[X4U] Powerbook <> Macbook

Eddie Hargreaves meged at earthlink.net
Mon Jul 30 14:34:32 PDT 2007


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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