Cables, cables, cables...which do I need?
I want to transfer data from a backed have drive like this..
...to a new 5k iMac with connections like these in back:
I'm not cable savvy, but would it be okay to use this connection for the transfer? The four USB connections in the back are firewire-capable, right? If not, what do I need to do?
Thanks for your help!
iMac with Retina 5K display, iOS 8.2
You need a cable such as the first one you showed but it needs to have a USB plug on the other end for one of the four USB ports above label #3. The two above label #4 are Thunderbolt. The last on the right is for an Ethernet cable.
In other words, the combination should work? The drive looks like a firewire drive, and it should fit into the USB port on the back of the machine?
I want to make sure. Thanks!
If it's strictly Firewire, then you cannot connect it to your computer because it does not have Firewire ports. However, the port you displayed looks like a mini-USB port. But you did not show the other end of that cable but if it fits into the USB ports on the computer then it isn't Firewire.
Not quite correct. There is a Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter that allows connection of Firewire devices to the Thunderbolt port.
The cable you photograph and the connector on your hard drive appears to me to be one of the many different USB connections. I typically see this type of connector on a camera. The other end of your cable should be a standard USB connection. If so it will connect to one of the four ports marks with a blue number 3 in your photo.
any microUSB cable will work
http://www.epuffer.eu/images/micro-usb-cable.png
most supermarket carry them
most smartphones (apart from iphones) use them to charge and sync
Cables to connect iMac to external drive?
