LaCie rugged hard drive pre 2012

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LaCie rugged hard drive pre 2012

lost the cable and the usb is broken. What cable do I buy to work with my Mac? The LaCie hard drive is over 10 years old. Thanks

Posted on Oct 21, 2022 12:19 PM

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Jack-19

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Oct 21, 2022 3:30 PM in response to Bancatrips

Bancatrips wrote:

Yes my whole computer when it crashed 10 years ago. Apple put everything on This drive for me.

Ok.

You need a FireWire 800 cabe:

Pasow FireWire 1394b 800 IEEE 9 Pin to 9 Pin Male to Male Cable for Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, iMac PC,Digital Cameras, SLR (9 pin to 9 pin) - Amazon.

A Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter:

Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter - Apple.

And a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter:

Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter - Apple

The connection will look like this:

Jack

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Bancatrips Author

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Oct 21, 2022 1:19 PM in response to Jack-19

Yes, the usb is damaged. My IMac is 2017.

I had a wire that came with it that worked a few years back. It fit into the rectangular port(second one down in the photo above) but I can’t find it anywhere. I have no idea what kind it is and where to find one. There are so many options. Here is the back of my iMac

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