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Wednesday, August 01, 2012, 07:36 am
Apple Store now carries Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter
The Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter for newer Thunderbolt-equipped Macs is now available for $29 at Apple's online store.The new adapter is estimated to ship in one to three business days. It allows users to connect their Thunderbolt-equipped Mac to a FireWire device with the small and compact cable.
The connector provides a FireWire 800 port that supplies up to 7 watts for bus-powered peripherals like hard drives and audio devices. It requires a Thunderbolt-equipped Mac running OS X 10.7.4 or later.
Apple first announced the Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June. It was introduced alongside the Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter accessory.
The list of available Thunderbolt accessories continues to expand since the high-speed port debuted on Macs in mid 2011. The new cable standard utilizes two separate 10Gbps links — one for displays and one for PCI-Express device traffic — for throughput of up to 10Gbps between Thunderbolt-capable devices and a compatible Mac.
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Why did it take so long to make a Firewire to Thunderbolt adapter though?
How about Thunderbolt to USB 3???
Why did it take so long to make a Firewire to Thunderbolt adapter though?
I wonder the same thing, all I can think of is maybe there were licensing issues.
How about Thunderbolt to USB 3???
They probably want you to buy a new mac with USB 3 already on it but I can see your point for those with TB and usb 2 where such an adapter would come in handy when connected to usb 3 devices.
How about a FireWire 400 to Thunderbolt Y adapter so I can connect my original 5G iPod and my G4 cube at the same time? SRSLY! Seriously I wouldn't mind being able to burn DVDs on my firewire400 DVD writer. This accessory is the only thing keeping me from ordering a retina MacBook ...
How about a FireWire 400 to Thunderbolt Y adapter so I can connect my original 5G iPod and my G4 cube at the same time? SRSLY! Seriously I wouldn't mind being able to burn DVDs on my firewire400 DVD writer. This accessory is the only thing keeping me from ordering a retina MacBook ...
Or an HDV/miniDV video camera. A lot of people (myself included) have moved on to tapeless recording, but I still have an archive of tapes that I will want to access in the future.
How about a FireWire 400 to Thunderbolt Y adapter so I can connect my original 5G iPod and my G4 cube at the same time? SRSLY! Seriously I wouldn't mind being able to burn DVDs on my firewire400 DVD writer. This accessory is the only thing keeping me from ordering a retina MacBook ...
The RMBP has two Thunderbolt ports, surely you could connect two out of those three. Just need two dongles, problem solved!
How about you guys buy one of the docks available where you get an entire DOCK with a laundry list of ports connected to just one Thunderbolt port: Gigabit Ethernet, FW800 (don't remember if it's a set of two or just one), 4x USB 3.0 (compatible w/ USB 2.0), 1x HDMI, (the Matrox dock has 1x DVI), 1x eSATA, another 1x Thunderbolt port for daisy-chaining, and I'm sure I'm leaving something out. There is one dock already out by Matrox, but the really awesome one from Belkin (with the aforementioned specs) is set to be released next month or the month after that! ;-)
I personally got rid of all of my FW800 and eSATA drives, but I do use the Thunderbolt-to-Ethernet adapter, which I was able to buy on day one and it works great!
How about the fact that this adapter doesn't cost anywhere near $29 to make, they don't market it on TV and there is no reason to charge that much other than standard Apple high margins. I can't wait to see what its going to cost me to get a 30 pin to 19 pin adapter so I can use my iPod and iPhone in my car when the next one arrives, of course that too will likely cost $29.
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I just check the link and the apple.com shows that it's not found. So I guess Apple pulled out after Appleinsider post this article...