hello karsten u connect the ibook to the emac using a firewire cable. turn on the emac. while turning in the ibook hold down the t key till a firewire symbol appears on the ibook screen. this is target mode on ibook that turns it into a external firewire drive for the emac. -- Brian Hodkin CNA I.T. Specialist Budding writer Http://www.svsd.mb.ca/tcd/ Resident Computer tech and catch all Southwest Horizon School Division South Western Manitoba Canada " i work in schools but have no class"