HELP FIREWIRE TO USB

Hey all - I have an old external hard drive with FIRE WIRE ports only (has all my songs ) I now have the Macbook Air with USB Ports only!!! HOW DO I GET MY SONGS!!!! THANKS!!!

I have never heard of a USB to Firewire converter so I would say you have a limited set of options.
If you can easily remove the hard drive from its current enclosure you could purchase a USB to XXX adapter such as:
http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-USB-DSC5-3-5-Inch-Converter-Adapter/dp/B000HJ99DI/ ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312878326&sr=8-1
You could purchase an inexpensive hard disk enclosure with multiple i/o options for your current drive and mount it in that enclosure. Search amazon.com for examples.
If your MBA is a 2011 model with Thunderbolt you could wait until Sonnet releases their Thunderbolt to FW800 adaptor--rumored to be the end of September. No pricing is available yet:
http://www.sonnettech.com/news/nab2011/
You could also purchase a 2nd hard drive with a USB interface that has enough capacity to hold all of your data and have a friend with Firewire copy it for you.

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