Is it possible to use this to connect an iMac with FireWire to a Thunderbolt external hard drive?

• Asked by Bryan C from La Verne
• Aug 1, 2012
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With the use of the Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter, can I attach a FireWire drive, or even a FireWire chain of drives, to a Thundebolt drive?

I have an existing chain of two FireWire hard drives, currently attached directly to the FireWire port of an iMac. And I want to add a Thunderbolt drive soon, too, using the Thunderbolt port. But the newest iMacs don't have any FireWire port. So I want to be able to use both types of drive with the newest, and presumably future, Macs.

• Asked by Murray E from Amherst
• Oct 23, 2012
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do multiple TB-FW adapters create multiple FW busses?

Hi,

I have a question concerning the use of multiple thunderbolt to firewire adapters. If I plug two of these into an iMac, and then a drive to each adapter, would those devices present themselves to the computer as being on two different firewire busses, or one unified firewire bus?
Some people on here have commented on how they have multiple drives daisy-chained to one adapter, that is not what I am asking about, as in that kind of situation you can easily saturate a single firewire buss.
My purpose here is to use Universal Audio's Satellite UAD product (firewire) in addition to a firewire audio interface. the Satellite prefers to be the sole device on a FW chain for best performance, so what I would like to do is use one adapter for a satellite, and one for a firewire audio interface, and have the two operate independently on their own busses.
Does anyone know if this is possible? Has anyone tried it?

• Asked by Henry R from Chandler
• Jun 11, 2013
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Does this adaptor allow me to connect the Apogee Duet (1st gen) to my Mac?

• Asked by Ka Hou H
• Oct 11, 2012
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Will this adaptor connect with 6 pin FireWire Maxtor External HD?

• Asked by Jennifer E from Warrell Creek
• Feb 18, 2013
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imac mid 2010 and Thunderbolt port

Ciao to all.

I bought it and it works great with my MacBookPro17; but IF I plug into mi iMac27" Mid 2010, it is not recognized.

Someone can confirm me it's not possible to use it on my iMac mid 2010?

Regards..
Rob

• Asked by Roberto B from Reggio Emilia
• Oct 25, 2012
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Can this adapter be used to transfer my files from a Late 2009 IMac to a brand new fusion IMac. I have a firewire 800 cable.

I am getting a new IMac 27" with fusion drive. I would like to transfer my files from my Late 2009 27" iMac. Can I use the firewire to thunderbolt adapter for this purpose?

• Asked by Jose O from Coral Gables
• Dec 4, 2012
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is there an adaptor for a external memory usb to thunderbolt

• Asked by Kevin S from St Helens
• Jan 28, 2013
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What transfer speeds would I expect using this adapter? Will this convert my firewire drives to thunderbolt speeds?

• Asked by Randall J from Spring
• Aug 2, 2012
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I need to use my 2012 iMac as a hardwired display (not remote) for my 2011 Mac Pro tower which of course doesn't have thunderbolt...

iMacs must use thunderbolt for features like target display mode etc. Would this resolve this issue? :-)

• Asked by Jesse R from Kalamazoo
• Aug 4, 2012
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