Pull the white connector out of the clear mounting in the direction of the firewire plug then the outer sheathing slides backwards off of the Firewire in two pieces Make sure that you have an Apple Cable as that is the only one that works with the outer sheath spacer Alex On 8 May 2005, at 19:40, Robert Nicholson wrote: > How do you remove the firewire cable from the white connector that > slots into the clear plastic mounted bracket for the powerbook? > > ie. I want to replace the cable with a shorter one.