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director517 Author

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Connecting Firewire drive to a macbook pro that does not have Firewire port

Does anyone know how to connect and old firewire hard drive to a laptop that does not have a firewire port?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Sep 13, 2021 3:28 PM

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Peggy

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Posted on Sep 13, 2021 9:14 PM

You will need a thunderbolt to FireWire adapter such as this Apple one. If your MacBook Pro only has Thunderbolt 3/USB-C connections you would also need a Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 adapter. And, if the FireWire drive is FireWire 400, you will need a FW 400 to 800 adapter.

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