| ▲ | hmartin 5 hours ago |
| Also dropped support for FireWire drives, as I just found out the hard way. |
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| ▲ | traceroute66 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| > Also dropped support for FireWire drives, as I just found out the hard way. Erm... it was dropped in macOS 26 back in 2025 ? https://www.techspot.com/news/108394-usb-killer-dead-apple-d... |
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| ▲ | hmartin 6 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | Yes, thanks for the correction. I skipped 26 but could no longer hold out :) | |
| ▲ | duskwuff 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | And even that was 13 or 14 years after Apple shipped their last computer with a Firewire port - long enough that those computers weren't even supported by macOS 26. Apple dropping support for a largely obsolete technology, which they hadn't used for well over a decade, should hardly come as a great shock. | | |
| ▲ | jasomill an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | Apple's Thunderbolt FireWire 800 adapter daisy-chained with their TB2-to-TB3 adapter should work on any modern system with Thunderbolt and FireWire support, as it just presents as a bog-standard PCI FireWire card. So worst-case, you should be able to access your old drives on a modern Mac by booting from a FireWire-compatible OS (Asahi or older macOS) on an external drive. | |
| ▲ | conradev an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | You used to be able to chain three adapters: Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2
Thunderbolt 2 to FireWire 800
FireWire 800 to FireWire 400 to plug a modern Mac into an iMac G4 in Target Disk Mode Now you need to add another layer: virtualizing old macOS on a modern Mac | | |
| ▲ | mahboi 33 minutes ago | parent [-] | | But you can still use the original 2005 iMac G5 remote with a new Apple TV |
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| ▲ | RulerOf 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I had one plugged into the FW800 port of my Cinema Display. Only really used it as a scratch drive for junk but it was still handy. |
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| ▲ | conradfr an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | Ah yes 2025, the ancient times. |
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| ▲ | reaperducer 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Also dropped support for FireWire drives, as I just found out the hard way. Well, I guess I can finally throw out all those FireWire cables I have "just in case." Fortunately, my FireWire drives also support other interfaces, though far more slowly. |
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| ▲ | flanz_10 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| did you go from 25 to 27? |
