Is it bus-powered by Firewire 800 or only USB3? Would Firewire 800 bus-power work if used with Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter?
183358
It is bus powered using the FireWire 800 to Thunderbolt. It's very fast and flawless. I use it with my 2012 Mac Mini. The company was bought late last year so I would buy one now !
183359
This is bus powered by Firewire or USB 3.0 and even USB 2.0. I've never had a power adapter for it. I have not tried a TB adapter but before you buy such an adapter it's description may indicate whether power will go through.
2044804
The only problems that people have had with the apple adapter is with bus powered firewire 400 & 800 devices, due to the fact that thunderbolt supplies something like 7 watts while firewire can be in the 20-45 watt range depending on the hosting device. But since this drive is powered off of a external source you will not have that issue. you should have no problem running this drive from a thunderbolt adapter.
550602
Probably not. FireWire is either 400 or 800 Kbps, and both thunderbolt and USB 3 are faster.
1522558
What firewire port do you have on your Mac Mini? If it is the new format then yes, if not then no.
1304280
I'm not really sure but the USB and firewire connection works just fine for me.
1785746
The page says "Macally 2.5-Inch SATA to Firewire 800 and USB3.0 SuperSpeed Hard Disk Drive Enclosure." Thunderbolt is a completely different protocol than Firewire or USB3, however, most Thunderbolt hubs do have USB3 ports, which work at very high speeds even on older Thunderbolt Macs that have only USB2 ports. However, from my experience with Thunderbolt hubs, one cannot boot through those USB3 ports, as the Mac doesn't seem to recognize OS's through the hub.
1132280
No. You'd need a Thunderbolt-to-firewire adapter, which Apple sells, in addition to a firewire cable such as this one. And I don't think any MacBooks used the mini Firewire connector, only the larger FW400 and the newer FW800 connectors. So this cable wouldn't help you at all.
967237
It has both a firewire and USB and comes with both cables in the box. I use the USB 2 on my iMac 27". Have had zero issues with the drive. Buy with confidence.
1707711
I used one of these enclosures today ( an older generation ide version) The drive drew too much power from the single usb cable, so it needed a usb power cable as well. (Standard usb on one end goes in computer, the other end is a power tip.) I thought they were generic. I had it from another old enclosure. (Drives used to take more power so often came with more power cables), generally if they require over 500mA (look on the drive), it can't be powered by 1 usb port alone, I believe. Not sure on firewire, I think it can handle more power.
1197175
Sorry, but I don't think this mobo supports firewire. You might have to get some sort of converter from usb to firewire. Just search in Amazon: usb to firewire if you need it. You can go to the Gigabyte website to look at the specs: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4144#sp. I didn't see it in there. BTW, I think firewire only supports up to 800Mbps. USB 2.0 is up to 480Mbps. This mobo has USB3.0 that is 10x faster than USB2.0. I recommend buying USB products in the future so that you have more flexibility. The Lightning port (Apple's Lightning Bolt) supports 10Mbps, the new Lightning 2.0 supports 20Mbps. I don't know of many products supporting that the Lightning port so I think USB is the way to go. Otherwise, you need to buy adapters. Sorry for the late response. Goodluck
2001096
Your Mac mini should have 4 USB3 ports and 1 800 FireWire port. For USB, the answer should be yes, 2 ports on the Mac mini (1 used for each hub). For FireWire, you will need adapters. The FireWire port is 400 (6 pin) on the hubs and 800 (9 pin) on the Mac mini, so 1 800 to 600 (9 to 6 pin) adapter will allow FireWire to work on one (1) of the hubs. You will also need a thunderbolt to FireWire 400 (6 pin) adapter for the second hub's FireWire ports to work as well. Caution, not sure if thunderbolt to FireWire adapters pass power to the hub, so FireWire devices will most likely need their own power source.
2098860
Working on my mac mini perfectly. USB3.0 and OSX Mavericks. I have not used the firewire port but I assume it will work well.
1800291
USB 3.0 is much faster the firewire. USB 3.0 is 5Gbps/sec. FW800 is 800Mbps. USB 3.0 is not faster than Thunderbolt. However the Thunderbolt link does not speed up the USB 3.0 transfer. Read the link below to get more info on this. The dock works great! I have transferred high volumes of data between a USB 3.0 drive and the computer through the Belkin in a very short time! I really like my Belkin Thunderbolt Express dock! Checkout http://www.everythingusb.com/comparison.html
199587
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.
407653
I purchased this product because I have a MacBook with a firewire so I was thinking to use it because firewire is faster than usb but did not work I did a review and said do not buy it
322466
No, this won't work for you. It does not allow USB to FireWire. They are separate hubs in this device.
1574842
It has a FireWire 400 out, I had to get a FireWire 400 to 800 adapter to be able to hook it up to my imac.