Firewire to Thunderbolt, Firewire to Thunderbolt

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), 2.4GHz IntelCore i5 320 HD 8GB RAM

Ahhhh, this is so frustrating! Just bought the new iMac Refresh.... no Firewire 400, only one Firewire 800!?!! ****. This Thunderbolt thing is cool, but it needs some adapters. From my research they say it's going to be possible, but there are none in production that I can find.

I have 3 Firewire 800 external harddrives and one Firewire 400 external soundcard, I've daisy chained the harddrives together and am either going to buy this firewire 800/400 hub or a 400 to 800 converter and a Firewire 800 hub.

Sonnet Technologies Yin Yang Firewire Mini Hub FW800 FHB-8284

http://tinyurl.com/3q3pouk

Or

I can also get a 400 to 800 converters cable (elago FireWire 400 to 800 Adapter for Mac)

http://tinyurl.com/3gcq5gl

And a Firewire repeater (Kramer VS-8FW 8-Port FireWire Repeater / Hub)

http://tinyurl.com/3egbf44

The first option is cheaper ($46.67) and the second more expensive ($6.99+$120=$126.99). Probably just going to go with the cheaper option and hopefully it'll do the trick for the time being.

Hopefully some Firewire 400 to Thunderbolt converters come out soon! We need those ports!!!

Why not just daisy-chain the three FW800 drives off your FW800 port and add the FW400 drive onto the end of the chain with a FW400-800 cable and save $50?

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10301&cs_id=1030105 &p_id=3542&seq=1&format=2

You do realize, don't you, that your drives will never move data at Thunderbolt speed even if a TB adapter becomes available?

Ahhhhh... yes.... that worked... lol. Forgot about daisy chaining. I just needed to dig up my AC adapter for my soundcard and all is working fine. Thank you! You saved me $50.

Yeah, I realize it won't be faster, just want to utilize more ports. Having 3 harddrives and a soundcard all on one Firewire 800 port can't be too healthy.

Sonnet has an TB-capable expresscard adapter.

http://store1.sonnettech.com/product_info.php?products_id=392

FW800 Expresscard

AND

TB cable sold seperately

:-(

the sonnet expresscard reader is the only one out ther, but it works like a dream. i have a mh audio interface connected to a macbook air and it just works - no drivers needed!

http://store1.sonnettech.com/product_info.php?products_id=392

they just announced a thunderbolt to firewire adapter cable (release date juli) for the new macbook pro.

I hope it will work with all other thunderbolt connectors too (and not be something that only the new macbook supports)

1. FireWire 800/ThunderBolt Adapter.

2. FireWire 800/400 Adapter.

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/sonnet_releases_simply_fast_firewire_800_ to_400_adapter/

Ok, July is almost over. Where is that FireWire 800 to Thunderbolt adaptor. I want to work on my FCP video project that's sitting on the 800 drive and can't connect it to my new MacBook Pro Retina Display.

Here.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD464

Clicking on this link gives a "page not found" error.

Tom

You can use the Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire adaptor (800) in series with the elago FireWire 400 to FireWire 800 adaptor. The elago adaptor is $9.99 on Amazon.