My old iMac has no thunderbolt port. Is there any possibility to get a thunderbolt-firewire cable or converter to migrate documents to my new iMac or it has to be either thunderbolt or firewire cable only.

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My old iMac has no thunderbolt port. Is there any possibility to get a thunderbolt-firewire cable or converter to migrate documents to my new iMac or it has to be either thunderbolt or firewire cable only.

My old iMac (2011) has no thunderbolt port and the latest iMac I intend to purchase has no firewire port. Is there any possibility to get a thunderbolt-firewire cable or a converter to migrate documents to the newer iMac or exclusively thunderbolt or firewire cable only should be use when migrating between two machines.

Please let know any thought you may have before I go for the new one which may cause more hassle as it has no disk drive to help me install most of my app.

Kind Regards

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Nov 16, 2012 3:09 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 16, 2012 4:45 AM in response to NOTOVER

Apple sells a Thunderbolt to Firewire 800 cable in the Apple Store.

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Answer 2

Nov 16, 2012 5:22 AM in response to NOTOVER

One of the FAQ answers from the Thunderbolt to Firewire 800 cable store page above, indicates that this cable supports Firewire Target Disk Mode between two appropriately configured Macs.

You should also validate that the applications that run on the 2011 iMac are compatible with Mountain Lion. How Mountain Lion handles incompatible software.

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