USB to Firewire 400

I have a harddrive that is just USB 2.0.
I need to get footage onto the drive from a Mac that has Firewire 400 ports.
Is there a cheap cord I can buy to do this.
Any links to this would be appreciated.
Thank You,
Evan Jacobs
www.anhedeniafilms.com

The Mac will also have USB ports. ALL Macs have USB ports. Well, unless this one is from like REALLY early on, like a Powermac 9600 or something...but then they wouldn't have firewire ports either.
Any Mac with firewire will have USB 2 as well.
Shane

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Western Digital MyBook 250GB (Combo): http://www.compusa.com/products/productinfo.asp?productcode=338216&pfp=compare&
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LaCie 250GB (USB or Firewire versions): http://www.compusa.com/products/productinfo.asp?productcode=310799&pfp=compare&
I also read about the different chipsets, but since these are all compatible with Mac OS X, they should have the proper chipset. Any help would be appreciated.

I recommend getting an external HDD with both firewire 400 and usb2. First off firewire is faster in real work operation than usb2. Is also good to have both if you decide to take some files and hook the drive up to a PC. Alot of PCs still don't have firewire.
I like this drive from OWC. It uses the latest Seagate drive and very good chipset.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MAU4F7320G16/
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USB or Firewire for Final Cut Pro and or Premiere Pro

I have a macbook, and i need to do a crap load of final cut/ premiere rendering, and i need to get a external for the capture scratch and ect.
But what i want to know is, what one to use? USB or Firewire 400,
I was originally gonna get a LaCie Rugged, cuass its buss powered and extremely portable, but my friends told me, seeing ive got only one firewire port, im gonna have to get something like the 320gb o5 500gb LaCie, which has two firewires on the hard drive, although its not that portable.
So i asked, why cant i get a USB external, that was a dumb thing to ask. They gave me reasons like USB speed isn't constant, not secure stuff like that.
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Cheers
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Don't know about PPro.
For FCP, you really should have FW. The problem you'll run into, is that the Mac Book only has 1 FW bus. It doesn't matter how many ports the computer or external have, they will all run on the same FW bus. And I don't believe the MacBook has the capability of using an Express34 card (or any other FW expandability). I could be wrong, but don't think so.
One solution is to capture directly to your internal harddrive, then copy the files over to the external FW drive. Others have posted about daisy-chaining your camera/deck through the external FW drive, but I've not done that and can't tell you how.
Even capturing to the internal may not work, depending on what format you're capturing.
Hang around for other possible solutions and search this forum for 'capturing to Mac Book' or some such language.
K
and yes, USB delivers content in packets vs. a continuous stream using FW. FW is the way to go. You might have success with USB, but you'll be lucky. Try to get FW 800 if you can.

I have an iPod G2 with a firewire 400 lead. how can I attach it to my new 13 inch Mac book Pro, is there a 400 to 800 firewire converter. USB lead wont work with the Macbook Pro. iPod used as an external drive to archive memory cards on the go.

My G2 iPod that I use as an external drive to archive memory cards on the go cannot link with my new 13" Macbook Pro cause it uses a firewire 400 lead. It will not work with a USB lead. Is there a firewire 800 ipod lead or converter available? Can any one shed some light on this please?

As far as I know, if a harddrive works with a Macpro, it should work with the Macbook: if your Macbook is low on power, plug in the AC adapter
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Need connector from firewire 400 to USB 2 port

got a new i-book and want to use my old ext hardrive firewire 400 for backup.
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Or am I screwed?

Doesn't the FireWire port on the iBook work?
Or are you mistaken about what you have? Is it a MacBook you have instead of an iBook?
If it is a 2010 Mac, it would be a MacBook, and, yes, it would not have a FireWire port.
External USB drives are fairly inexpensive. That would be the route I'd take.
The MacBook Bluetooth, USB, FireWire, RAM (MacBook) forum can be found here:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1170

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I have a USB external hard drive which is used as my back up drive using Time Machine.
Is it possible to get a cable to connect the hard drive to either the firewire 400 or 800 port in the back of my imac?
I am trying to free up some usb ports, and don't want to have to buy a new firewire hard drive, speed isn't the priority for me, just not sure it is possible to get a cable to do the job?
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Short and to the point thanks for that.
Looks like a usb hub or new hard drive then

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Since there were a host of external hard drive questions, I thought I'd just try out my own speed test while I'm watching TV in the background.
The drives I used were a bus-powered 250 GB LaCie Little Disk USB Hi-Speed + FireWire 400, and an adapter-powered 320 GB Western Digital MyBook Home USB Hi-Speed + FireWire 400 + eSATA. I judged the speed by running Activity Monitor and checking for Disk Activity's Data written/sec. There didn't appear to be much else happening, so I thought that the average rate was an accurate indicator. I plugged them directly into my MacBook's ports (no hubs or daisy-chaining).
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USB: 23-25 MB/sec.
FW400: 32-33 MB/sec
_Western Digital MyBook Home (7200 RPM):_
USB: steady 27 MB/sec
FW400: 32-33 MB/sec
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I have 2 external hard rives one with FireWire400 (400 to 800 cable to make compatible)and one with USB 3.0 which would be faster? I have a mid 2012 MacBook Pro I would be using them with.

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VIDEO: capturing w/ firewire 400 and USB 2 on Final Cut

I didn't think of it at the time because it didn't make sense then and it doesn't still. I exchanged a PowerBook G4 for a new MBP and realized, too late, that it had one less firewire port. ARG.
I've heard 1) that USB 2 is just as good as firewire, 2) that its as good only if you're using a PC-based machine, and 3) that it should be avoided altogether when it comes to editing video.
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do not use usb for capturing video. the max data rate is about the same as firewire 400, but it doesn't offer as high of a continued transfer rate. in short, you'll lose some frames.
the cool thing about a firewire 400 port, though, is that you can daisy chain up to 8 firewire devices to that one port and not have to worry about it. i usually have about 3 or 4 external drives hooked up to each other and my firewire, and i just plug my camera into the firewire port on one of the hard drives. it works just as well as if i had plugged it into my computer.
there's really no need for an extra firewire port or firewire 800 unless you're doing a really involved, highly detailed project, like a feature film, that would require higher data rates and more storage space.

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I havea new MacBook ...
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As everyone is trying to tell you above, there is no way to use an external iSight on the new MacBooks that do not have Firewire ports.
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How will an external Hard drive designed for the macbook Pro work with my White Macbook? My white macbook has a Firewire 400 and the G-Tech HD has a 800 to 400 compatible cable for the firewire.

I am asking this because I want the G-Tech Hard drive says that it is designed for the macbook pro. Yet, I want to back up faster with by using my firewire 400 which is not an option on the one designed for the white macbook that does not have a firewire (only a USB port.) The G-Tech Hard drive comes with the 800 to 400 compatible cable and has 5400 RPM with 750 GB. Also, I've heard that laptops with low battery (mine all the time) won't have the power for a bus powered Hard drive (as in no ac plug in adaptor.) Can I just plug in my laptop? Any one know the answers from experience with this hard drive?

As far as I know, if a harddrive works with a Macpro, it should work with the Macbook: if your Macbook is low on power, plug in the AC adapter
If your Macbook has a firewire port, then it should be fine. BUt i would do somemore research first.

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