I've got two firewire enclosures but only one firewire cable. Basically I'm looking to bridge the two firewire drives together with the cable and then connect one of them to the imac via USB. I've been switching the firewire cable between them and its a pain. Has anyone done this before? I'd try it myself but I don't want to risk my drives going kaboom or something.
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Connect two firewire drives to iMac via usb?
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It won't work. The drives will not bridge firewire to USB.
To my knowledge, most firewire drives have two firewire connectors can be daisy-chained by firewire cables, like Computer<-FW->Drive 1<-FW->Drive 2, but Computer<-USB->Drive 1<-FW->Drive 2 is a no go.
To my knowledge, most firewire drives have two firewire connectors can be daisy-chained by firewire cables, like Computer<-FW->Drive 1<-FW->Drive 2, but Computer<-USB->Drive 1<-FW->Drive 2 is a no go.