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Western digital my book studio lx 2 tb firewire 800usb 2. Western digital my book studio ii 2 tb 2 x 1 tb usb 2. Hello, i have a my book studio t1 drive which i used on my old mac book pro firewire 800 ports. Turn your thunderbolt port into a firewire 800 port up to 7w of power for buspowered devices for thunderbolt equipped mac computers with os x v10. Western digital my book studio edition 1tb firewire 400. If you are using apples thunderbolt to firewire adapter then youll need a bilingual cable to connect to its 9pin port. Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. Oct 02, 2012 presonus has confirmed that its firewire interfaces, including the studioliveseries mixers, are fully compatible with apples thunderbolt to firewire 800 adapter apple part number md464. However, the one i am looking out only has hdmi in, hdmi out, and thunderbolt. Wd my book studio 2 tb firewire 800 external hard drive 1 tb.
Usbc to firewire 800 adapter doesnt exist, make our. With that, came the move from firewire to thunderbolt for audio interface connectivity. Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer, giving you a firewire 800 port that supplies up to 7w for buspowered peripherals like hard drives and audio devices. Usbc to firewire 800 adapter doesnt exist, make our voices. Presonus firewire interfaces compatible with apple. I have seen adapters that convert firewire 800 to thunderbolt, but not 400 to thunderbolt. Given that no macs have an integrated esata port, theres no esata cable in the box. Wd my book studio 3 tb firewire 800 external hard drive. The drive are user accessible as well, meaning upgrades or drive swaps are easy, which is rarely the case with external hard drive storage solutions.
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Use thunderbolt 3 with displays and other devices that connect using either a thunderbolt 3 cable or usbc cable. Buy wd my book studio 2 tb firewire 800 external hard drive 1 tb online at low price in india on. By default my book studio edition ii implements a raid0 across its two. How do i connect my fw800 devices to thunderbolt macbook pro.
Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer, giving you a firewire 800 port that supplies up to 7w for buspowered peripherals like. I have upgraded to a hp zbook 15 window 7 64bit which has no firewire ports, but a thunderbolt port instead. Build quality asthetically pleasing capacity for the money power consumption cables included firewire 800 capable cons. Western digital has slapped two of its tripleterabyte monsters into a dualdisk enclosure and paired it with esata and firewire 800 interfaces to create the my book studio edition ii. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Presonus has confirmed that its firewire interfaces, including the studioliveseries mixers, are fully compatible with apples thunderbolt to firewire 800 adapter apple part number md464. Western digitals new thunderbolt hard drive now available.
The most inexpensive drive on the market for the size is the wd my book studio ii. Firewire 800 500 gb storage capacity external hard disk. Western digital my book studio edition 1tb firewire 400 800. If we take a look at this belkin thunderbolt express dock, we can see it provides not only more thunderbolt ports, but we also get usb 3. Well see if it works, otherwise im getting another interface that supports thunderbolt 3. Would the new thunderbolt adapter allow a macbook air to connect to another computers firewire port in firewire target disk mode, via the. The initial connection was fine, the drive was detected using firewire 800 on my 24 intel imac. Wd my book studio 1tb firewire 800 external hard drive wdbaaj0010hsl 1each. Western digitals my book studio has both firewire 800 and usb to provide extra compatibility, so you should always be able to access your files even on an older pc.
Thunderbolt to firewire 800 adapter macrumors forums. Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer, giving you a firewire 800 port that supplies up to 7w for buspowered peripherals. The problems started whenever my computer went to sleep or was switched off. The thunderbolt to firewire adapter simply brings a firewire 800 port into a thunderbolt mac. Wd my book studio wdbc3g0030hal hard drive 3 tb firewire 800 firewire usb 2. Connect your thunderboltequipped mac to a firewire device with the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter.
Wd my book studio 2tb desktop external hard drive newegg. Western digital ships the my book studio edition ii with cables for usb 2. If you have a device that doesnt connect to this port, you might be able to use an adapter to connect it. Western digital ships the my book thunderbolt duo in raid0 for maximum thunderbolt speed, though it can be configured for raid1 should a user prefer redundancy of data to sheer performance. Apples thunderbolt firewire adapter is a oneway connector cnet. Firewire 400 to thunderbolt logic pro help apple pro book. The package comes with a firewire 400 to 800 adapter for older macs and a locking bay.
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Mar 17, 2011 western digital has slapped two of its tripleterabyte monsters into a dualdisk enclosure and paired it with esata and firewire 800 interfaces to create the my book studio edition ii. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Prior to the upgrade, i was using the presonus inspire 94 as my audio interface which is a firewire 400 connection. Iomega ego portable 500gb firewire 800 external hard drive, ruby red 34629 1each. Equally worth considering is its versatility, as it supports firewire 400 and 800. Buy firewire 800 external hard disk drives and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay.
Im usually a lacie guy for storage, but this item is really good for the money, and the performance is there. Wd my book studio wdbc3g0020hal hard drive 2 tb firewire 800 firewire usb 2. The new retina mac book firewire 800 port has been upgraded to a thunderbolt port. You can also connect a usbc power adapter and cable to charge your notebook computer. Lacie 8tb 2big dock thunderbolt 3 r answer now i have an older imac 27 circa 2009 as well as a new macbook pro. This drive has everything you need and nothing you dont. The my book thunderbolt duo houses a pair of drives than can be configured as a raid 0, raid 1, or as a jbod. Thunderbolt 3 was designed to be the one protocol to rule them all, so it can connect not only to thunderboltaware devices but also to older protocols like hdmi or firewire via adapters. Wd my book studio 2 tb firewire 800 external hard drive wd my book studio 2tb mac external hard drive storage usb 3. I realize it would only work as fast as the firewire.
I plugged my existing sandisk compact flash memory card reader into the drives second port. The western digital my book studio external hard drive has 2tb of storage that works out of the box with your mac os x leopard or snow leopard machine. Interface users can expect performance to at least equal, if not exceed, the performance with a regular firewire 800 port. Ive attached the drive using a thunderblot to firewire adapter and am having trouble getting it to work. Pure performance with design for mac designed for mac, my book studio external drives feature password protection, a customisable elabel and automatic visual backup, while the highperformance firewire 800 interface gives you the speed you need for creative endeavours such as photo editing, video editing and graphic design. Review about western digital my book studio lx 2 tb firewire 800usb 2.
The my book thunderbolt duo does not have firewire, usb, or esata connectors. Youll need a bilingual s800 to s400 firewire cable to connect a firestudio to a computer that only has the more recent firewire 800 ports. Both the drives 2 tb volume and my memory card reader showed up immediately in finder. My belkin hub is working with my new imac with a thunderbolt 3 to 1 adapter. Can i connect my wd to a thunderbolt connection with the apple adapter please help me i you are using this type of connection and its working. This means that we are encountering more and more saffire range customers required to use a firewire 800 to thunderbolt adaptor to connect their audio interface to their computer. When the my book studio arrived, it connected to my imac using the supplied firewire 800 cable. I am waiting for an 800 to 94b cable that i ordered on amazon for my hub. How do i connect my saffire to my firewire 800 port. This adaptor is actually very snug fitting, which was a pleasant surprise. Western digital my book studio 3tb external hard drive pc world.
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Data transfer speeds up to 800mbs ensure fast transfer of your information, especially when connected via the firewire800 port. I have a wd my book studio edition ii 4tb from 2012 and its working perfectly with firewire 800 connection in my imac late 2009. This is all due to the fact that thunderbolt can extend what your mac is already capable of. Mar 19, 2020 use thunderbolt 3 with displays and other devices that connect using either a thunderbolt 3 cable or usbc cable. Issues connecting to mac with firewire to thunderbolt. Wd my book studio 3tb external desktop hard drive with. Will the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter work with.
Wd my book studio wdbc3g0010hal hard drive 1 tb firewire 800 firewire usb 2. Firewire 800 external hard disk drives for sale ebay. Wd 4tb my book studio desktop external hard drive usb 3. In other words, right now im just connecting the usb 3. The potential readwrite speeds that the bus can handle wont matter if you have two hard disks spinning as fast as they can. The fast firewire 800 interface makes backups fast.
I already own one of these drives that i use for storage of my wifes photography, but i only activate it when archiving. My macbook pro does not have a thunderbolt port, so is there anyway to convert the thunderbolt to a firewire 800 port. The lights on the front looked good too, especially with showing how full the drive is. These western digital studio ii drives have a choice of 4 different interfaces usb 2. If you have a device that doesnt connect to this port, you might be able to use an adapter to connect it these mac models have thunderbolt 3 ports. My book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. Wd my book studio 3tb external desktop hard drive with metal.
All modern macs come with the firewire port for attachment to peripheral devices such as hard drives. Firewire 800 has a maximum data transfer rate of 800 mbs and is backward compatible with firewire 400 using a special adapter. Firewire 800 internal hard disk drives for sale ebay. Currently i dont actually have a mac equipped with thunderbolt so i took my wd my book studio external hdd that i usually connect using fw800 and my apogee duet firewire that i usually daisychain via the hdd and assaulted my mums mac mini, running lion 10.
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