Connecting older TiBook to new MacBook

Hi from a newbie. I just bought a MacBook intel duo OSX 10.4.8 and want to transfer some files from my TiBook OS9.2.2. I connected the two with Firewire cable, and the TiBook icon shows on the MacBook desktop, but when I double click, all I get is the eternally spinning beachball. Can anyone help me solve this? It worked fine TiBook to my other G4 PowerMac.

You should start the TiBook in target disk mode. The instructions can be found here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583

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