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Just plug it in between a firewire 800 port and a sta. With that, came the move from firewire to thunderbolt for audio interface connectivity. The only workaround i know of is to daisychain the monitors 400 cable into an external drive that has both 400 and 800 ports, that itself connects to the mac s 800 port. Plug and play existing digital devices such as scanners, printers, memory card readers, digital cameras, and ipods quickly and economically. Firewire has less overhead than you do with a usb connection. Buy elago firewire 400 to 800 adapter white for mac pro, macbook pro, mac mini, imac and all other computers. Transfer your minidv tapes to a thunderbolt 3 computer youtube. But firewire 400 is faster than any usb regardless. Is there such thing as a 400 to 800 adapter converter. Ieee 94b male to male firewire cord for mac pro, macbook pro, mac mini, imac pc,digital cameras, slr 6ft, black 99. Elago firewire 400 to 800 adapter white for mac pro. Firewire 800 94b to firewire 400 94b connector adapter. Firewire is lke usb only faster, and mac exclusive.
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