Need to connect a firewire device to Mac or PC? Most new computers have a USB-C connection. But there is no such adapter that can convert firewire 800 or USB-C. The same is true for the firewire 400.

While Apple's new adapter can be attached to a computer by its FireWire connection, it will not provide Thunderbolt over FireWire. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user for the past ...

Keeping tabs on proper FireWire use Making sure that everyone in your organization is properly using FireWire ports is key to avoiding failure. Bryan McGill, a Macintosh administrator, writes: "This ...

A new interconnect technology called Light Peak is being developed by Apple as a potential replacement for FireWire, USB and traditional monitor cables. Engadget reports that Apple brought the ...

Sometimes also called IEEE-1394, the FireWire standard allows for high-speed connections to external drives. FireWire 400 is roughly comparable to USB 2.0, and drives and ports using FireWire 800 are ...

Mac peripheral maker Griffin Technology Inc. said that it’s now including a separate dock to FireWire cable with its PowerPod, the iPod auto charger, making the device compatible with old and new ...

Device fits into pc-board cutouts and saves up to 55% space compared with standard termination The KMFS-SMT-130 low-profile IEEE 1394 connector offers an above-board height of 2.77 mm�a reduction of ...

Apple Computer has almost single-handedly succeeded in turning USB into an accepted interface standard. Sony, Apple, and others are currently making FireWire into the industry standard for multimedia.

For a moment in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the future looked uncertain for the Universal Serial Bus (USB). At the time, it was IEEE 1394 (better known by the Apple trademark FireWire) that ...

Early in the macOS 26 Tahoe beta cycle, reports emerged that Apple had removed support for FireWire, the once-ubiquitous peripheral connection technology that took over from SCSI around 1999 and ...

(or: stickboy is an idiot.)<BR><BR>You'd think with Firewire's asymmetrical 6-pin connector, it'd be pretty idiot-proof.<BR><BR>Well, I hereby present proof that I am a better idiot.<BR><BR>It turns ...

The rise and fall of FireWire—IEEE 1394, an interface standard boasting high-speed communications and isochronous real-time data transfer—is one of the most tragic tales in the history of computer ...