Firewire to Thunderbolt adapter

Is there an adapter that will allow me to plug my thunderbolt external hard drive into a mid 2010 iMac that has no thunderbolt port? For example an adapter that will plug into the firewire port on my iMac and produce a firewire port

Unfortunately not. If you have two Macs, one with TB and one without, you can share files from it over the network, but you can't direct connect.
Matt

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I need to connect my old Mac book pro to the new one to transfer files. The old one doesn't have Thunderbolt 2 and the new one doesn't have Firewire 800. Will the Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter or Firewire to Thunderbolt adapter work?

I want to transfer data from my old Mac book pro to my new one using migrate. The old computer doesn't have Thunderbolt 2 and the new one doesn't have Firewire 800. Does the Thunderbolt to Firewire or the Firewire to Thunderbolt adapter work to connect them and transfer data?
Thank you!

Yes, use a Firewire cable and the FW to Tbolt adaptor.

Connectiong an external thunderbolt hard drive to an older iMac via firewire to thunderbolt adapter, as my Mac doesn't have any thunderbolt entry?

Is there a possibility to connect an external thunderbolt hard drive to my iMac (originally Leopard 10.5.8. upgraded to Snow Leopard 10.6.3) via firewire to thunderbolt adapter, as my Mac doesn't have any thunderbolt, but has two firewire entries?
Would like to use the hard drive's big data stocking capacity of 8TB, but actual WD-HDDs of such a capacity have no more other entries than thunderbolt.

Basically, no. The Thunderbolt-Firewire adapter does not work "in reverse," meaning, you have to have a Thunderbolt port on your Mac in order to use it.
Most Thunderbolt drives that I have seen also have a USB 3 port. You could use that, but on on an older Mac that does not have a USB 3 port you will be limited to USB 2 speeds.

Audio problem with firewire to thunderbolt adapter

I am running four channels of audio from a Yamaha Motif synthesizer into a new iMac using the firewire to thunderbolt adapter and recording to Logic. I get very loud distortion. I unplug the same cord and remove the adapter and run the same audio into my 2011 MacBook Pro and record the audio with no distortion. I can run MIDI into the iMac using the adapter with no problem. What gives?

The iMac has three USB and three Thunderbolt. The Yamaha has Firewire out which carries 16 channels of audio. It works great with my MacBook Pro, but the Thunderbolt Converter seems to mess it up. It's fru
strating having bought a brand new iMac and not being able to use it to record. Now when I try to record a single channel of piano, Logic starts blinking on and off, alternating with whatever window is behind it. This is doubly frustrating.

Bought a new Mac Pro, purchased a Firewire to Thunderbolt adapter, then hooked up Epson Stylus Photo R2400 printer but the system preferences does not see the printer. Started, restarted, hit the " " to add a printer but no go.

How to connect via Firewire/Thunderbolt adapter an Epson Stylus Photo R2400 printer to a new Mac Pro

When you switch from USB to FireWire, you have essentially installed a new (i.e., different) Printer.
In the Add-a-Printer dialog, delete[-] the existing Printer queue which is set up for USB. Then, with the Printer connected via FireWire, Add [+] a new Printer queue and it should set it up correctly this time.
To go back to USB, you would have to delete and re-add in a similar fashion later.

Using Firewire to Thunderbolt adapter for Apogee Duet

My question is two-fold.
I currently run Logic Pro 9 on my mid-2011 I-Mac. I am looking into purchasing a new apple laptop to run Logic Pro 9 on mainly for the advantage of portability. From what I have read so far I would benefit from the processing power of a Macbook Pro over the Air. Does anyone have input on this or experience running Logic 9 on these newer machines?
The second part of my question involves my recording audio interface -- the first generation firewire apogee Duet. If I were to get a new generation laptop it would not come with a Firewire 800 port. To circumvent this I would need the adapter linked below:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD464ZM/A/apple-thunderbolt-to-firewire-adapte r
The reviews indicate that it is not great for bus-powered external drives. Would the Apogee interface be in the same boat as these?
Would I want to trust sending audio signal through and from the computer with an adapter in between?
Any input or experience with this would be awesome. At worst, I could use a newer laptop for mixing and not tracking. And then upgrade my audio interface to the newer generation Duet at a later time.
Thanks!

I've been searching for such a device too. I need to perform a data transfer to MBA from a MBP and FW800 drive. For now, I can hook it up to a MBP and use AirDrop or simple wireless transfer...
This site keeps news on new peripherals: http://thunderboltreviews.com/
The Belkin Dock looks promising, but still expensive. Simple adapters are still aways and the first ones out are going to cost a pretty penny still (~$30-$40 is my guess). The dock from Belkin may be worth the cost in that sense. Except it seems to need an external power source.
Sigh, Thunderbolt hasn't really come out with a bang, but just more of a sizzle...sorry for the pun.
Someone had come up with a concept Apple Thunderbolt Pro Display. It was pretty cool. Built-in discrete graphics card, bluray superdrive, and all the ports you would ever need (among other things). Oh how I wish Apple would be willing to build such a thing.
Anways, let me know if you find a simple TB to FW800 adapter.

Trouble using firewire drives via thunderbolt adapter on bootcamped Mac Pro 2013 towers

Here at the university, we've just installed a new classroom of Mac Pro towers (late 2013). We like to use Bootcamp in said classroom, and so I (painstakingly) installed Windows 8.1 on a test machine. I've found that the brand new firewire-to-thunderbolt adapters we bought don't seem to work when booted into Windows. I have few LaCie firewire drives I use to install software packages, and the occasional WD My Book, and our students are encourage to purchase G-Drives to back up their film projects.
I have a couple of LaCie drives that I've partitioned as part Mac OS Extended and part ExFat (or even MS-DOS just in case). The Windows-friendly partitions don't mount or even get detected, so I think it's the adapter(s) not being recognized by Windoes, especially since the firewire to thunderbolt adapters work on the Mac side.
Could this be a driver problem like what's mentioned here?

Well, no one answered at all, but somehow the problem solved itself. I'm not sure if one of the automatic Windows updates cleared things up or what, but now I can connect Firewire drives with no problems. Also, as some kind of bonus, Windows 8 is able to read Mac partitioned firewire drives, which I don't think was possible in Windows 7.
The problem may also have been that I hadn't entered the Windows activation key in yet? I'm not sure that makes sense in terms of Thunderbolt adapters...
10+ years ago, I read a Microsoft tip of the day that said "Problems that go away by themselves can come back by themselves." It's haunted me ever since.

Adapter for usb 2.0 to Firewire or thunderbolt

I have an iMac with USB 2.0 Firewire 800 and Thunderbolt.
I bought a Seagate External Drive with USB 3.0. On the BOX of the Hard Drive it says can upgrade speed transfer by connecting an adapter for firewire or thunderbolt (not included).
I was told there was an adapter that I can purchase to insert on to the end of the USB 2.0 cable of the hard drive so that I can plug it into my firewire slot or thunderbolt slot. I hope this makes sense as my google search comes up saying it's impossible to do. Why offer this on the box if there is no such adapter?
It's currently plugged into my USB 2.0 slot but would like faster transfer speed as I access this drive continuosly.

Awesome, ok now we're getting somewhere.... the link you provided shows what I actually have right now. As far as the connection of the USB 3.0. I think what I need is the a base for a Firewire cable or Thunderbolt and NOT for a USB 3.0. I wonder if they have those types of bases to swap out on the external drive?
I'll have a look at my Hard Drive and check it out. Perhaps I read the box wrong too because it shows pictures of cables... not bases for the EHD
Also not sure if they will ship this to an Australian address as I live in Australia.

Firewire- Thunderbolt adapter?

Is there a Firewire->Thunderbolt adapter available for the MacBook Pro 17"?
Is there a Firewire->Thunderbolt adapter available for the MacBook Pro 17" or do I have to buy one of those ungainly box things?

The first post says he has a MacBook Pro, and mentioned iMac later, but both do, and you're still right.

MacBook Pro Retina (15") intermittant freeze connecting firewire drive to Thunderbolt adapter

Since having my MacBook Pro Retina (15") I have been having intermittant (often only have 5 days or so) hard freeze on connecting firewire 800 drives to it via the thunderbolt adapter. This occurs with both powered (LaCie 2gb) and unpowered (Iomega GO 1gb) drives. After the last few times I tried connecting the thunderbolt adapter and then plugging in the drive (rather than having the firewire cable already plugged into the adapter and then plugging the adapter in). I was able to reproduce a hard freeze after nothing happened when the adapter alone was plugged in, plugging in the powered drive caused an immediate freeze.
By a hard freeze I mean that when the system reboots it doesn't even recognise a crash occured. There was no kernel panic screen.
I plug into these drives at least once a day but it usually takes up to a week before the freeze occurs. I have had no trouble with leaving the unpowered drive cnnected during sleep it appears to be when I change drives. I always unplug the adapter and make sure the computer is still running before putting to sleep and make sure it is functioning properly after wake before connecting the drive.
Using USB 2.0 there have been no problems with the same drives.
Any ideas?

I believe this issue is caused by bad ground coupling between the two devices, some of the induced charge can spark between connectors in the thunderbolt port causing computer to basicly freeze.
To solve this issue try touching the connectors outside metal part to your macbooks body first to discharge it, then while plugging int the connector do it at slight angle so the metal of the connector touches Mac's body.
This method has been working for me.

I have a Macbook Pro {retina}. I have a Maxtor One touch (Firewire that I have used with a Thunderbolt adapter and it has always worked well, uintil I upgraded to Mavericks. Now it crashes when I try to use it. What gives?

i have a Macbook Pro {retina}. I have a Maxtor One touch (Firewire that I have used with a Thunderbolt adapter and it has always worked well, uintil I upgraded to Mavericks. Now it crashes when I try to use it. What gives?

I suggets you contact the manufacturer. They may have a software update or a workaround.
Barry

Firewire to usb adapter for macbook air

Hello,
Just purchased the latest version Macbook Air. I'd like to transfer video from a Sony video camera w/mini DV tape, into iMovie '11 on the laptop. Trouble is, I can't use my existing firewire cable as before on the iMac desktop. There are prior discussions on the forum about this but none current. Have there been any new developments in the firewire adapter arena for Macbook Air? Thx.

Sonnet Technologies is supposed to introduce a Thunderbolt-Firewire adapter called the Sonnet Allegro later this month. http://www.sonnettech.com
"The Allegro™ FW800 Thunderbolt™ Adapter enables users to plug in a FireWire® 800 device, including a bus-powered drive, to any computer with a Thunderbolt port."

Firewire to USB adapter?

I recently purchased a iMac 27 i5. Love it. But it has only USB and thunderbolt ports. My beloved Nikon 4000 film scanner only has firewire connectivity. I found a firewire to USB adapter online and purchased one. It came from China. When I plugged it into my self-powered USB hub, I got a message saying a USB device was drawing too much power and it shut down one or more other USB devices to protect the computer. I couldn't print. I realized the adapter might be the problem and when I disconnected it, my printer came back online.
Q1 -- has anybody found a firewire to USB adapter that works?
Q2 -- is there another workaround to connect firewire devices to the new iMacs?
Q3 -- is it possible to have a USB port put into the scanner hardware?
George

Thanks, Niel. That makes sense ... should have thought of that ... assuming that will reduce the excessive power draw? I see Apple sells the 400-800 cable.

Firewire to Thunderbolt conversion cable problem

I got a new iMac in November, I finally got back to coverting my videos and, of course, I bought the Firewire to Thunderbolt coversion cable. Now, however, under my hardware, in the thunderbolt bus, it shows the conversion cable as attached, but I don't see my ADVC 110. I do find it under hardware in the Firewire bus listing. My Software (both Handbrake and iMovie cant find my ADVC 110. Has anyone heard of this before and does anyone have a correction for this?

I've been having issues with my firewire drives on Thunderbolt adapter for some time. I have two firewire drives connected in series and then plugged into TB adapter of my MacBook Pro. The drives have the following issues:
* Sometimes do not eject properly
* Sometimes go offline for no reason (not ejected, and will crash any software, including finder, that tries to construct a representation of the files available on the still-mounted drive).
The issue (including crash of iTunes or Finder) resolves itself if I power down either of the drives without ejecting (or upon unsuccessfully ejecting). It appears that on TB, the firewire serial bus protocol has been compromised such that the drives in serial connection do not play well together, anymore.

Firewire to Thunderbolt Adaptor

Is the Firewire to Thunderbolt adaptor good for both Firewire 400 and Firewire 800?

It is FireWire 800 but you can use it with FireWire 400 devices with a FW800 to FW400 cable or adapter
<http://www.sonnettech.com/product/fw_adapter.html>

Firewire to Thunderbolt adapter

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