How can I use a firewire hard drive on a new Macbook with one USB-C only?
How can I use a firewire hard drive on a new MacBook with only one USB-C?
MacBook, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
You'll need an adaptor, check with the Apple Store.
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As far as I know, FireWire is not supported, there's no FireWire adapter for USB-C.
kaz-k is correct about FireWire not being supported by any possible connector or adaptor to USB-C and never will. However, there is no such thing as a FireWire Hard Drive. There are only SATA (or if it is a really old one, ATA,) drives in a FireWire enclosure. If you can remove the drive from the case/enclosure - bust it open somehow if it is a glued-up unit - then the drive can be placed into a regular USB3 enclosure. Then it can connect to the new MacBook via any one of the adaptors Apple sells.
Almost all the Firewire external drives that I've seen on the market are both USB and Firewire, so just use the USB connection.
How can I use a firewire hard drive on a new Macbook with one USB-C only?