Transferring data via firewire connection

I inherited an old iMac Power PC (dome base) that I need to extract some files from before disposing of it. It's been diagnosed with a bad motherboard and will need a replacement CD drive which is more than it's probably worth. I want to use my 24 iMac 7.1, intel core duo to transfer files residing on this older iMac Power PC that can only be started in target user mode. I assume the iMac 24 has a fire wire port, but besides the fire wire cord, how to I hook the 2 together to extract the files and then zeroize the hard drive on the older iMac?
Thanks,

Once they're connected, copy the files off and then use the Disk Utility in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder to erase the drive.
(52244)

Similar Messages

  • Migratiing files from a MacBook Pro to a new iMac via firewire connection

    The firewire connection does not appear to work between my older MacBook Pro running 10.4.11 and my new iMac running 10.5.6. I've been trying to use migration assistant and it never gets passed "waiting for old mac to restart". I 've put the target macbook pro into target disk mode by pressing "t" at startup and then using system preferences, start up disk, start disk in target mode. It appears that the iMac just can't see the older mac. Any suggestions to trouble shoot? Very little info on apple's support documentation. I have over 90 GB of data (music, files, photos). I can do this over a network connection but it will take 30 hours just to copy my itunes library.

    I would start by doing the following on the MBP:
    Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
    Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
    If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
    Next, turn off both computers. Connect via a Firewire cable. Boot the MBP into TDM. Wait for the TDM screen to appear. Now boot the iMac normally. See if the disk drive of the MBP doesn't appear on the iMac's Desktop.

  • Error while extracting data via UD Connect

    Hi,
    Trying for the first time to connect Oracle data base/JDBC connection type via UD connect(we are in BI 7.0).While creating the data source and assigning UD Connect source object in the extraction tab,following error is obtained" UDCADAPTERROR::RSSDK100 ,cannot open connection"
    Appreciate if anybody can advice me on this..checked the RFC connection in BW and its working ok.
    regards
    savi

    Hi Michael, we have JDBC connection tested in TestJDBCPage.jsp and working good, only have problems in Schema for access to tables, but in SQL test using Schema the result is ok.
    How we can get Logs for detect the problem in msg : <b>UDCADPTERERROR::RSSDK|200|TABLE:</b>
    We apreciate you collaboration, thank you.

  • Dead screen, transfering documents via firewire - need help

    Greetings,
    So I've got a 1 Ghz iMac (floating pivot screen.) - my primary mission critical workstation. My screen died today. Grrrr.
    No time to muck about, I went out and purchased a mac mini (1.5 Ghz single intel core), I want to transfer all data from the old box to the new asap.
    The migration assistant that appears at first boot up is cool, and I was able to move all applications. (handy!)
    Problem is that I couldn't move all my user documents because the old Mac's drive is 80 gig and the new is only 60. So I figured I would just drag and drop as much as I can manually.
    I've gone and reattached the old mac to the new via firewire and booted up the old box as an external drive. Problem is, when I open up the user folder on the old hard drive I'm not seeing any files.... ie. all folders including the old desktop folder are empty....its like the files are hidden or something.
    Help please.

    could it be because under ownership and permissions I have no access to these folders? Is that why the folders "appear" empty? - then my next question would be, how can I give myself access to them?
    Remembering that I am unable to boot up and use the old iMac (except in external drive mode) since the screen (or video card???) is dead.
    Also - I'm attempting spotlight searches from the new mac on the old mac's HD for known files on the old mac's desktop and its coming back with nothing...
    What a mess ....maybe

  • Problem Migrating Data Via Firewire

    I am trying to transfer data from G4 desktop to a Intel iMac. The G4 desktop has 2 internal drives and has 10.4.10 installed. When I boot up the G5 iMac for the initial setup, I choose the option to migrate my information from another Mac. I follow all the steps connecting the systems with a firewire cable and reboot the older Mac while holding down the T key. The older Mac reboots and shows the Target Disk Mode icon, but the G5 iMac still is unable to see it and cannot get past the 'waiting for your old mac to restart stage'.
    I did disconnect the second drive thinking that there may be a conflict that there was two drives on the G4 desktop, but this did not solve the problem.
    Any suggestions on a fix would be appreciated.

    Make sure that the remaining Hard drive is at the front of the ATA cable. And also check that the cable is good and that firewire ports on the G4 are active. If not shut own the machine,disconnect the cable, let it cool down, do a PRAM Reset on startup, then go to Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility and Repair Permissions on the startup volume.
    A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs

  • Transfering music via firewire

    My daugher has all her music on an eMac. She just got a macbook. We've transfered all personal data over using the utilities and firewire. I thought it would transfer music files over also? It hasn't. Can anyone help me with the best way to transfer the music files over without having to copy on a cd first.
    What step did I miss?
    Thank you

    Thank you for the reply. I did use the TDM the first time. I was successful in transfering things such as settings on her computer. What didn't transfer over and i can't figure out how to get transfered over is her music and pictures. This didn't come over in the transfer. I believed I followed all the proper steps as the TDM was pretty clear how to transfer. Is there other steps I need to take with TDM to get pictures and music to transfer
    Thanks

  • Connecting my Sharp vl z5 viewcam to imovie via firewire connection

    Bought my firewire cable today,plugged it in,turned the camcorder on and it said on imovie screen.....The camera you have connected is a different video standard from your project. You can edit but you will not be able to capture any new clips or export to camera!!!! Help me please someone,i thought my G4 would just do it all on auto pilot like it normally does.

    I have a similar issue with my Sony DCR-TRV38. I bought a 9 pin to 4 pin cable and hooked it up, however neither Imovie or Final cut recognize the camera.

  • Help - can't migrate data via firewire to new MB

    I'm migrating from a PowerBook running Tiger to a new MB with Leopard (10.5.2). I tried using Migration Assistant but I kept getting errors about a problem with the network even though I was using FireWire.
    I figured it's probably better doing it manually by FireWire anyway, so I used FireWire target mode. But when trying to copy over my documents, it's stopping at a certain point, different each time. And it won't let me cancel, the Finder freezes up, and I have to force shut down. I've tried a couple times, one time it did give me an error for a particular file, but that seemed to copy over in the first attempt.
    I suppose I'll have to try to call Apple, but anyone have any advice? I already gave the MB a fresh reinstall of Leopard.

    gbarron wrote:
    I have all the old iMac data backed up to a hard drive, but would prefer not to "handload" all my files fromt eh harddrive to the new iMac.
    Backed-up how? If you have a Time Machine backup, or a "bootable clone," just plug it in to your new Mac and migrate from it. See [Setting up a new Mac from an old one or its backups|http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/Setup.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Snow Leopard > Installation and Setup+ forum).

  • Can't load data using DB Connect

    I'm trying to use DB connect to load data from an external source database into SAP BW.  Both databases are MSSQL.  I've followed the steps in the document, "Transferring Data with DB Connect".  The table in the source system has all CAPS for the table and the fields. I can see the data in the BW system via screen "DB Connect: Display of data from the database system".  However, when I create an info package and try to load the data, the job seems to hang.  It is stuck in YELLOW status with "0 from 0 records".  Does anyone have a clue?
    Thank you,
    Tony

    dear Tony,
    check if followed already all 'restictions' in oss 512739-BW external DB Connect for MS SQLServer
    Datasource not showing up in RSA3
    To avoid problems loading data, proceed as follows:
    1. Create a special login for the extraction.
    You should add this login to the db_ddladmin database role in the corresponding database. This generates a similar DB user at database level.
    The user you use must have the 'CREATE VIEW' authorization at least. This is contained in the role mentioned above.
    2. For the extraction, you should only use DB views that were created under this DB user. (refer also to type conversion, naming convention and so on)
    3. Assign the necessary authorizations (SELECT at least) to the selected user in the source tables, or the columns of these tables.
    4. Use the specially created login in the logon information when you set up the DB source system in BW.

  • Can Business Objects Web Intelligency reports access NearLine Storage data Via BW Bex Query

    Hi Gurus,
    I am aware BEX queries can access NearLine Storage data for reporting but can Business Objects Web Intelligency reports access NearLine Storage data Via BICS connection ( Bex Query as a Source).
    Thanks,
    Shak.

    I would recommend to let your SAP Basis guys do a security trace on the SAP BW side and see if some authorization check for the user fails when trying to fetch data over the universe.
    Regards,
    Stratos

  • Video Importing Problems via Firewire

    Hi there !
    Few days ago, i've imported footage from my sony camera via Firewire connection in IMovie 09, It was my 1st time to capture videos in SNOW LEOPARD.
    then i've captured videos in IMovie 09 using ISight,
    and after capturing videos with ISight, i can't capture videos from any other Video camera via Firewire.
    IMovie 09, or Adobe Premiere CS4 don't recognize/see/show Firewire connected Video Cameras, but ONLY ISIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!! TOTAL NIGHTMARE !
    Please guys fix this problem, it's such a shame that Snow Leopard has such an exception error,
    are we going to have such strange problems like the WINDOWS VISTA users ??

    Welcome to Discussions, Enslaved
    If the cable idea does not fix your problem, see if you get any other ideas from these:
      http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/8.0/en/9835.html
      http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/8.0/en/19544.html
    EZ Jim
    Mac Pro Quad Core (Early 2009) 2.93Ghz w/Mac OS X (10.6.2)  MacBook Pro (13 inch, Mid 2009) 2.26GHz (10.6.2)
    LED Cinema Display  G4 PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11)  iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9)  External iSight

  • Anyone have success doing Netboot service via Firewire??

    OS 10.5.8 Server on a Dual 2.3 Ghz G5...
    I tried but I could not get this to work!** I heard from an Mac server expert doesn't support this feature, they don't have detailed documentation for it and that the the firmware in macs are missing the components necessary to do netboot via firewire.
    Well if you have done Netboot over Firewire please respond and share your experience...
    Big thanks!!!
    **I set up DHCP service with the firewire port and tested it, my clients got IP's from the server via firewire connections
    -I set up Netboot to use the Firewire port
    -the netinstall image was set fine ( I tested my image with Netboot over ethernet to some test mac clients and it worked fine)
    ...but in the end I couldn't get it to work

    Hi
    I've not tried this and a reason for possibly trying it is because it offers faster access because of increased speeds in comparison to what's available via ethernet? Although if your network is gigabit there would not be much point in using it? A possibility as to why it might not be working is whether Apple's implementation of IPv4 and TCP/IP over IEEE 1394 supports UDP connections? TFTP uses UDP Port 69. I suppose you could compare the logs between successful netbooting via ethernet against failed netbooting via firewire.
    There may be a difference between the two? If there is you may have a chance of getting it to work?
    Tony

  • Transferring Data from old iMac to new iMac via Firewire

    I am having difficulty transferring data from my old iMac to my new iMac via firewire. Per the instructions contained in migration assistant, when I hold down the letter "T" key during startup of the "old" mac the firewire symbol does not appear. Given that the firewire symbol does not appear I am unable to proceed with the transfer. Of note, my new Mac is the '09 24" iMac and my old iMac is the early 2006 model with the 17" screen. Incidentally, I am using the following cable contained in the attached link along with the adaptor (400) with respect to my old iMac.
    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8846387&st=firewire&lp=10&type=pro duct&cp=1&id=1215819175946
    Can anyone help?

    Hi Todd
    Not sure why that wouldn't work, but it could be that cable and adapter setup as the Early Core Duo only supports firewire 400.
    You should try a 9 to 6 Pin Bilingual FireWire Cable:
    http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?cid=103&cp_id=10301&cs_id=1030105&pid=3542&seq=1&format=2
    http://www.firefold.com/6-Foot-9pin-6pin-IEEE1394B-Firewire-Cable-P965.aspx
    Dennis

  • Phone is connecting and transfering data in the ba...

    Today at work my Nokia 6710 did start to transfer data in the background without my interaction. I was typing a sms while the symbol for data transfer below the 3G lit up. Did a quick check in the menu->settings->connectivity->Conn.mgr.  Yes, one active connection was sending and receiving data, small amounts 3-4kb, then idle.
    I ended the connection in the Conn.mgr. Closed all the apps in the phone and waited a minute. Then it started one new connection in the background again! Same procedure, checked and closed it...! This did not stop, every time the phone started a new connection after a minute? 
    I did try to find what could cause this, but no success. What is going on, any ideas for what to check? 
    I finally deleted my  3G access point in menu->settings->settings->connection->destinations->internet
    This did stopp the phone from connecting and transfering data. 
     Back home I connected to my WiFi at home, used the browser and closed the connection. Guess what, the phone did now connect via the WiFi in the background doing exactly the same type of small data transfer - without asking!? 
    What is this? I downloaded the latest F-Secure mobile version to check for virus, but nothing, it was clean.
    I did shut down the phone, will not use it until I can stop these unwanted connections and transfers. Please help.

    Finally I found the reason for these data transfers. The upgrade of the mentioned files did have something to do with all of this, but the removal of the files did not help. 
    So, I did go through all the settings in again for Connections and the setting for Share Video were set On...? Turning this setting Off did stop the background data transfers. 
    Problem solved perhaps. But I still wonder why the Share Video setting did start sending data while the phone was not in use? A bug? A virus? A hacker trying to activate the webcam?

  • Is there a comprehensive list of compatible cameras to connect via firewire?

    is there a comprehensive and up-to-date list of compatible cameras to connect via firewire that will work with FMLE?
    I saw this -http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flashmediaencoder/FME_DeviceMatrix.pdf
    but it's out of date and limited in scope... any more information?
    thanks
    Josh

    I'm in the process of trying to get this information for a client. Even with a paid AppleCare agreement, the only answer I'm getting is "look in the forums" and "look on the developer site" (although I have to give credit to the Tier-1 rep who's trying to help me.) The impression I'm getting is that they consider an exact list of header names to be proprietary information for some reason, and are going to great pains to try not to give out the information, but also to not create ill will amongst their customers by explicitly saying "that's proprietary".

Maybe you are looking for