe card somewhere, as the last page of the Users Guide says (under Europe—EU Declaration of Conformity):
"Hereby, Apple Inc. declares that this 802.11a/b/g/n Mini-PCIe card is in compliance with the R&TTE Directive."
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Dup
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Jan 27, 2009
One day I couldnt wake my macbook from sleep with my firewire WD Mybook 500G connected, so I power off the macbook manually and start it up again. It then triggered kernel panic, and i found that my macbook resume normal if i do not connect the firewire external HD. I performed PRAM reset and even PMU reset but it still couldnt help.
Below is the kernel panic report:
Tue Jan 27 19:36:08 2009
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A9C68): Kernel trap at 0x00597742, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x80010033, CR2: 0x279f4000, CR3: 0x01055000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x000037fc, EBX: 0xffffffff, ECX: 0x00000435, EDX: 0x279f4000
CR2: 0x279f4000, EBP: 0x279f3748, ESI: 0x279f3796, EDI: 0x00000000
EFL: 0x00010217, EIP: 0x00597742, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x02ac0010
Error code: 0x00000000
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x279f3568 : 0x12b4f3 (0x45b13c 0x279f359c 0x1335e4 0x0)
0x279f35b8 : 0x1a9c68 (0x464700 0x597742 0xe 0x463eb0)
0x279f3698 : 0x1a038d (0x279f36b0 0x1 0x279f3748 0x597742)
0x279f36a8 : 0x597742 (0xe 0x48 0x279f0070 0x10)
0x279f3748 : 0x59abea (0x279f3796 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x279f39d8 : 0x59eadd (0x4078600 0x279f3b9c 0x279f3a1c 0x279f3a18)
0x279f3a38 : 0xf01f38b3 (0x279f3ce8 0x1b6 0x46a408 0x2c8f075)
0x279f3d18 : 0xf01f3b65 (0xf001 0xf001 0xf001 0x279f3ddc)
0x279f3d68 : 0xf01e338c (0x42c0900 0x4370290 0x279f3f48 0x0)
0x279f3df8 : 0xf01e350a (0x397afe4 0x279f3e1c 0x0 0x20594d2f)
0x279f3f78 : 0x3df460 (0x3311a34 0x397aee0 0x397af24 0x2b08780)
0x279f3fc8 : 0xf01a0887 (0x3e97de0 0x0 0xf01a30b5 0x3e97de0)
No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xb0522518
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs(1.5.3)@0x596000->0x5a1fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WDMemeod
Mac OS version:
9G55
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.6.0: Mon Nov 24 17:37:00 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.9.59~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBook2,1 (Mac-F4208CAA)
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Apr 1, 2012
How do I connect my video camera (Sony FX1E) using Firewire cable to the MBP firewire port (which I see is Firewire 800). Is there a cable or adaptor for this?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 16gb
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Jul 19, 2009
i am looking to buy a external HD that don't run on AC and use firewire 800. i know LaCie have one, is there any other one that does? hit me up with a link or something or branding and model.
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Nov 16, 2010
im looking for an external enclosure that provides a firewire option for my macbook pro. The reason i am doing this is because my macbook will randomly eject my usb powered one for no reason. I have been reading that firewire does not have this problem. Im only looking for an enclosure as I replaced my stock 320gb hardrive with a 64gb ssd for my main drive. Preferably something in the 30$ range because im a poor college student . Anybody know of a good enclosure to go with?
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Feb 12, 2010
Ever since I traveled across the pond to Ireland my 2 TB HDD hasn't shown up as a drive. I stuck it in my checked bag and made sure to wrap it in clothes pretty well.
This wasn't an issue until my Macbook Pro's HDD died 2 weeks ago and I lost all my data. The external is where I backed up everything. Is there any software to see if the external HDD is still functional? It spins up and doesn't make any odd noises...
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Mar 16, 2012
I am going to buy a new 17" MacBook Pro soon and I've been doing research on how to customize it when I get it. I want to install my own SLC SSD as the internal drive because it's cheaper and has a longer life expectancy. Because of the limited capacity of SSDs these days, I am also going to be getting an external HDD to keep all my data that would not benefit greatly from SSD speeds, as well as for backups of everything on the internal SSD.
I wanted this external HDD to meet three criteria:1TB capacity7200rpm speed2.5" size, so that I can use it without needing to plug it into a power socket There aren't many options to choose from that meet those requirements. In fact, I only found one candidate, the “Seagate Constellation.2”. It looks like a good set of specs and Seagate is a reputable hard disk maker I've read, so I'm just about ready to buy one. My only point of concern is whether it can be powered and operated solely over FireWire, or if I would have to use a power adapter.
So my question is, can the 17" MBP (Late 2011) supply enough watts/volts/amps over FireWire 800 in order to power this Seagate disk? (Sorry for rambling too much) I have looked at the spec sheet and read up on IEEE 1394, i.e. FireWire, and I wasn't able to come up with a definitive answer, and I'm not even confident about how these electronics operate (specifically if the watt/volt/ampere requirements have to be met precisely or if they can go over or under a little, or a lot). I hope someone helps me out here.
Now here are the relevant specs, from the ST91000640NS product page: 12V start max current0.85A5V start max current0.51AAverage idle power2.95WAverage operating power5.43W According to Wikipedia's article on IEEE 1394, FireWire can supply a maximum of 45W and 30V. Apple's FireWire Ports Specifications article says: Input voltage range8 to 33 VInput power0.3 WOutput voltage range12 V to 30 V (varies by product)Output powerminimum of 7 W per port The disk will be put in an OWC Mercury Elite Pro Mini enclosure, by the way.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 3, 2009
If I connect my Western Digital 500 GB external hard drive up to a computer using the USB port, then can I daisy chain a firewire camcorder to the hard drive and use it with the computer? Or is that impossible?
I hate the fact that the Macbooks don't have firewire, other then the white one. or the Pros.
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Jul 23, 2009
I just got a new hard drive for my Black macbook 2,1 and no i need a good external hard drive to put my old hard drive. Do you guys have any recommendations, I'd like to get something that has firewire and usb.
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Jan 21, 2010
I googled it and it didn't help out as much. I have this Shure Mic and it has MIDI input and would like to have some kind of adapter to firewire. I know there is an USB adapter, but i would like to use firewire. It can be firewire 400 or 800. I like to record some songs for GarageBand.
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