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? > > Paul Moortgat