ISight Firewire Cable for Transfer

My new iMac is supposed to arrive on Monday or Tuesday. Do you think the Firewire cable that came with my iSight camera would work when I use the Migration Assistant on my new iMac from my iMac G5?

Hi Adamguy:
Congrats on your new purchase.
I just looked at my iSight cable and it appears that it would work to connect the 2 machines for data transfer.

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hello, i would like to find a cable to go from my canon 60d camera to the firewire port. i have been to numerous places and they do not have it. i could not find it at canon as well. any help would be great.
thanks

I'm confussed... Why do you need a FIREWIRE CABLE for, does your computer not have a USB port?
I think what you need is this...
You can find this cable at any RADIO SHACK, WALMART, TARGET, BEST BUY, etc.
Here's a diagram of different types of USB ports, which one does your Camera have?

Which firewire cable for new MacBook Pro and Canon HV20?

I just bought a new MacBook Pro and want to transfer video from my Canon HV20 camcorder (using FinalCut Express). The Canon instructions say to use a "DV cable" and I've learned that the MacBook Pro only has an "800 fire wire" port. Can someone give me the exact type of cable that I should get (even my local Apple Store couldn't help me).
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I'm surprised that the folks at the Apple Store couldn't guide you. You just need a firewire cable with the proper fw400 connector on one end and a fw800 connector on the other. Here's one source for both cables and adapters:
http://www.pccables.com/cgi-bin/orders6.cgi?id=ID7468267&rsite=google.comsearc&r code=&action=Cat&search=FIREWIRE

Which FireWire Cable for Macbook Pro to Macbook Pro Migration Assistant?

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I've just purchased a new Macbook Pro 15" (standard - not retina display) and am planning to transfer my files via the Migration Assistant. My question is, I currently have a mid 2009 macbook pro (2.8GHz, 4GB) and was wondering which firewire cable I need to purchase - there are so many different types!
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ds store wrote:
Hold T and boot the old Mac's drive to the desktop of the new one or do so during Setup Assistant or later with Migration Assistant.
Setup Assistant runs only once, at first startup when fresh out of the box or when freshly reinstalled from scratch. Migration Assistant is a regular application found in the Utilites folder.
If you're going to move all your stuff over, the easiest and least problematic way is via Setup Assistant. Since the computer is in a completely blank state when SA runs, it can create identical user accounts, permissions, etc., as the original source. MA is an app that runs on an already configured and running system and, hence, can't duplicate user accounts, modify permissions that are already in use, etc.: this can cause vexing issues for new users that may not be to well versed in multiuser operating system administration.

Which FW cable for Transfer and Future use?

Hi,
Will be starting up a new imac 21.5" Intel i3 soon and have been advised to purchase a 400 - 800 FW cable for the Setup Assistant transfer.
I have multiple older devices currently, a mini DV movie camera, a Pentax digital camera, iPod, etc, some of which use FW and some use USB 2.0.
Should I buy a 800 - 800 cable to keep for these devices that use FW
(movie camera) and a 400 to 800 adapter for the single use of transferring rather than a 400 - 800 cable?
Am I overthinking this? Just want to buy the right piece the first time and not have to make two separate cable purchases ( 400-800 and 800-800 ) instead of a cable and an adapter which should be less expensive?

So this isn't a 400mbs Firewire unit? The info in the pulldown under the Apple "About This Mac" pretty much said it was?
Do you have a port that looks like this, if so it's FW 400.
After going to the link and entering my serial #, all I got were instruction on upgrading memory and installing an Airport card.
Huh, they must not archive manuals that far back from this site.

Broken Firewire Divice, Is There Another Way To Use Firewire Cable For PB?

Hi. It seems to me that the firewire divice of my pb titanium no longer works.
Is there another method to connect the firewire cable to my pb?
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Hi, pasteurization. If the FireWire port on your Powerbook no longer works, you can buy a relatively inexpensive CardBus adapter that will provide a FireWire port or ports and spare you the high cost of replacing your logic board. Here is one example — there are many others on the market:
http://fwdepot.com/thestore/productinfo.php/productsid/323
I chose this one as an example because its vendor is unusually clear in explaining the following (I've added the boldface):
"CB1394DET is designed with power-class 0 so it does not need power and does not provide bus power to the IEEE 1394 Bus. No power limitations on Self-powered devices, CB1394DET supports all Self-powered devices. It will not support all Bus-Powered devices. Optional FireWire repeater is a must for Bus-Powered devices. Please contact us for more info about FireWire repeaters."

Do I need a firewire cable to transfer files to my new iMac?

Hi, I have a new iMac coming soon and I want to know the best way to transfer my files, settings etc from my iBook G4 to the new comp. We have wireless at home- can I set up some kind of network? Or do I need to buy a firewire cable and use Migration Assistant? If so, which cable? Thank you

Hmm. I hadn't heard about the problems people have been having. Anyway, yeah, it's probably better to try Migration Assistant with the FireWire cable. From what I've heard (I haven't had to USE Migration Assistant yet; first-time Mac user, and haven't needed a new one yet), Migration Assistant does a good job getting everything switched over, and it's only method is FireWire. So, yeah. LOL. I think that's your best bet.
I'm so jealous. I have a PowerBook G4 (the model RIGHT before the last model; I should have waited a few weeks!), and now I want at least a MacBook. The cheapest MacBook is now BETTER, in many ways, than my PowerBook, besides the obvious things like screen size. AND it's about half the price I got my PowerBook for. This is CRAZY! Haha.

No FireWire cable for Target Disk Mode

I have an original MacBook1,1 running Snow Leopard 10.6.8. It will not start up, I have tried everything on this Apple web page , Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup, besides an erase and reinstall and I don't know what to do. It won't read the Snow Leopard update disk (My other two Macs do). When I restart In Verbose Mode, it always stops right after 'Airport: RSN handshake complete on en1'. When i started my other Mac in Verbose Mode, after 'Airport: RSN handshake complete on en1', it went straight to the login window. I called Apple support and they said that I need to perform an erase and reinstall but first I need to get an install disk for Mac OS X Tiger 10.4. and get some things off using Target Disk Mode. I do not have a FireWire cable and do not want to have to go and buy one. I have an Ethernet cable and a male - male USB cord. The two other Macs that I have are an iMac7,1 running Snow Leopard 10.6.8, and a MacBook6,1 running Mavericks 10.9.4. If you have any solutions for fixing it without the erase, or just a way to get my info off of it, please help.
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The USB cable won't be useful in that situation, and the Ethernet one will only help if you have access to a computer running Mac OS X Server. Get a FireWire cable.
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Firewire Cable (for target disk mode)

Hi all,
I'm using a Late 2010 27" i5 iMac and a Late 2009 15" MacBook Pro. I'm going to reformat and reinstall the iMac this weekend but need to grab all my Music/Documents (you know the drill) from it. Last time I did this, I did it over a 100mbps network, needless to say it was absolutely horribly slow. So, today I'm going to pick up a cheap-ish firewire cable and target my laptop as a disk using target disk mode.
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I'm using a Late 2010 27" i5 iMac and a Late 2009 15" MacBook Pro.
Just verified the specs for these two in MacTracker just to be sure. Yes, both are FW800. So you need a 9-pin to 9-pin FW cable (like these)

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I have a JVC camcoder. I need to download my videos into my iMac. I had a firewire cable from many years ago back when it was firewire 1 I think. It does not seem to want to fit the firewire connection on this new Imac (mid 2010).
I have searched the internet, but Im coming up empty. Anyone know where I can find a Firewire cable? The end that goes into the camcorder is a mini DV. I think this is the right model.
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Your Mid 2010 iMac has a FireWire 800 9-pin connector rather than the FireWire 400 6-pin connector that your older system had. Here's an example of the cable that your system probably needs. You can compare the pictures from the link to confirm.
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I was wondering if there was some sort of alternative to firewire for uploading film footage? My macbook does not have a port to plug in firewire. I know that USB can be used instead but that this can lower the quality. Is there another way that you can upload footage without lowering the quality but using a usb cable?

I was quoted...? that's a first.
Anyway, the transfer protocol isn't what determines video quality, it's the camera. The new video cameras that use USB are not true DV as they use a compression algorithm. Comparing compressed video to DV is much like comparing a CD quality audio file (44.1kHz 16-bit) to it's mp3 counterpart. Acceptable? For most consumers the answer is probably yes. However, the video degrades quickly if you have to change file formats or compress it more for a smaller file size. The compressed format is why the new camers can use SD type memory cards instead of digital tape.
It's probably true that USB2.0 couldn't keep up with the amount of data a DV stream
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CTian wrote:
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