Thunderbolt to Firewire Target Disk mode?

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Thunderbolt to Firewire Target Disk mode?

I have just been to a friends and she has a 'dead' graphics chip on her MBP 15 inch, a few years old.

She has bought a new 13 inch MBP with El Cap and wants to access files on the old MBP

I popped down there today with a Firewire to Firewire cable, hoping to use target disk mode but the new MBP has no Firewire..only this Thunderbolt port.

I have see that there are TB to FW adapters available and also read this article

https://www.cnet.com/news/apples-thunderbolt-firewire-adapter-is-a-one-way-conne ctor/

Which say that the adapter is only one way./ I could not make out from the article if I could start the old MBP in Target Disk mode, and use the FW-TB adapter to allow the old machine disk to be seen as a shared drive it eh new MBP

Any one know if this will work or will I have to open the old MBP up and take out the old HDD.??

Posted on Feb 23, 2017 7:33 AM

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Neil Paisnel Author

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Feb 23, 2017 7:42 AM in response to Niel

Thanks

That is great...
I also managed to find this other article

http://www.apple.com/shop/question/answers/product/MD464LL/A/will-this-allow-use rs-to-start-a-thunderboltequipped-mac-in…

and it also confirms it..I had phoned our local Apple store ( reseller) and they cud not answer the question..hence the post, I have continued to search after posting my question..and as is so often the way..the answer only appears on Google AFTER a spot has been made 😉

Thanks for th quick response. I have sent her off in to town to get th eadapter

Many thanks

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Niel

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Feb 23, 2017 7:37 AM in response to Neil Paisnel

Yes, it will. What the article means is that a Thunderbolt drive can’t be used in a FireWire port.

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