Mac Firewire

plastikman

Hello


can anyone help me, i am trying to boot into an old imac using my new ibook i know it can be done by connecting them with a firewire cable. i want to buy this cable but dont know which one or where to buy it. could someone let me know


sound

Ham'nd'egger

plastikman wrote:

Hello


can anyone help me, i am trying to boot into an old imac using my new ibook i know it can be done by connecting them with a firewire cable. i want to buy this cable but dont know which one or where to buy it. could someone let me know


sound

Maplins or any generic PC supply shop have them in stock. Given that you mention an old iMac and an iBook, you will be asking for a Firewire 400 Cable; it should be about a tenner.

ZENER

You'll need one of these.

Start the iMac while holding down the T key until you see a firewire logo on the screen. Then connect it via the firewire cable to the iBook and it should appear like an external Firewire hard drive on the Finder.

Good luck !

ZEN

plastikman

thanks guys

triple h

I can't wait until i have to use the firewire connection on my imac someday. Since i am nearly a year using mac i still feel new for not using it yet and/ or sometimes i feel like an idiot not knowing what it is for ( fully). Is it mainly for high speed downloads ? & do many of you guys use it most days and for what do you use it for ?

Question -- If one was backing up a lot of files ( like itunes and iphoto, which i have not done yet and it is getting bigger and bigger) would a firewire cable be better and quicker ? --- Or --- am i just lost and don't know what the hell i am talking about and in that case the best advise i can give about firewire ( to save face) is the next time you are in a nightclub ( if that is your scene) is to ask the dj for this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTqiYf0Whl8 ( it is awesome in a night club, not so good in day light) --- sorry about the rant, cant help myself

ZENER

Unless you have a 1Gb network switch connecting your macs then they operate at 100Mb - fine for most things granted.

But when you need to transfer a lot of files quicker then simply connecting your macs together with a firewire cable allows you to use the connections as a local area network. Check out the network section in system preferences. You assign the ports IP addresses just like the ethernet ports.

Firewire is a full duplex system - it can send and receive simultaneously - so its quicker than USB 2 for sustained transfer. Therefore firewire external drives are more desirable than USB. In Target Disk mode - afaik - the donor Mac simply enables a firewire disk connection as opposed to network connection. This can be very useful for:

Getting files from an iMac or eMac when the display is dead.
Installing MacOS X from DVD to a Mac that doesn't have a DVD drive - very useful !
Simply transferring files from an old Mac to a new Mac.

Heh heh . . . you're a virgin

ZEN

triple h

ZENER wrote:

Heh heh . . . you're a virgin

ZEN

so i am not an idiot, a brand new mac person, a tit, a twat or a clown, i am just a virgin, hmm, well that's a relief. phew.....

440Hz

*watches tumbleweed blow past*

babypink

FireWire FTW!!!

yeah i run a FW daisy-chain off my PB......external HD's & DVD-DL drive. So nice!!!