I went to buy a firewire cable for the MacMini. All the cables were marked things like "Firewire 8 pin" or "9 pin" or "8 pin to 9 pin". Looking at Apple's technical specs and on Mactracker, I found no ...

I take it you need a 4-pin to 4-pin firewire cable? Most pc laptops and camcorders have 4-pin and should be common enough. I myself keep a 6-pin to 6-pin, 4-pin to 4-pin, and 6-pin to 4-pin firewire ...

FireWire Depot today introduced a new series of Firewire 800 1394b cables. The new cables include 9-9 pin 18 cm (approx 7 inches), 9-9 pin 0.5 meter (1.5 feet), 9-9 pin 3 meter (9 feet), 9-9 pin 4.5 ...

FireWire Depot LLC has announced the release of new FireWire 800 cables, bridgeboards, and a new FireWire 400/USB 2.0 combo enclosure as well. The new FireWire 800 cables include new 9 pin to 9 pin ...

FireWire 800 is the faster peripheral interface introduced in January with Apple’s PowerBook G4. Based on the IEEE 1394b standard, the interface sports twice the available bandwidth of the “original” ...

Keeping tabs on proper FireWire use Making sure that everyone in your organization is properly using FireWire ports is key to avoiding failure. Bryan McGill, a Macintosh administrator, writes: "This ...

As previously reported, some retractable FireWire cables offered by IOGEAR and other manufacturers may not be suitable for use with portable hard drives because they usually aren't shielded. We've now ...