[HM] Firewire

Clive Ross sieiar at tpg.com.au
Fri Feb 4 16:39:42 PST 2005


It has a circle and three dashes coming from it on three sides
On 05/02/2005, at 11:34 AM, Jane Sprando wrote:

> Clive, what does the icon for a firewire drive look like?
>
> Jane
>
>> From: Clive Ross <sieiar at tpg.com.au>
>> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Macintosh Computers in the home."
>> <homemac at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 11:32:25 +1100
>> To: "A place to discuss Macintosh Computers in the home."
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>> Subject: Re: [HM] Firewire
>>
>> There are 2 Firewire ports on your Mac, they are different to USB and
>> much faster than the USB on your Mac. You should get a Firewire cable
>> with the drive that you buy.
>>
>>
>> On 05/02/2005, at 11:12 AM, Jane Sprando wrote:
>>
>>> I have a G4 iMac, 800 MHz. (The whole computer is a round dome, with 
>>> a
>>> goose
>>> neck flat screen)
>>>
>>> How do I know if I have a firewire drive?
>>>
>>> I want to be buy a LaCie external hard drive and they are firewire.
>>> Does
>>> that mean there is a special port on the back of the iMac? Or will it
>>> just
>>> plug into a USB port or powered USB hub?
>>>
>>> Jane
>>>
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