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Re: Thunderbolt<->Firewire Adapter Issues

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On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 12:05:14 PM UTC-4, Fred Moore wrote:
> There have been quite a few reports of problems with Firewire drives 
> connected to Macs with the TB-FW dongle. Here is part of one posted 
> today on Macintouch by Samuel Herschbein 
> <http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/macbookpro/index.html#d29oct2013
> >:
> 
> "...Since my MacBook has no FireWire or Ethernet, I use Apple's 
> Thunderbolt adapters. Both adapters have problems being recognized. The 
> Ethernet usually works, but the FireWire usually requires either 
> multiple unplugging and plugging or a restart. I've tried various 
> sequences of connecting the FireWire adapter to the Mac, the drive to 
> the adapter, and powering the drive on. When the drive is unrecognized, 
> checking System Information doesn't show any FireWire devices 
> connected...."
> 
> This could be a major concern for those of us with large arrays of FW 
> peripherals. Might be a persuasive reason to choose a Mini, which has a 
> real FW port, over an iMac. Does anyone here have experience or insight 
> with this problem?

The new mac mini does not have a fire wire port.  I bought an adapter for my G-Drive external hard drives, firewire and could not get it to work, only a constant dink dink dink.  I added the power cord and it started right up.  So now I can view my G Drive and down load images with Lightroom/

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