[X4U] Powerbook <> Macbook

[Jeff Johnson]

"How to use FireWire target disk mode" at
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
explains it all.

Jeff
jrj1120 at gmail.com


On 7/30/07, Eddie Hargreaves <meged at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Doesn't sound like it's working as intended to me. If the MacBook is started
> up in FireWire Target Disk Mode, shouldn't it appear on the desktop of the
> Powerbook? Or do Intel Macs simply not work like that with PowerPC Macs?
>
> --
> Eddie Hargreaves
>
>
> On 7/30/07 11:19 AM, P. H. Adams <phadams at mac.com> wrote:
>
> > It's not meant to be a two-way connection. One of the devices is
> > simply acting as a FireWire drive in this configuration. Sounds like
> > it's working as intended.
> >
> > On Jul 30, 2007, at 8:21 AM, Paul Moortgat <paul.moortgat at pandora.be>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> A friend with a Powerbook wanted to copy pictures he took to a
> >> Macbook via firewire.  When the Macbook was started with "T" he
> >> could not see the Macbook on his Powerbook.
> >> When he reversed it and started his Powerbook with "T" the icon
> >> appeared on the Macbook.  Both have the latest OS.
> >> Why is it only in one way?
>
>
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