Firewire 400 to firewire 800 adaptor

Hello everyone, I just recentley upgraded from my 1.6 GHz PowerPC G5 to a Mac Pro 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, with 8 gigs of ram. Now my problem is that I'm trying to figure out if there is an option for my firewire 400 Lacie harddrives to be connected to my new Mac Pro. Basically I was curious to see if there is a Firewire adaptor 400 to 800 & if so does this adaptor work well with new systems? Ultimately I want to reconnect my 3 Lacie External harddrives and use them for storage still. Just curious to see if that is an option.
Jeff

There are FW400 to FW800 cables all over the place. Every G-Tech drive ships with one too.  I have like 8 in a drawer.  And the adapter works.

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    JoeyR wrote:
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  • Upgrade Firewire 400 to Firewire 800

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  • Can you connect Firewire 400 to Firewire 800?

    Have had a Powerbook Titanium G4 and just got a new MacBook Pro. The TiBook has an 800FW port, the TiBook only a 400FW port. Can I connect the two directly? Is there a 400 to 800 adapter cable? I'd like to transfer files fast between the machines.
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  • FireWire 400 to FireWire 800

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  • HT201338 Can I connect a firewire 400 to firewire 800 adapter and then a firewire 800 to Thunderbolt adapter(standard Thunderbolt to firewire adapter) together to digitize video from a miniDV video camcorder?

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    I did a little looking around and found a Thunderbolt to Firewire 800 adapter, and then a Firewire 400 to 800 adapter, but no Thunderbolt to Firewire 400. Amazon and Apple stores had the Thunderbolt to Firewire 800 cable and Amazon had the Firewire 400 to 800 adapater.
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  • FireWire 400 port to 800 Port?

    Trying to migrate data from iBook PowerBook whic has FireWire 400 port to iMac which has FireWire 800 port. My existing FireWire cable does not fit the iMac port. There must be a solution.

    Just get a FW800 to FW400 cable or adapter. They are fairly common. They give you a 9-pin to 6-pin change.
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  • Does Target Disk Mode work between FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 ports?

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  • Mixing FireWire 400 with FireWire 800

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    jnsail wrote:
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  • Question pertaining to firewire 400 vs. 800

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  • Firewire 400 vs Firewire 800

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  • Firewire 400 or 800?

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