Does it come with teh FireWire cable or do I have to purchase separately? I have an older iMac from 2006 and I see that it does have FireWire ports.
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my book studio does but i do not know if my book studio 2 does. answer here...
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Mine came with a FW800 cable... Looking at the picture of the product on Newegg it appears as though that is still the case.
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It comes with a short (5-foot) FireWire 800 cable a USB cable and some that I've purchased come with a FireWire 400 to 800 converter dongle.
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It comes with a Firewire 800 cable. I'm pretty sure that a 2006 iMac doesn't have a Firewire 800 port, so you'd probably have to purchase a standard Firewire cable.
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I recall it coming with a couple of different cables, FireWire cable was one of them. Hope this helps.
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I'm sorry. I didn't see this question until just now. I am not sure. Is the firewire on the 2008 iMac the old type that was kind of a hexagon shape? If so, then no, this hard drive does not have that type of firewire port on it. If it is the newer type it won't work. But it should still work through USB, but just may be slower at the data transfer. Hope this is helpful.
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I use a FireWire cable to operate some digital equipment I own. My MacBook Pro doesn't have a FireWire output so I used the adapter to insert into my thunderbolt port which enabled me to attach my FireWire cable.
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Thunderbolt is the fastest and best option to go with. Firewire is half the speed of it. So if your mac has thunderbolt use it. But make sure your mac has it before buying it.
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Its a very nice mbox however it doesn't carry usb allocation. You will need a firewire port to your mac.
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It comes by default with a USB cable. There may be compatibility/driver issues with mac or thunderbolt cables. It would be best to just free up a USB port.
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It's USb only. It says to use double connectors, but I use it with only a single connector with my iMac; and it works fine. Using the double connector might make it a little faster, but this is fine for me.
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YES... I use my firewire connections frequently, and buy drives with two inputs so I can serial connect. Also gives flexibility to one more port option. I use a mac mini, and all USB ports are full - so this gives another option...
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Awesome thanks, cuz I recently ordered some RAM and I got one that isn't compatible with the iMac. Thanks again
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What firewire port do you have on your Mac Mini? If it is the new format then yes, if not then no.
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This depends on what MacPro you have. Mine did not have thunderbolt ports, but a new radeon graphics card did have 2 thunderbolt ports. I think firewire 800 is the fastest cable for your MacPro.
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That's also what Apple said about USB 2.0, not compatible with USB 1.1. Apple was wrong. I have four Apple computers; two are on my desk right now. One uses 1.1 USB and the other uses 2.0 USB. I can use any USB accessories on either computer with no problem. All of my computers have Firewire, but 400. In your shoes, I would buy the 400 drive and if it didn't work, return it. Most things are backwards-compatible, you just won't be able to take advantage of the speed boost.
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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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If you have the new iMac (late 2012), you have USB 3.0 ports on it. You can hook up this HUB to your iMac, but you need the external power as well.
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Yes you would need to purchase the firewire to thunderbolt cable. This adapter is Firewire 400 to 800. I know the adapter I have for my MBP with Retina it is Thunderbolt to Firewire 800.
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You can use firewire or USB. In reality, I no longer use the FW connection with my MacBook Pro. I use one of it's USB ports.
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Hi there. No, there is no firewire or other port. There is just the one USB.