Is there some kind of adapter I can get that will let me plug a USB 2.0 item into a Firewire slot on a Mac Powerbook G4? [more inside]
posted on Jul 8, 2008 - 12 answers

External hard showing "weird". Better known as, sharing an external/portable hard drive between osx and winxp. [more inside]
posted on Jun 23, 2008 - 9 answers

I have an external firewire hard disk sitting on top on a powered monitor speaker on my desk here. Is this a terrible idea? Will it shorten the life of the drive? What's a safe distance? [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2008 - 8 answers

Totally boring firewire question: I had to reinstall windows xp, and now the system won't see my camcorder. [more inside]
posted on Apr 18, 2008 - 4 answers

Can I display my screen output via firewire? It'd be nice if I could play, say, netflix on-demand movies just by hooking up a firewire cable between my pc and my "converter box". [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2008 - 7 answers

Can I put firewire on a laptop if I don't have a PCMIA slot? [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2008 - 7 answers

Daisy-chaining my iPod to my ext. Firewire drive -- I can't seem to get this to work. [more inside]
posted on Feb 20, 2008 - 6 answers

I'm trying to simplify my computer wiring situation, and could use some strategic advice. I have a bunch of devices, and 3 machines. How can 2 (or preferably all 3) machines share all the peripherals? My little KVM doesn't quite cut it. [more inside]
posted on Feb 8, 2008 - 13 answers

What kind of transfer speeds should I be expecting from my new external Firewire 800 drive? [more inside]
posted on Jan 29, 2008 - 10 answers

Is my ThinkPad laptop capable of video capture? [more inside]
posted on Jan 13, 2008 - 2 answers

Help me configure the ultimate Mac OSX backup solution! [more inside]
posted on Dec 20, 2007 - 4 answers

I have two IDE hard drives in my closet, and I need to get the info on them into a new external drive. What's the best way to do this? [more inside]
posted on Dec 4, 2007 - 4 answers

Will attaching an external Firewire drive to my G4 Mac Mini make a big difference to booting speeds and application loading times? [more inside]
posted on Nov 20, 2007 - 11 answers

How do I delete files on one Mac that I am connecting to via Firewire target disk mode? [more inside]
posted on Nov 9, 2007 - 6 answers

Leopard / Time Machine / External Drive Filter: Looking for a new 2.5" external. How big should it be if my internal is 120 gigs? Firewire or USB? [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2007 - 22 answers

Are there any particularly awesome external firewire hard drive enclosures that I should be aware about? [more inside]
posted on Oct 29, 2007 - 7 answers

I have an external hard drive that I'm unable write data to using the firewire connection. [more inside]
posted on Sep 15, 2007 - 5 answers

What can I do with 4 big IDE drives? [more inside]
posted on Sep 12, 2007 - 15 answers

Is there a firewire equivalent of a USB memory stick? [more inside]
posted on Aug 29, 2007 - 4 answers

PortFilter: What to do with open Firewire ports. [more inside]
posted on Aug 27, 2007 - 12 answers

Why can't my PC see my Camera? Works on the Mac. It's not the cable, the software, the computer, or the camera. I have a Canon HV20 HD video camera that only has a firewire output. Link to camera specs. When I take it to the computer lab and connect it to the Macs there, it works perfectly. However, my desktop PC does not recognize it. [more inside]
posted on Aug 23, 2007 - 3 answers

I see that Microsoft has quietly dropped IP networking over Firewire/1394 from Windows Vista. Is there any possible way to enable it, using third-party drivers or software?
posted on Aug 4, 2007 - 3 answers

How can I get my Western Digital MyBook drive to show up when connecting with firewire? I've connected with USB 2.0 to my WinXP machine and installed the firewire drivers that came on the hard drive. Rebooted, then plugged in the drive with firewire. Can't get Windows to recognize the drive. I've also installed the firewire drivers on the Western Digital site. Still no luck. Any suggestions?
posted on Aug 1, 2007 - 4 answers

How can I set up a direct connection between my older pc that has windows xp and my new macbook pro? [more inside]
posted on Jul 21, 2007 - 14 answers

My external drive has gone pfft. Now what? [more inside]
posted on Jun 29, 2007 - 2 answers

My camcorder uses firewire, no USB port. My computer has USB slots, but no firewire. Best solution?
posted on Jun 1, 2007 - 10 answers

Can I use an older PC with several drives and a firewire card as a standalone backup device? [more inside]
posted on May 27, 2007 - 6 answers

Is there such thing as an all-in-one external enclosure that would house Hard Drives AND Optical Drives, and have USB and Firewire Hubs? [more inside]
posted on May 24, 2007 - 6 answers

How can I watch video saved on my iMac's external firewire HDD through an airport express on my MacBook? [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2007 - 8 answers

Audiophile-ter: I recently purchased a 20" dual core iMac. My EVENT TR6 monitors sit very close to the computer, input through a Firewire interface. I get noisy static from the Right speaker when the iMac is "thinking". What causes this, and how to remedy? [more inside]
posted on Mar 7, 2007 - 5 answers

What's the best option for external Mac Fire Wire Drives? [more inside]
posted on Mar 3, 2007 - 13 answers

How can I use my Macbook as an external hard drive? [more inside]
posted on Oct 10, 2006 - 2 answers

Please help me with a Hard Drive "Tower of Hanoi" puzzle. [more inside]
posted on Sep 25, 2006 - 6 answers

Lately, my iBook G4 (I use Toast Titanium, 6 and 7) has trouble recognizing my external FireWire hard drive. Today, the external DVD burner (USB) has disappeared -- the iBook just doesn't recognize it anymore. Is my logic board f*cked, again? And if it is, does it make economic sense to fix it on such an old machine, or should I just upgrade? Thanks.
posted on Sep 18, 2006 - 5 answers

OK, let's say I'd like to download this thing, but it's a 56 GB thing (well, it's a bunch of things, let's say, for educational purposes only, .par and .rar files). My hard disk is only 30 GB (about 11 GB of currently free space). But: I have a 250GB external drive (firewire) that I sometimes use to store stuff. Can I download the big file (it'll take, I guess, an entire day) straight on the external drive? Or is my Mac (G4) going to blow up for some reason? thanks!!!
posted on Sep 6, 2006 - 23 answers

Is there a way to get a PowerPC Mac to boot off of an external USB hard drive? [more inside]
posted on Sep 5, 2006 - 7 answers

I'm having trouble connecting my iPod to my PC and to an external speaker system. [more inside]
posted on Aug 6, 2006 - 10 answers

Data recovery in target disk mode: what are the pitfalls? [more inside]
posted on Jul 30, 2006 - 8 answers

Hello, Hive Mind. I'm about to buy a Mac Mini for my space-cramped office. However, I want to be able to use my two old IDE drives. So, what kind of enclosure should I buy? Are they all essentially the same? Should I go for USB or Firewire?
posted on Jul 30, 2006 - 15 answers

I have an external firewire CD burner that I want to repurpose as an external firewire hard drive. [more inside]
posted on Jul 19, 2006 - 9 answers

I have a gray g4 running os 9, a g4 ibook running tiger, a firewire cable, a DVD copy of the tiger installation, and a burning desire to get tiger onto the (DVD drive-lacking) desktop. What are my options? [more inside]
posted on Jul 8, 2006 - 10 answers

USB/Firewire External Harddrives - how can I get simultaneous access from 2 computers? [more inside]
posted on Jun 25, 2006 - 16 answers

On a Mac G4 system, OSX Tiger, how do I stop my external firewire drives from going to sleep whenever I step away from the machine for more than a 5 minutes? [more inside]
posted on Jun 9, 2006 - 5 answers

Why does my PowerBook G4 take so long to recognize my 60g iPod? [more inside]
posted on May 17, 2006 - 3 answers

I'm looking to set up a small recording studio for use in an educational setting. I'm leaning towards a firewire interface into a PC. I have mics/mixers/monitors/everything I need except for a way to get the audio into the PC. [more inside]
posted on Apr 28, 2006 - 10 answers

Using work apps at home under OS X. How do I make an image of my work hard drive on an external Firewire hard drive, bring it home, boot up my Mac from it, and use the apps to do print production work? [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2006 - 2 answers

OSX help: how do I get around access privilege problems using target mode? [more inside]
posted on Mar 12, 2006 - 3 answers

can someone recommend an app for recording video on a mac from dv input, but in a format more compact than dv? [more inside]
posted on Mar 3, 2006 - 2 answers

I need to tighten the connection my mini-firewire cable makes in the jack to stop it from falling out. Unobtrusive suggestions favored; at least one duct tape-based solution expected. [more inside]
posted on Feb 16, 2006 - 6 answers

Mystery cable claims to connect USB and firewire. What does it really do? [more inside]
posted on Jan 30, 2006 - 14 answers