If I use this to connect a ThunderBolt 2 Mac to an external FireWire HDD, will that FW HDD be able to boot the Mac like it used to FW to FW?
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Yes, it should (I have booted from mine many times). Unless you use a bus-powered drive, or a portable RAID, which is especially power-hungry, then this adapter might supply insufficient power. Most portable drives are reasonable and work.
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Hello, this cable worked perfect. I needed to transfer information between my Mac's, I was using a FireWire 400 to 800, but I needed this adapter to go from FireWire 800 to thunderbolt. this works perfectly.
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I don't know that you can find a firewire to Thunderbolt adapter going from new tech drive to old tech computer.. as said already.. it normally goes the other way around.
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Yup it works fine. FW800 on Mac Mini to FW400 external drive. You do need the 9 to 6 pin cable (and I thought I had 1 of every cable)
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Not sure, but mine was purchased before Thunderbolt was available, and would have HAD to go in another input. Probably not Firewire either. Mini VGA?
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this hard drive allows you to do it. i have daisy chained it to a lacie external drive. it is easy to do. the wd comes with 2 firewire cords and 2 ports. the first cord goes into one of the wd's ports and then into your laptop's firewire port. the second one goes from the second firewire port in the wd into the firewire port of your other drive. then they both will show up on your desktop. to eject them, just drag both icons to the trash and unplug. i always remove them before i start my powerbook. soometimes the powerbook gets confused and doesn't know which hard drive to recognize for start up. easier to plug them in after i have booted up my mac. hope this helps.
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No, Thunderbolt is all together different. Your old Macbook likely supports firewire 400 which again is different. The cable does not support firewire 400 or thunderbolt however, =there are adapters and likely cables available that support the conversion.
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This adapter is only for a firewire port, either 400 or 800. It doesn't appear that the MacBook Pro with retina display has a firewire port. You will need to purchase the Thunderbolt to firewire adapter first, then depending on if you have a cable that is firewire 400 or firewire 800 you may need the adapter. I would purchase the Thunderbolt to Firewire dongle first, then try your firewire cable. If it doesn't fit, then purchase the Firewire 400 to Firewire 800. Apple has the Thunderbolt to Firewire dongle, I just bought one myself. It is about $30.00.
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I don't think so because if you use thunderbolt on Mac; the drive get very hot and automatically reject itself. But USB 3.0 will be fine and the drive is speed nearly the same for both USB 3.0 and thunderbolt.
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I haven't done so, but if U could transfer files between 2 macs that have FireWire 800, then it should work. If you're not sure, I'd check some of the Mac forums.
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Yes, this drive will work with a Mac that does not have a FireWire port if you use Apple's Thunderbolt-to-FireWire adapter.
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Yes, at least mine were using Firewire. This one also has Firewire and a USB 3.0 port, while earlier models do not. That worked out great for connecting USB 3.0 to a new 5k iMac, which is faster than FW anyway; but my older ones cannot as the 5k iMac has no Firewire port.
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Not enough info from you. What kind of cord is needed, firewire, usb or thunderbolt. I bought the thunderbolt for my new iMac which no longer has firewire.
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The only thing you need to know is that Thunderbolt was based off of the miniDisplayPort. Both cables work for monitors or any high-resolution displays, but Thunderbolt has an added use. It can now transfer high-performance data. It is faster than USB 2, Firewire, and USB 3. The ports look the same, but this cable is only Displayport. It works in both ports but does not transfer data. Hope this helps!
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Thunderbolt is the newer Apple/Mac standard, and is supposed to be faster. Fewer Thunderbolt-ready devices available though. I have the firewire version of the HD, and it is a huge speed increase over USB.
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It depends if you have a firewire on your macbook pro, so it depends the laptop
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I have used it on both Mac and PC and have daisy chained it with other drives on FireWire. It will do everything you are asking about here.