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With the use of the Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter, can I attach a FireWire drive, or even a FireWire chain of drives, to a Thundebolt drive?

I have an existing chain of two FireWire hard drives, currently attached directly to the FireWire port of an iMac. And I want to add a Thunderbolt drive soon, too, using the Thunderbolt port. But the newest iMacs don't have any FireWire port. So I want to be able to use both types of drive with the newest, and presumably future, Macs.

• Asked by Murray E from Amherst
• 24/10/2012
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What transfer speeds would I expect using this adapter? Will this convert my firewire drives to thunderbolt speeds?

• Asked by Randall J from Spring
• 3/08/2012
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How can I make the older 27 inch display work with the new Mac Pro

I purchased the PCI to Thunderbolt converter
There does not seem to be a FireWire to Thunderbolt adapter available. I have the original FireWire not Firewire 800

• Asked by Erica T from Beaverton
• 17/11/2014
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Can I use the Apple Thunderbolt to Firewire Adapter to daisy chain a FW 800 External HD to a Thunderbolt External HD?

I have a G-Tech Thunderbolt External HD which is connected via Thunderbolt to my iMac. Can I use an Apple Thunderbolt to Firewire Adapter to daisy chain from my G-Tech to a WD external FW 800 HD?

• Asked by Robert P from San Anselmo
• 10/09/2013
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Thunderbolt -> Firewire capacity?

Is there a limit to how many Firewire drives I can daisy chain off one Thunderbolt port? I have about 7 units

• Asked by Calvin H from Glendale
• 1/08/2012
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Can the Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter be used for capturing video from DV recorders and/or cameras? Thanks in advance for any response

• Asked by Suman B
• 29/08/2012
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can i user the thunderbolt to firewire adapter to run my nikon super coolscan 4000 on a new (late 2013) imac?

• Asked by E. B from Newnan
• 6/11/2014
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Can I go from a firewire port to a thunderbolt device using this product?

• Asked by Michael M from Arcadia
• 4/01/2014
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do multiple TB-FW adapters create multiple FW busses?

Hi,

I have a question concerning the use of multiple thunderbolt to firewire adapters. If I plug two of these into an iMac, and then a drive to each adapter, would those devices present themselves to the computer as being on two different firewire busses, or one unified firewire bus?
Some people on here have commented on how they have multiple drives daisy-chained to one adapter, that is not what I am asking about, as in that kind of situation you can easily saturate a single firewire buss.
My purpose here is to use Universal Audio's Satellite UAD product (firewire) in addition to a firewire audio interface. the Satellite prefers to be the sole device on a FW chain for best performance, so what I would like to do is use one adapter for a satellite, and one for a firewire audio interface, and have the two operate independently on their own busses.
Does anyone know if this is possible? Has anyone tried it?

• Asked by Henry R from Chandler
• 12/06/2013
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Can I connect a tascam dm3200 digital mixer which has a FireWire connection for daw control, can I plug the mixer into the FireWire to thunderbolt

Basically can I connect my tascam dm3200 digital mixer which has a FireWire port for daw control using my FireWire cable out of the mixer into the FireWire to thunderbolt then thunderbolt to thunderbolt 3 adaptor into a thunderbolt 3 port on a new 15” 2018 MacBook Pro.

• Asked by Fox M
• 20/07/2018
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