Activity monitor confirmed a read speed of over 90 mb per second, and a write speed of over 80 mbs. Response from, call center october 23, 2017 the mercury elite pro is designed for a single hard drive, and. I realize that it used to be impossible to manufacture a usb to firewire converter, simply because of the speed difference usb 2. Iomega seagate 3tb usb2 firewire 800 fw800 pc mac backup. Questions about apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter apple. Dual sata hard drive docking station direct high speed sata port on docking station to esata port on notebook or desktop pc connects two sata ports on docking station to two esata ports on computer. Expro connectpro firewire 400 to 800 adapter 9 pin female fw800 to 4 pin male connector price. Caldigit was the first to release theirs with os x drivers. Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer, giving you a firewire 800 port that supplies up to 7w for buspowered peripherals like hard drives and audio devices. Details about gtechnology graid 6tb usb fw800 raid1 esata hard disk drive storage mac backup.
Bus powered using firewire or usb, or powered using ac adapter included. The second photo shows the other end of that fw800 cable, and the two new apple adapters lined up next to it. This drive combines the cuttingedge interfaces superspeed usb 3. Sonnets firewire 400 to 800 adapter makes it easy to connect your firewire 400 94a peripherals to any mac or pc computer with firewire 800 94b ports, without the trouble of purchasing yet another cable. Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer, giving you a firewire 800 port. If you need to upgrade your desktop or notebook computer, there are plenty of adapter cards that offer one or more usb 3. Solved looking to upgrade a power mac g4 with usb 3. Also, check out creative cow s premiere pro podcast. Firewire 80094b to firewire 40094b connector adapter.
The owc thunderbolt 2 dock is the unmatched expansion platform for your thunderboltequipped mac, with exceptional connectivity, and dependable performance. Is there any such thing as a firewire 800 to usb 3. It is not compatible with the 12v seagate constellation. Not all users needed these interfaces on the laptop, but for those who do, apple made the cost as reasonable as possible. Allegro fw800 easily adds 3 firewire portstwo firewire 800 and one firewire 400 to your mac or pc. Heres what you need to be able to use the gear you already have. Original acer adp5kb t uk adapter charger 5w 1 comment. Plug the device directly into your mac instead of a usb hub or other device, and if necessary test with a different usb port on your mac or device. The slow trickle of new thunderbolt products continues. Last week i bought a brand new imac and only today i realized that apple is not selling any thunderbolt 3 to fw800 adapter.
But if you stumbled across this page looking for something for your ipad pro or nintendo switch, or if you want to plug in two pair of headphones into your macbook pro, this is the adapter youll want. Firewire 400 to thunderbolt 3 usbc on apple computers. Converting firewire to usb 3 is it theoretically possible. The manual says the elura 100 has 4pin connector ieee 94 compliant so you probably need a firewire 4pin to 9pin firewire 800 cable to connect it to the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter or any firewire 800 port of a thunderbolt dock. How to connect an iphone, display, hard drive, and more to a macbook pro or macbook air make room in your laptop bag. Imagine a situation when you have a mid2010 imac with a firewire 800 along with usb 2. Product title elago firewire 400 to 800 adapter for mac. Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt also works with thunderbolt 2, but will be limited to thunderbolt speeds port on your mac computer, giving you a firewire 800 port that supplies up to 7w for buspowered peripherals like hard drives and audio devices. Seagate starts selling goflex portable thunderbolt adapter. So, using an apple t3t2 adapter you could connect the areca t3 raid to an older mac mini or macbook airmacbook pro with a t2t2 cable.
Hard driver connecting options usb3 vs esata vs fw800. Iomega 2tb usb2 firewire 800 fw800 pc mac backup storage external hard drive hd. Our only concern was that it only worked with caldigit usb 3. Solid aluminum housing provides excellent protection and heat dissipation. Details about iomega 2tb usb2 firewire 800 fw800 pc mac backup storage external hard drive hd. However, the report also notes that the imminent release of usb 3. Mac recognized the tb2 to fw800 cable but nothing past it. Use your existing firewire 400 devices with the latest mac mini, imac, and macbook pro 17 models, which only come equipped with firewire 800 and usb 2. Thunderbolt 3 usb c to thunderbolt 2 adapter next gallery image. Seagate backup 1tb external portable hard drive usb 3. Jan 08, 2020 you dont really need a usb c headphone adapter for any macbook at least not yet. Easily connect your thunderboltequipped mac to a firewire device with the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter.
Original apple powerbook g4 1ghz fw800 m8980lla uk adapter charger 65w. It appears that writing to this drive via thunderbolt or usb 3 is equally efficient, and the usb 3 drive is slower than the thunderbolt drive only in its reading process. Provides a simple way to connect firewire 400 devices to the latest mac pro, macbook pro, mac mini, imac and all other computers with a firewire 800 port 9pin male fw800 to 6pin female fw400 connector adapter works with standard 6pin male fw400 cables. Original apple powerbook g4 1ghz fw800 m8980lla uk. This future computer will most likely be a current mac of some kind, so itll feature thunderbolt 3. Yes, i know they use completely different interfaces so it would need a controllerconverter chip like a sata to usb adapter. Welcome to the user manual for the rugged hard drive usb 3. But seagate sells an adapter that swaps out the drives usb 3. Usb3 to usb2 makes no sense, i get the slow usb2 speed. In other words, to get the best performance, make sure that the usb port on your mac and the usb cable to your device meet or exceed the usb specification of the device.
I have a tb port on an early 2011 macbook pro, and id like to connect a usb3 drive to it to get higher transfer speeds than connecting to the mbpros usb2 ports. Includes intech hard disk speedtools, prosoft data backup 3, and novastor novabackup for windows. Users with newer mac with fw800 get fw800 to fw800 cable. Such adapters adapt the connection ends not the actual data transfer protocol. Anyone recommend a good usb3 adapter for a mac pro tower. Formatted and fully tested to use on a pcwindows or mac and ready to use. Aug 17, 2012 here we take a look at 3 of the mainstream computer interfaces usb 2. While fw800 and thunderbolt have been pretty rock solid in our testing, usb3 is not really ready for prime time. Apple first introduced the usbc port in the 12inch macbook in 2015. Im on a mid 2010 macbook pro, which has usb2 and fw800 ports. Jan 07, 2015 the best solution is probably to invest in a new mac to replace this one, but thats going to be in a long time, id rather just wait longer for file transfers.
Belkin usbc to hdmi adapter previous gallery image. How to connect firewire devices into new macs with thunderbolt 3. I have several firewire 800 hard disks full of datavideoimages i need for work. In reply to noirdesir oct 4, 2017 im looking for the reverse. Used this and an esata cable to connect the esata port of an external raid enclosure usb2,fw800esata to the usb3 port on my mac mini2012. Usb c hub hdmi adapter,qgeem 7 in 1 type c hub to hdmi 4k,3 usb 3.
I need to add usb3 to my mac pro for attaching my ssd docking station to download footage from my bmcc. Turn your thunderbolt port into a firewire 800 port up to 7w of power for buspowered devices for thunderboltequipped mac computers with os x v10. As far as the majority of modern external hard drives possess usb 3. That way, i can transfer from my mac quickly to my intelbased desktop even quicker. Blackmagic forum view topic usb3 adapter for mac pro. Because these are larger drives i have in continuous use, i bought the firewire adapters, and they nearly doubled the transfer speed to these drives.
I couldnt believe it, and i hope there is a solution otherwise i will switch away from apple forever. Usb3 vs esata vs fw800 creative cow s user support and discussion forum for users of adobe premiere pro. Aug 20, 2012 with a seagate goflex for mac ultraportable external 5400rpm drive inserted into a seagate goflex adapter sled and connected with a thunderbolt cable, the transfer took 7. Sonnet allegro firewire 800 pcie tested against onboard firewire 800 port and an older firewire 800 adapter card, using 4gb transfers between a quad 2. Goal is to find a fw800 usb 3 converter click to expand. Conclusion if you have a treasured firewire interface, it may be time to sell it off for what you can and replace it. Apple fw800 to thunderbolt 2 adapter cable this cable, and apple tb2 to tb3 adapter cable. Mac ipad iphone apple watch tv music itunes homepod. I use a current mbp which has usb3 way faster than fw800.
Convert your thunderbolt port into a firewire 800 port with the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter. In very good cosmetic condition and perfect working condition. That is why some of them wonder if an adapter that would match firewire 800 port with a usb 3. Toptekits firewire ieee 94 6 pin male to usb a male convertor jack mm adapter by toptekits. It is such a simple and useful thing, i wouldnt believe it if they didnt exist. Just guessing here, but i suspect that the apple thunderboltto fw800 and the thunderbolttoethernet adapters are being sold at a loss by apple to compensate users for deleting those interfaces from the current thin laptop computers. Thunderbolt 3 usb c to thunderbolt 2 adapter previous gallery image. It connects to the mac and gives you a firewire 800 port with 7 watts to. Simply plug the card into an available pci or pcix slot and instantly get access to firewire speeds. In the event that the usb bus on your computer does not provide the necessary power to operate your mobile lacie hard disk, you can connect a usby cable to the drive and to your computers usb 3.
Connect your thunderboltequipped mac to a firewire device with the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter. Gtechnology graid 6tb usb fw800 raid1 esata hard disk. Ill probably just get an external hdd that does both firewire and usb 3. For example, if you connect a usb 3 device to usb 2 port, your device is limited to usb 2 speeds, and it cant draw more power from the port than can be delivered over usb 2. We repeated the tests above with seagates faster 7200 rpm goflex pro for mac ultraportable drive. Connecting older fw800 g drive to new thunderbolt 3 imac g.
The observed 240 mbs performance is a 3x speed improvement over the fw800 connection and a 6x improvement over the usb3usb2 connection. Pcie computer cards ssdsata10 gigabit ethernetusb 3. Any brand firewire 400 to firewire 800 lead or adapter. Setup was flawless and drive started as advertised. Fully tested and comes with usb cable or firewire 400 or firewire 800 cable and power adapter. Jun 16, 2017 one shows my old gdrive with its fw800 output jack populated with my old adapter cable that came with the drive. Sonnets firewire 400to800 adapter makes it easy to connect your firewire 400 94a peripherals to any mac or pc computer with firewire 800 94b ports, without the trouble of purchasing yet another cable. Computer cards ssd, sata, 10 gigabit ethernet, usb 3.
Intech hd speedtools, prosoft data backup, and connecting cables included. Please excuse my newb ignorance in regards to this. Jun 19, 2012 flag as inappropriate how do i connect my fw800 devices to thunderbolt macbook pro. However, if there was an adapter that could allow me to connect all of my usb 3. We also provide refurbished macs, external storage, docks, accessories. Mercury elite pro usb3fw800esata enclosure owc mercury elite pro 0gb storage kit mac pc usb 3. Iomega 2tb usb2 firewire 800 fw800 pc mac backup storage. So if i use an adapter from fw800 to usb3 the bottleneck is the fw800 port, correct so i should at least get the fw800 speed. Sep 02, 2018 however we know fw800 is faster than usb2. Glyph studio raid sr4000 4tb external hard drive raid 0, 1 or jbod 7200rpm, usb 3, fw800 or esata 4. How do i connect my fw800 devices to thunderbolt macbook pro. Some devices need their own software, such as drivers or firmware.
Like a number of current windows computers, future macs are likely to include thunderbolt 3, which shares a usb c connector but is a superset of usb, just as thunderbolt 1 and 2 include support for all sorts of protocols, including firewire, usb, hdmi, esata and displayport. Connecting older fw800 g drive to new thunderbolt 3 imac. How to connect your usbc mac to older peripherals lifewire. Industry best oxford 944 fw800 and asmedia 1153e usb3 chipset. Firewire 800 ieee94b 2 port and 400 ieee94a 1 port to mini pcie controller card simpe30018. The t2 fw800 adapter is not reversible so you cannot use it to connect a fw800 host like an old macpro to a new t2 device. However, the apple t3t2 adapter is reversible a similar one from akitio is not. Is there an adapter i can get that will let me connect my old sony handycams firewire port to my new laptops usb 3.
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