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from FW 400 -> 800 you could use an adaptor, but for Thunderbolt you're out of luck completely No you aren't: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Thunderbolt-to-
by jawngee 11y ago
from FW 400 -> 800 you could use an adaptor,
but for Thunderbolt you're out of luck completely
No you aren't:
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Thunderbolt-to-FireWire-Adapter/dp/B008RXYOKY http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Thunderbolt-to-FireWire-Adapter/...
- mikeash 11y agoThat only works in one direction. You can use it to connect FireWire devices to a computer with Thunderbolt, but you can't use it to connect Thunderbolt devices to a computer with FireWire. Contrast with USB. I can go out and buy a USB storage device brand new off the shelf in 2015, plug it into an iMac from 1998, and it will work. It will be slow but it will work out of the box.
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- ssharp 11y agoI don't have a thunderbolt device yet, but I wouldn't expect the behavior you're talking about. Being able to connect my old firewire devices might be nice, but I wouldn't expect to be able to use new devices on an old port.
- mikeash 11y agoThere's no reason to expect it. But USB does it anyway, and it's really nice to know that I can buy USB 3 devices and use them with my USB 2 computers as long as I don't need top performance.
- jawngee 11y agoHe said he was "out of luck completely". He's not.
- mikeash 11y agoThat comment is entirely about using newer peripherals with older computers. He is.