Nov 1, 2012 ive got an old sony camcorder with a bunch of tapes that i want to digitize when i get my new imac next month. Bizlander firewire high speed premium dv to firewire cable 800 94b 800400 ieee 9 pin male to 4 pin male cable 6ft for mac pro, macbook pro, mac mini, imac pc,digital cameras, slr. Questions about apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter apple. The term firewire cable is actually a brand name that was coined by apple for the ieee 94 data communications interface. Best way to connect 4pin firewire 400 camcorder to new imac. Digital optical audio cabl e toslin k ca ble 24k goldplated, ultradurable mini displayport to displayp ort cable, 6. The key difference between usbc and thunderbolt 3 is that they use different languages to send information from one device to another. Firewire is a data interchange protocol that is more advanced than usb. What is the difference between firewire and thunderbolt. There are future versions such as firewire 1600 and 3200 that can support much faster speeds. There are two types in firewire as firewire 400 ieee 94a and firewire 800 ieee 94b.
Find cables, charging docks and battery cases for mac. Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer, giving you a firewire 800 port that supplies up to 7w for buspowered peripherals like hard drives and audio devices. The older standard, firewire 400, is a flatter connector with one rounded side, and the faster 800 version resembles a fat usb connector. This video shows various types of mx firewire cables.
Product title firewire cable ieee94 4pin4pin 400mbps. Best way to connect 4pin firewire 400 camcorder to new. Although firewire has all but disappeared, thunderbolt can offer the same functionality for modern macs with thunderbolt target disk mode and thunderbolt networking. Easily connect your thunderboltequipped mac to a firewire device with the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter. The current retina macbook pros and mac mini have a dedicated hdmi port which you can connect a standard hdmi cable to, displaying your mac on your hdtv. I dont know too much about fw can i plug a fw 400 device into either port, or do i have to use a device specific to the port e. Information about these and other types of mac ports is available in the specifications for your mac. Highspeed data transfers between macs with thunderbolt. Whats the difference between usbc and thunderbolt 3. Worried your older firewire peripherals wont work with the new mac minis firewire 800 port. Trying to capture digital video from sony handycam to. I did a web search and could find nothing about this causing any over heating problems but maybe rab and nick know something i dont. My mac only has usb and some other smaller ports on it. Apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter the thunderbolt to firewire adapter simply brings a firewire 800 port into a thunderbolt mac.
Along with usb, firewire also called ieee 94 is another popular connector for adding peripherals to your computer. The cables have wide applications and can reach data transfer speeds of up to 900mbps. The naming scheme is accurate though, as it represents the actual speed of the cable. We also provide refurbished macs, external storage, docks, accessories, and more. Ieee 94 is an interface standard for a serial bus for highspeed communications and isochronous realtime data transfer. The only ports i see on my laptop are usb, lightening, and hdmi. In this video i show the few options you have to how to connect older firewire 400800 devices to a new mac which only has thunderbolt 3usbc ports.
Upgrade the ram and storage of nearly any apple computer at. Thunderbolt 3 usbc to thunderbolt 2 adapter next gallery image. Firewire 800 is available on the nonretina macbook pro, mac mini and mac pro. The manual says the elura 100 has 4pin connector ieee 94 compliant so you probably need a firewire 4pin to 9pin firewire 800 cable to connect it to the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter or any firewire 800 port of a thunderbolt dock. Choose apple menu about this mac, click support, then. How to connect firewire devices into new macs with. Thunderbolt 3usbc adapters, cables, and hubs for new. The mac mini early 2009 your model has no means of being upgraded nor can you get a firewire to usb3 adapter, i am afraid you are stuck with the builtin usb 2.
Back when firewire was standard on the mac, it supported a number of features that made it possible to directly connect macs to one another and transfer data at high speeds. Firewire had such promise, and apple even made a firewire 800tothunderbolt adapter for the most recent macs. What is a firewire cable, and do you really need it. Cable builders ieee 94b firewire 800 400 cable 9 pin to 4 pin ieee94 94 length 6ft for pc mac dv 6 foot 6 feet black friday november cyber monday. Usb 3, pcie cable, and firewire daniel knight 2012. Also, the specification for ieee94 does allow for firewire to be transmitted over ethernet, but it doesnt allow for an ethernet adapter to be used as a fw interface in other words, you can do it one way, but not the other.
The my book tested on the mac pro showed the firewire 800 connection to be 48 percent faster than usb at copying the file to the external drive, 54 percent. Thunderbolt to gigabit ethernet adapter and thunderbolt to firewire. Firewire, apples name for the ieee94 serial bus standard, is a general purpose interface that predates usb and can be used to connect multiple devices to a computer or to. I assumed that a firewire cable connecting the two would result in a much much faster transfer than with an ethernet cable and went to the apple store ready to buy. In general, firewire devices support a higher bandwidth than usb 2. How to use fire wire cables for data transfer five now. However the salesman there informed me that for such a onetime transfer of data in excess of 100 gb the time it took wouldnt be that much faster than if i used an ethernet cable. Below are some of the common pros and cons for using a device with firewire. Bizlande r firewire high speed premium dv to f irewire cable 800 94b 800400. How to connect firewire devices into new mac s with thunderbolt 3usbc duration. Firewire cables are highspeed interfaces that are used to transfer data. The ability to boot a mac from firewire is most useful when youre experiencing problems with your mac and need to run system diagnostics, or simply access the system but cannot do so through the computer.
Im intending to buy a firewire cable to xfer some files from my g5 to the macbook and was wondering what type of cable i need. Sd card use the sd card slot with sd, sdhc, sdxc, mmc, and uhsii media cards, such as those used by digital cameras. They are used with devices like computers, dvd players, minidv camcorders, and some televisions. The pros and cons of firewire vs usb firewire has long been a standard for both audio and video interfacing. Firewire 800 provides a data transfer rate up to 800mbps, and it is a 9 pin connector. Firewire 400 vs firewire 800 i believe the new imac has both a fw 400 and fw 800 port. It was developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s by apple, which called it firewire, in cooperation with a number of companies, primarily sony and panasonic. How to use fire wire cables for data transfer youtube. Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer, giving you a firewire 800 port that supplies up to 7w for buspowered peripherals like. If youre not sure which port to use with your external display, hard drive, camera, printer, iphone, ipad, or other device, the port shapes and symbols in this guide should help. With this adapter the tcnt2 will be able to test usb and firewire cables also, but no more. Firewire 400 provides a data transfer rate up to 400 mbps, and it is a 6 pin connector.
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