Re: Firewire AKA 1394 is high speed com port for MAC

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Since you offered no information about the model of your Mac, I had
to ask, some have none, some have one or the other, some have both.

Mac OS is not really set up to use USB2 for certain tasks,
though newer models are more USB2 Friendly.

There's no point in buying a backup drive that uses a communications
protocol that your Mac doesn't play well with.

N.

On 11/09/09, Ping! needing a tiny bit more help from Neal wrote:
> Thanks, Neal, for your answer! I've been out of town on pers.
> necessity, or I would have thanked you sooner...
>
>> Do you have Firewire 400/800 or just USB2?
>
> Ummmm, I don't know what Firewire is! I know what a USB port is.
> If it helps, I'm on a modem using a high speed internet.
>
> Thanks again! Ping
 

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