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Firewire on rMB

borgusio

borgusio

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Jul 22, 2011
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Hello guys,

I am going to purchase a Mac Pro and a rMB, but my camera is a firewire. When I am traveling i need to connect it to the macbook.

I searched a lot for converters (USB-C / Firewire) but could not find anything.

Do you have any ideas how to solve this?
 
You need a USB to FireWire adaptor and a USB type c to USB cable. Alternatively a card reader.
 
Gav2k said:
You need a USB to FireWire adaptor and a USB type c to USB cable. Alternatively a card reader.
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The cam has tapes (I have other cams with no tapes) so I need an adapter, correct. I did not find an adapter which is working as Firewire/USB-C.

Do you have one to suggest?
 
borgusio said:
The cam has tapes (I have other cams with no tapes) so I need an adapter, correct. I did not find an adapter which is working as Firewire/USB-C.

Do you have one to suggest?
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There is not a USB-C>Firewire cable available unfortunately. As Gav said, you will need to get a USB-C>USB, then USB>Firewire.
 
keysofanxiety said:
There is not a USB-C>Firewire cable available unfortunately. As Gav said, you will need to get a USB-C>USB, then USB>Firewire.
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That is understood - but anyone tried it? I read that once you attach a chain like this to a rMB, the USB will be deactivated due to too high energy consumption. It is just paranoia? You know, I have two firewire devices, including an HDD and I do not want to risk to lose the possibility to connect them
 
borgusio said:
That is understood - but anyone tried it? I read that once you attach a chain like this to a rMB, the USB will be deactivated due to too high energy consumption. It is just paranoia? You know, I have two firewire devices, including an HDD and I do not want to risk to lose the possibility to connect them
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Whatever you connect via FireWire will need external power
 
your best solution may be to buy the one macbook pro that still has firewire. no retina though.
 
borgusio said:
Hello guys,

I am going to purchase a Mac Pro and a rMB, but my camera is a firewire. When I am traveling i need to connect it to the macbook.

I searched a lot for converters (USB-C / Firewire) but could not find anything.

Do you have any ideas how to solve this?
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For use that's critical, a USB to FireWire adapter is not going to suffice. These adapters are not widely used and are attempting to do things that don't really work.
The adapters aren't reliable whatsoever. The retina MacBook is the wrong computer for your purposes.
You should be looking at the MacBook Air or Retina MacBook Pro, both with Apple's thunderbolt to FireWire 800 adapter. Depending on the camera, you may need a FireWire power adapter as well.
 
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