Can I use this to adapt a 400 Wirefire cable to my new iMac that only has thunderbolt or usb plugs
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On the 2013 iMac you will need the thunderbolt to firewire adaptor as well as this adaptor to connect your firewire 400 device.
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I am sure that you can use it if you have the Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter. It works on the ThunderBolt port of your new iMac. I think the Apple brand is best, but there may be less expensive options. So the set-up would be ThunderBolt FireWire 800 adapter blogged into your iMac, this would be plugged into that and then you would have FireWire 400 adapter plugged in. Good luck.
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I think it should work, but I can't be a hundred percent sure because there are different usb ports now and I'm not sure which one your new imac may have.
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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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If your Mac has a port that matches either end of this cable, yes. If not, then no.
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I think it should. I have only used with Mac OSX Lion. It comes with power cord and firewire 400 cable. Apart from trs, xlr (this doesnt support rca)You don't need other cables unless you use firewire 800. If that is the case, buy a 400 to 800 firewire cable
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No, you cannot. You could use a Firewire drive with the Thunderbolt port of a MBP, but not the other way around. Sorry.
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Don't know about your MacBook but if it has either USB 2.0 or FireWire 400, it'll work.
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No you will need to use the thunderbolt to Firewire 800 adapter and then use a Firewire 400 to Firewire 800 adapter.
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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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This device is for firewire ports only. If you have other cables or other connectors you maybe able to connect to the Macbook Air. The Air only has USB or Thunderbolt ports. You would need an adapter that goes from Firewire to USB or Firewire to Thunderbolt. Put in those search terms to Amazon and you get a variety of connectors. Apple makes one specifically for this application. I hope this helps.
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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.
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I have not used it on a MacBook Air, but Apple makes a proprietary FireWire adapter for the Thunderbolt port. If you MacBook Air predates Thunderbolt, it may be hard because your hard drive is supposed to operate off of a threshold speed. If you have Thunderbolt, you will need to buy Apple's adapter, then this, and I would imagine you could hook it up pretty easily. If you MacBook Air predates Thunderbolt, I am not sure what you would do.
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Yes. Here's the thing about using the Apple branded Thunderbolt to FireWire adaptor. FireWire has an entirely different protocol than that of Thunderbolt. FireWire is a wonderful protocol to daisy chain with as it will allow 62 devices, whereas Thunderbolt will only allow FIVE devices to be daisy chained! So this can severely restrict your use of your FireWire daisy chain. For simple migration of one Mac to another there should not be any problems provided you disconnect everything FireWire from you Mac during the transfer. If you must have FireWire devices in use during the migration, only plug in what you must. I just broke my large FireWire daisy chain in two so that I can use some of my many Terabytes of files with the new Mac. It has been a real hassle and Apple has done a TERRIBLE job informing the public about the problems of going from FireWire to Thunderbolt. Does this answer your question? Robert
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You'd have to check with Apple - I suppose there is a transcoding device or a different type of firewire cable you might not be familiar with. I'd check with the "genius" bar.
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Yes for the Fire Wire, but if attempting to use on a new Apple device with Thunderbolt 2 you will need to purchase the Fire Wire Adapter from Apple.
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Although the device only has two thunderbolt connection. You can find adaptors that allow, USB 3, Firewire, Ethernet.
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No! Firewire technology is entirly diffeernect. If you do not have a thunderbolt port on your computer firewire will not work
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if you have a Thunderbol Port Compatible on your iMac it will work...the small end is what plugs into the computer.it works really well...we have used it several times....