Comments on: The Hidden Power of FireWire http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/ Mac Apps, Reviews, Previews, Interviews, and Giveaways. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:39:05 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: b2c91e11a072 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-86522 b2c91e11a072 Sat, 10 May 2008 20:32:33 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-86522 <strong>b2c91e11a072...</strong> b2c91e11a072683862b9... b2c91e11a072…

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]]> By: links for 2007-07-31 « geek notes http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-10101 links for 2007-07-31 « geek notes Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:24:03 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-10101 [...] The Hidden Power of FireWire | MacApper Many of these features are not widely known among people who have not had to use them in an emergency situation, but they can be quite useful in a pinch. (tags: firewire howto) [...] [...] The Hidden Power of FireWire | MacApper Many of these features are not widely known among people who have not had to use them in an emergency situation, but they can be quite useful in a pinch. (tags: firewire howto) [...]

]]> By: Jazmin Mackey http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-6373 Jazmin Mackey Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:19:40 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-6373 This one makes sence "One's first step in wisdom is to kuesstion everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything." This one makes sence “One’s first step in wisdom is to kuesstion everything – and one’s last is to come to terms with everything.”

]]> By: …FireWire is useful? at Didn’t You Hear… http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-2301 …FireWire is useful? at Didn’t You Hear… Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:52:02 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-2301 [...] [MacApper - The Hidden Power Of FireWire] [...] [...] [MacApper - The Hidden Power Of FireWire] [...]

]]> By: cars has chasing http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1790 cars has chasing Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:37:56 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1790 chasing cars snow <a href="http://myblog.es/bulex" rel="nofollow">cars chasing snow</a> chasing cars snow cars chasing snow

]]> By: Troy http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1595 Troy Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:52:15 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1595 PHIL: when it comes to Target Disk Mode, no, your Thinkpad is not exactly the same. Example: I use my PowerBook 12-inch to offload and work on digital photos I take while on the road. Once home, I simply stick a Firewire cable between the tiny tot and my PowerMac and boot the Powerbook into target disk mode. Quick and painless way to sync and archive stuff and save shetloads of space on my PowerBook. Using an external Firewire disk may *sound* similar, but it adds a level of complexity to the whole process. One more thing to carry around, and when you're buzzing about snapping pics for a newspaper, it gets quite cumbersome. And having to take your Thinkpad HDD out, place it into an external Firewire caddy and THEN sync it to a desktop PC? Nope, not the same thing at all. Sorry. PHIL: when it comes to Target Disk Mode, no, your Thinkpad is not exactly the same.

Example: I use my PowerBook 12-inch to offload and work on digital photos I take while on the road. Once home, I simply stick a Firewire cable between the tiny tot and my PowerMac and boot the Powerbook into target disk mode. Quick and painless way to sync and archive stuff and save shetloads of space on my PowerBook.

Using an external Firewire disk may *sound* similar, but it adds a level of complexity to the whole process. One more thing to carry around, and when you’re buzzing about snapping pics for a newspaper, it gets quite cumbersome.

And having to take your Thinkpad HDD out, place it into an external Firewire caddy and THEN sync it to a desktop PC? Nope, not the same thing at all. Sorry.

]]> By: Sebhelyesfarku http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1488 Sebhelyesfarku Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:04:08 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1488 FireWire is dead. eSATA is the new king, dumbasses. FireWire is dead. eSATA is the new king, dumbasses.

]]> By: ardor http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1457 ardor Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:00:25 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1457 Thank you for writing this article! My friend and I are always talking about what's better, Firewire or USB. No matter what cool facts I pull up about Firewire's speed, compatibility, and functionality, it never seems to get as much credit as that darn USB 2.0. Cheers to Firewire! Thank you for writing this article! My friend and I are always talking about what’s better, Firewire or USB. No matter what cool facts I pull up about Firewire’s speed, compatibility, and functionality, it never seems to get as much credit as that darn USB 2.0. Cheers to Firewire!

]]> By: Scott http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1456 Scott Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:32:30 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1456 You can also use Target Disk Mode to install software from a data DVD on a Mac that doesn't have a DVD drive. I put Tiger on an old G3 iMac that way. You can also use Target Disk Mode to install software from a data DVD on a Mac that doesn’t have a DVD drive. I put Tiger on an old G3 iMac that way.

]]> By: AM http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1444 AM Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:46:01 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1444 I've yet to find a single Windows user who can boot his/her pc from an external drive - when their drive fails all of them have had to install new drives but could never boot from an external USB drive - this was with Windows XP. Can someone tell me how its done in Windows (is there a disk cloning feature built-in?) so that I can tell my friends when they call me about a drive thats crashed? I talking about making a clone not backing up data. AM I’ve yet to find a single Windows user who can boot his/her pc from an external drive – when their drive fails all of them have had to install new drives but could never boot from an external USB drive – this was with Windows XP. Can someone tell me how its done in Windows (is there a disk cloning feature built-in?) so that I can tell my friends when they call me about a drive thats crashed? I talking about making a clone not backing up data.

AM

]]> By: MomKicker http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1436 MomKicker Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:30:38 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1436 I am very pleased with my Firewire port from windows. I don't now why you need the other functions. I am very pleased with my Firewire port from windows. I don’t now why you need the other functions.

]]> By: Paul Stamatiou http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1435 Paul Stamatiou Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:28:14 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1435 Not sure if it has been mentioned in the comments yet, but the 24 inch iMac features a FW800 port. pics: http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/09/18/first-impressions-24-inch-imac/ Not sure if it has been mentioned in the comments yet, but the 24 inch iMac features a FW800 port.

pics:
http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/09/18/first-impressions-24-inch-imac/

]]> By: Rennervater http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1434 Rennervater Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:27:50 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1434 Hey this article is on the doggdotus front page http://doggdot.us Hey this article is on the doggdotus front page

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]]> By: Trolling is... http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1433 Trolling is... Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:20:48 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1433 Macs Suck because you want one. Apple tried to create their own system for years, but finally gave up recently and moved to Intel and Microsoft. Microsoft just spent $9 billion and many years to create Vista, so it does not sound reasonable that some new alternative could just snap into existence overnight like that. It would take billions of dollars and a massive effort to achieve. IBM tried, and spent a huge amount of money developing OS/2 but could never keep up with Windows Macs Suck because you want one.

Apple tried to create their own system for years, but finally gave up recently and moved to Intel and Microsoft. Microsoft just spent $9 billion and many years to create Vista, so it does not sound reasonable that some new alternative could just snap into existence overnight like that. It would take billions of dollars and a massive effort to achieve. IBM tried, and spent a huge amount of money developing OS/2 but could never keep up with Windows

]]> By: BEn http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1431 BEn Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:10:31 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1431 Sorry missed a few things. "There is one additional feature you briefly hinted at in the Mac-to-Mac migration section: IP over Firewire networking..." Well thats because firewire is a networking standard not a serial standard any firewire computer can do that. You can also output video over firewire on any os, this a feature of the video polayer not the operating system. QT for windows does this as well. Sorry missed a few things.
“There is one additional feature you briefly hinted at in the Mac-to-Mac migration section: IP over Firewire networking…” Well thats because firewire is a networking standard not a serial standard any firewire computer can do that.
You can also output video over firewire on any os, this a feature of the video polayer not the operating system. QT for windows does this as well.

]]> By: Kevin http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1430 Kevin Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:08:53 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1430 @ Brett Johnson: With Windows, you can still have a firewire card as an ethernet device. Nothing new or special there. As for a number of the other features, its nothing that USB hasn't been able to do for a while now. There are things that macs can do that pcs cant, and the opposite does hold true, too. Firewire is a nice technology, but fairly limited in its implementation. @ Brett Johnson:

With Windows, you can still have a firewire card as an ethernet device. Nothing new or special there.

As for a number of the other features, its nothing that USB hasn’t been able to do for a while now. There are things that macs can do that pcs cant, and the opposite does hold true, too. Firewire is a nice technology, but fairly limited in its implementation.

]]> By: BEn http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1429 BEn Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:06:27 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1429 Actually you can do all of those except for number 1 with a pc. The last one you can go buy a firewire 800 card for the 3 devices on the market if you so chose. The migration works as well, in fact you can use usb, firewire and ethernet. Any x86 machine can boot from whatever the hell it wants too aswell. In fact I booted off of my thumb drive yesterday. Actually you can do all of those except for number 1 with a pc. The last one you can go buy a firewire 800 card for the 3 devices on the market if you so chose. The migration works as well, in fact you can use usb, firewire and ethernet. Any x86 machine can boot from whatever the hell it wants too aswell. In fact I booted off of my thumb drive yesterday.

]]> By: Wes Ball http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1428 Wes Ball Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:01:32 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1428 There's another really great thing Mac's can do with firewire. Output any quicktime movie stream through firewire. You could hook up an DV camera and record the video, or you could get one of those cheap D/A converters and pipe it straight into your TV. I only recently found out about this. You have to download a little app from apple, but hey, its FREE! Check here for more info. http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2004/12/22/video_out.html There’s another really great thing Mac’s can do with firewire.

Output any quicktime movie stream through firewire. You could hook up an DV camera and record the video, or you could get one of those cheap D/A converters and pipe it straight into your TV.

I only recently found out about this. You have to download a little app from apple, but hey, its FREE!

Check here for more info.
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2004/12/22/video_out.html

]]> By: C.B.Leslie http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1427 C.B.Leslie Sun, 18 Mar 2007 05:48:34 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1427 "macs still suck." Pretty much. “macs still suck.”

Pretty much.

]]> By: The Hidden Power of Firewire « News Coctail http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1426 The Hidden Power of Firewire « News Coctail Sun, 18 Mar 2007 05:47:04 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1426 [...] Hidden Power of Firewire Filed under: Uncategorized — recar @ 5:46 am The Hidden Power of Firewire Both Macs and PCs have had FireWire for years, but Macs can do some really cool things with [...] [...] Hidden Power of Firewire Filed under: Uncategorized — recar @ 5:46 am The Hidden Power of Firewire Both Macs and PCs have had FireWire for years, but Macs can do some really cool things with [...]

]]> By: Durrr http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1425 Durrr Sun, 18 Mar 2007 05:42:20 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1425 Here's something to consider: THIS ISNT A 'FEATURE' OF FIREWIRE. This has to do with Mac software/firmware. And who would have thought that Macs would have something a PC doesn't? Same way PCs have things that Macs don't. Here’s something to consider: THIS ISNT A ‘FEATURE’ OF FIREWIRE. This has to do with Mac software/firmware. And who would have thought that Macs would have something a PC doesn’t? Same way PCs have things that Macs don’t.

]]> By: oligore http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1423 oligore Sun, 18 Mar 2007 05:24:48 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1423 @mackiller that's pretty sad. You come to a mac blog just to say mac sucks @mackiller
that’s pretty sad. You come to a mac blog just to say mac sucks

]]> By: Alex http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1422 Alex Sun, 18 Mar 2007 05:22:51 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1422 #1 is OBVIOUSLY not true. Everyone knows macintoshes never have problems #1 is OBVIOUSLY not true. Everyone knows macintoshes never have problems

]]> By: Andre http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1421 Andre Sun, 18 Mar 2007 05:17:12 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1421 nan, I realize that but a single sentence mentioning USB wouldn't kill anyone, now would it? nan, I realize that but a single sentence mentioning USB wouldn’t kill anyone, now would it?

]]> By: Brett Johnson http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1420 Brett Johnson Sun, 18 Mar 2007 05:16:06 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1420 There is one additional feature you briefly hinted at in the Mac-to-Mac migration section: IP over Firewire networking. Under the Networking section of System Preferences, you can enable the Firewire port as a network interface (in addition to the Ethernet and Airport interfaces). You may then create a 2-computer network with a very fast interface (much faster than 100baseT ethernet). I hook two macs together via Firewire, they typically find each other via Rendezvous/Bonjour, or you can explicitly use Connect to Server and supply yourMachineName.local as the server name. I often use this to quickly transfer large media files between two macs. There is one additional feature you briefly hinted at in the Mac-to-Mac migration section: IP over Firewire networking. Under the Networking section of System Preferences, you can enable the Firewire port as a network interface (in addition to the Ethernet and Airport interfaces). You may then create a 2-computer network with a very fast interface (much faster than 100baseT ethernet). I hook two macs together via Firewire, they typically find each other via Rendezvous/Bonjour, or you can explicitly use Connect to Server and supply
yourMachineName.local as the server name. I often use this to quickly transfer large media files between two macs.

]]> By: phil http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1418 phil Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:55:52 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1418 well lets see. my thinkpad boots usb or firewire has migration. can do firewire 800 and if i need the data off the drive i pull the drive slap it into an external case and do the same thing. so hidden power of firewire? no not hidden just another way of doing the same thing. well lets see. my thinkpad boots usb or firewire has migration. can do firewire 800 and if i need the data off the drive i pull the drive slap it into an external case and do the same thing. so hidden power of firewire? no not hidden just another way of doing the same thing.

]]> By: Alex Galonsky http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1417 Alex Galonsky Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:55:17 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1417 Confused: http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-state-of-macapper/ Confused:

http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-state-of-macapper/

]]> By: mackiller http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1416 mackiller Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:47:27 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1416 macs still suck. macs still suck.

]]> By: The Hidden Power of Firewire « Tons of Fresh News http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1407 The Hidden Power of Firewire « Tons of Fresh News Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:26:20 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1407 [...] Hidden Power of Firewire The Hidden Power of Firewire Both Macs and PCs have had FireWire for years, but Macs can do some really cool things with [...] [...] Hidden Power of Firewire The Hidden Power of Firewire Both Macs and PCs have had FireWire for years, but Macs can do some really cool things with [...]

]]> By: nan http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/comment-page-1/#comment-1395 nan Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:46:06 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/03/17/the-hidden-power-of-firewire/#comment-1395 Andre, you're right. But.. The post is about FireWire!! ;) Andre, you’re right. But.. The post is about FireWire!! ;)

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