Connect with firewire

Does anyone know why apple doesnt let us connect ipods to the computer via firewire? I know it technically does connect but only for charging.
Just curious.

I wish that I would have know that firewire would not work with the 5th gen. My iPod hard drive when bad 15 days after warranty expired. Now I cannot use the firewire cable for anything but charging.
Has anyone heard about why it will not work?
Are they going to develop a patch to have it work?
Is the firewire dead?

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Its not the cable. I have cables and other Macs all over. I've tried the other Macs and different cables plus different cables and diferent dock connectors.
Sorry, I should have mentioned that I already eliminated that possibility.
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srjinx wrote:
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