FireWire to USB adaptor

Hello again. I posted earlier about problems with connecting a FireWire external HD to my new MBA, which only has USB ports. I searched some but couldn't really find a FireWire to USB adaptor cable although I read that they may have them at best buy.
Has anyone purchased such a cable for Mac and, if so, could you tell me who made it and where you purchased it.
Thanks for any help.

OK, thanks. I did a lot of time researching and found some articles indicating that a couple of cable-making companies made such a thing (i.e., sima and tripp lite). Upon searching their sites and sending emails, neither of them sold such a product. I've read through my search that Apple may be eventually coming up with such a cable but who knows.
here is my issue, however, in case either of you have thoughts on this. I just posted it on the ti book forum:
hi there. I have my Itunes library downloaded on my ti book g4. I want to transfer it to the new macbook air I just purchased. How would I go about doing this? Could I just buy a usb cable and hook them up and use the ti book as an external drive or would it be more involved due to having different versions of usb (i.e., 2.0 usb on air and ? on the 7 year old ti book). The external drive I have only has firewire and I can't find a firewire-usb cable anywhere. If I could, then I'd just connect the external hd to my new mac air and do the transfer.
Any help would be appreciated.
So, maybe I've got a 'work-around' here but have questions about whether an old ti g4 powerbook and mac air could connect some way.
Any advice would be appreciated.
thank you

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