Details easily connect your thunderbolt equipped mac to a firewire device with the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter. Apple s thunderbolt firewire adapter is a oneway connector. Originally when buying the computer, i was hoping to get an interface with thunderbolt, but opportunities have risen where i need to upgrade a lot sooner. Macmall apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter md464lla. Apples thunderbolt to firewire adapter enables you to connect a firewire 800 device to your thunderbolt port equipped computer. I purchased an apple thunderbolt firewire 800 adapter, then a 800 400 cable. The main difference between firewire and thunderbolt is that thunderbolt provides a higher data transferring rate than firewire firewire and usb are standard interfaces to establish communication between electronic devices. Weve found that the system will maintain all functionality without sacrificing performance on macbook pros and even the macbook air. I have a usbc to thunderbolt 2 adapter driving an apple 27 thunderbolt display and a displayport connector to a dell 27 monitor. I gather from reading other threads that, if i am to use only the one adapter, i would place the fw800 drive first in the chain, and the fw400 audio input last. Easily connect your thunderbolt equipped mac to a firewire device with the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter. Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer, giving you a firewire 800 port that supplies up to 7 w for buspowered peripherals like. I was shopping for usb 3 drives, but i kinda just stopped looking.
The apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter easily connects your thunderbolt equipped mac to a firewire device. The video below by scott schramm demonstrates this solution in action as well as highlighting a couple of more. Firewire 400 into thunderbolt connectons doesnt work. Aug 03, 2012 apples thunderbolt firewire adapter is a oneway connector. The companys own firewire 800 port has fallen out of favor in recent years, for example, with apple electing to push intels newer thunderbolt standard in its place, but now theres a solution. We also found no difference in buffer performance between straight firewire 800 tethering and using the thunderbolt adapter. Transfer data from old firewire units such as digital camcorders, external hard drives, mac computers, and many more with a fast data transfer rate design for mac pro, macbook pro, mac mini, imac and all other computers. Amazons choice for thunderbolt to firewire 800 adapter elago firewire 400 to 800 adapter white for mac pro, macbook pro, mac mini, imac and all other computers 4. This article refers to thunderbolt 1 and thunderbolt 2. For complete specs on a particular system, click on the name of the mac left column. If you are a mac user, you will never have to worry about firewire compatibility issues again. Moshis 800 to 400 firewire adapter 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.
Apple md464zma genuine thunderbolt to firewire 800. Thunderbolt to firewire 800 adapter macrumors forums. You can also connect a usbc power adapter and cable to charge your notebook computer. Hasselblad tethering using thunderbolt to firewire 800 adapter.
This apple adapter connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer, giving you a firewire 800 port that supplies up to 7w for buspowered peripherals. Why is windows 10 no longer supporting apples thunderbolt. The macbook pro retina display is the 1st pro mac to ship without firewire. Apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter firewire adapter. 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. Theyve detailed a firewire 800 adapter and a gigabit ethernet adapter. Firewire via thunderbolt 3 usbc support on macbook. This white apple adapter allows you to use your firewire 800 devices via the thunderbolt port of modern macs. Use this adapter to connect to firewire devices like hard drives and audio devices.
This is a nonissue, as most relevant older machines have a firewire 800 port anyway. Specifically, will i get full firewire 800 speeds if i purchase a second thunderbolt firewire adapter and run the external fw800 drive alone on that port. Mac shops with significant firewire investment may not need a total thunderbolt or usb 3. Got a firewire 800 to thunderbolt adapter from the apple store and plugged both adapters together along with a firewire 400 cable and was very happy to see that my digi 002 can still work with pro tools 11 on a late 2014 mac mini. Apple has announced two new thunderbolt accessories for its new macbook air and macbook pro. However, apple also announced that they would ship a thunderbolt to firewire adapter in july. 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. If you have a device that doesnt connect to this port, you might be able to use an adapter to connect it.
Apple thunderbolt firewire adapter md464zm for sale online. Plugged in the cables end to end into my old dv camcorder and windows immediately recognized the device as a vcr. Nov, 2017 learn about the apple thunderbolt cables and adapters that you can use with your thunderboltcapable mac. While apple s new adapter can be attached to a computer by its firewire connection, it will not provide thunderbolt over firewire. The video below by scott schramm demonstrates this solution in action as well as highlighting a couple of more expensive solutions that are also well worth checking out. I have several firewire 800 hard disks full of datavideoimages i need for work. Through the thunderbolt port, the adapter gives you a firewire 800 port that can work with devices such as hard drives and audio devices, supplying up to 7w. The apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter has been tested inhouse and there are currently no known issues when using it with uad2 satellite firewire. The thunderbolt adapter gives you a firewire 800 port that can supply up to 7 watts of power to peripherals like hard drives and audio devices for maximum performance. I want to know why windows will no longer provide an ieee94 driver for this device. Jul 21, 2017 heres how to get old school minidv video via firewire 400 into a 2015 macbook pro with thunderbolt. What is the difference between firewire and thunderbolt. Last week i bought a brand new imac and only today i realized that apple is not selling any thunderbolt 3 to fw800 adapter. As many of you know, the new macbook pro touch bar laptops are legacy free to the point you have to buy 5 adapters to plug in anything.
How to get minidv video via firewire 400 into a 2015 macbook. This means that we are encountering more and more saffire range customers required to use a firewire 800 to thunderbolt adaptor to connect their audio interface to their computer. Apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter with builtin. If you have a device that doesnt connect to this port, you might be able to use an adapter to connect it these mac models have thunderbolt 3 ports. Apple firewire adapter thunderbolt firewire 800 for imac. Apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter buy apple thunderbolt. Firewire provides a data transferring rate of 400 to 800 mbps.
They include thunderbolt to firewire 700 and thunderbolt to. The apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac and supports a firewire 800 connection. Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer, giving you a fire wire 800 port that supplies up to 7w for buspowered peripherals like. I bought this adaptor to connect my new imac 2017 to my two firewire 800 drives only to discover i would also need in addition a usbc to thunderbolt 1 2 adapter. Macbook pro retina, 15inch, mid 2012 2015 imac retina 4k, 21.
All the firewire products listed in the following tables use one of the qualified controller chips. While apples new adapter can be attached to a computer by its firewire connection, it will not provide thunderbolt over firewire. Latency for thunderbolt, firewire 800400 gearslutz. This adaptor is actually very snug fitting, which was a pleasant surprise. Usbc to firewire 800 adapter doesnt exist, make our voices. We recommend apple genuine thunderbolt to firewire 800 adapter mfr pn. Connect your old firewire 400 ports to the new standard of firewire 800 with this coupler. Buy an adapter to connect the firewire 800 to firewire 400 and thus get firewire 400 speeds 2. Apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter for mac md464lla. I purchased apples thunderbolt to firewire adapter but it doesnt seem to work. Connected the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter and windows 8. If youre a photographer you may find my lightroom presets handy.
Apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter md464lla for sale. Apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter terry whites tech. 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. This compact mac accessory with builtin thunderbolt cable connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer. Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer and provides an rj45 port that supports 10100baset networks. For all macs that match specific usb or firewire capabilities courtesy of s ultimate mac sort click the capability of interest right column. Shop staples for thunderbolt to firewire adapter, white. 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. Apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter now available for. Will the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter work with my.
So if notebook doesnt have explicitly noted at its specification, that it will support thunderbolt, than its for usb 3. Startech ec94b2 2 port expresscard 94b firewire laptop adapter card. Belkin adapter release spring 2012 looks like belkin has an adapter from thunderbolt to firewire, usb3usb2 and extra thunderbolt port. Apples thunderbolt firewire adapter is a oneway connector. Satellite firewire mac compatibility universal audio. My belkin hub is working with my new imac with a thunderbolt 3 to 1 adapter. You can learn more about thunderbolt 3 and the thunderbolt 3 usbc to thunderbolt 2 adapter for macbook pro 2016 and later and imac 2017. The firewire 800 port provides up to 7w for bus powering your external hard drive solutions. They were first called firewire 400 but have since been updated to firewire 800. Connect your thunderbolt equipped mac to a firewire device with the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter. There is definitely a limitation thing to usb2, because if you take a usb2 drive and a fw800 drive, the fw800 drive feels infinitely faster than a slow ass usb2 drive. Apple thunderbolt to firewire 800 unboxing youtube.
Firewire 800 never fits snug into the computer, just a manufacture flaw, but it always worked in my laptop. Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer, giving you a firewire 800port that supplies up to 7w for buspowered peripherals like hard drives and audio devicescompatibility. I think we should start seeing more companies jumping on the thunderbolt band wagon as this technology is owned by intel and not apple. Firewire also has an advantage of charging the device it is connected to while the transfer is still ongoing. Although the adapter did ship a few days late, its here and no surprises it works. About apple thunderbolt cables and adapters apple support. New apple thunderbolt to firewire 800 adapter macrumors forums. Unfortunately thunderbolt support is really domain of more expensive or workstation categories of pc notebooks.
Apple seriously needs to create a thunderbolt 3 firewire 800 adapter considering they pushed fw in the first place, and are now pushing thunderbolt 3usbc. Learn about the apple thunderbolt cables and adapters that you can use with your thunderbolt capable mac. Jun 11, 2012 firewire 800 is 800 mbps, so a usbfw adapter would give you, at best, half of the speed of fw800 due to usb2. The apple thunderbolt to gigabit ethernet adapter lets you easily connect to a highperformance gigabit ethernet network. Frisby 7in2 thunderbolt hub for usbc macbook pro 15 201620172018 and macbook air 2018 aluminum usbc adapter 4k hdmi, usb 3. On the other hand, thunderbolt provides a data transferring rate of 10gbps. Apple thunderbolt to firewire ieee 94 94b 800 adapter. Mar 19, 2020 use thunderbolt 3 with displays and other devices that connect using either a thunderbolt 3 cable or usbc cable.
Jun 11, 2012 image via gdgt apple just announced new thunderbolt accessories while on stage at this years worldwide developers conference keynote. The problem originally developed by apple in 1999 the firewire 800 ports are available in nonretina macbook pro, mac mini, and mac pro. I have older peripherals video camera and extrnal hard drive which i could no longer connect to my new macbook pro. How to effectively link presonus firepod firewire 400 to. Apple still sells the thunderbolt firewire adapter and is supported on mac, so it is not obsolete. Use thunderbolt 3 with displays and other devices that connect using either a thunderbolt 3 cable or usbc cable.
I bought an apple thunderbolt to firewire 800 adapter but needed this elago firewire 400 to 800 adapter to bridge the gap. Apple s thunderbolt to firewire adapter enables you to connect a firewire 800 device to your thunderbolt port equipped computer. The speaker output is connected to an external speaker. The new retina mac book firewire 800 port has been upgraded to a thunderbolt port. Buy a thunderbolt pci card my suspicion is that the bottle neck of latency isnt in the connection itself but in the internal processing of the audio interface. The usb and firewire capabilities of each recent g3 and later mac are listed below. This adapter is great for users with firewire peripherals, but have no firewire port on the computer they own.
After setting it up i decided to migrate my data from an older macbook pro. Then a usb3 hub is connected to the dock with several emulators and evms for my embedded programming work. Peripherals adapters and gender changers adapters and gender changers from. It is also possible to use the thunderbolt adapter on pre2012 machines, but an ac adapter is required for consistent results. Unfortunately i could not get interface to interact. My friend has a laptop just like mine with windows 8. Which can really bump up whole price of the rig, if you include also apples thunderbolt to firewire adapter. Apple adapter thunderbolt to firewire 800 a1463 for sale. Aug 01, 2012 the companys own firewire 800 port has fallen out of favor in recent years, for example, with apple electing to push intels newer thunderbolt standard in its place, but now theres a solution. I couldnt believe it, and i hope there is a solution otherwise i will switch away from apple forever.
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