Mac TO Mac Firewire Connection

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Mac TO Mac Firewire Connection

I got a New Mac Pro and tried the firewire connection to my old G4. The book said to connect the firewire then restart the old mac while holding down the T key. When I do this the old mac shuts down. Does anyone know a solution to the problem?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Apr 6, 2008 10:34 AM

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Answer 1

Kappy

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Apr 6, 2008 12:59 PM in response to spiderwa

Check this article, Target Disk Mode, to verify that your G4 supports booting into TDM. If so, then follow the instructions on how to startup in TDM.

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AAZ

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Apr 6, 2008 3:54 PM in response to spiderwa

I too just purchased Mac Pro & hooked my G4 PowerBook up via FW. This worked well.

Did the old computer have the FireWire Logo on its monitor screen? It should come up when you start G4 in Target mode (T-Key held).

You might just check all the connections (tho I'm sure you did) & re-try.

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spiderwa Author

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Apr 6, 2008 4:05 PM in response to Kappy

Thanks I'll review the article and see if I can get it to work.
Thanks for the info.

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spiderwa Author

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Apr 6, 2008 4:09 PM in response to AAZ

Thanks for your reply. As I said in my post the old mac shuts down. The monitor screen never comes on.

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Apr 7, 2008 4:17 AM in response to spiderwa

I also have had a problem when trying to connect my new macbook pro as a hard drive to my powermac G5 using a firewire cable, a message pops up saying the the hard drive has no volume? I have been able to connect my other powerbook G4 as a hard drive to the powermac. I am doing the normal things like holding down T when connecting. can anyone help?

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spiderwa Author

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Apr 7, 2008 8:13 AM in response to Kappy

Your advice, check article, Target Disk Mode solved the problem for me connecting the two macs by firewire. The difference was instead of starting up the old mac holding down the T key the article said to hold down the T key on the new mac while starting.
Thanks again!

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