Can you hook up a mac to mac?

[Col127]

I was wondering if it was possible to hook a mac directly up to another mac. If you can, what kind of plug do you use? A RJ45 cable (ethernet) or what?

I always thought you can use a firewire cable to hook them up, but the ends are different so I guess not

 

[teabgs]

you need a 6 pin to 6 pin firewire to do that, not a 6 to 4. Ethernet will work as well.

 

[bbarnhart]

You can hook up two Macs with a firewire cable. How to link. . You may need a different firewire cable.

It is easier to use a crossover cable (or if they are modern Macs, a regular ethernet cable as the ethernet ports can auto-detect) and setup file sharing and share files that way.

 

[tomf87]

If you are hooking up two macs that support Gigabit Ethernet, just use an RJ45 cable. If not, go Firewire. Those are your fastest routes.

 

[PaisanoMan]

Originally posted by tomf87
If you are hooking up two macs that support Gigabit Ethernet, just use an RJ45 cable. If not, go Firewire. Those are your fastest routes.

If you use FireWire Target Disk mode, just don't forget to unmount the Mac before you pull the plug -- you risk corrupting your disk if you do.

Otherwise, it's practically foolproof.