MacFixIt reader Navarro Parker reported an instance of hard drive disappearance in reaction to our earlier report about volume dismounts related to permissions that indicates one “bad” device can ...

We continue to cover issues with FireWire interference on Intel-based Macs. In many cases, there are problems using two high-powered, or high data-transfer-rate FireWire devices simultaneously.

I haven't owned more than a single FireWire 800 device before (odd I know) so I'm not sure if there is a certain order they should be daisy chained to provide bus power? I have an iMac (2011) with ...

For several years, Apple Computer's FireWire has been the leading means of providing high-speed connections between computers and digital devices, but fresh competition is forcing the company and ...

I question whether this should be in other hardware since your question isn't so much about Apple-branded firewire storage devices as it is the lack of such solutions across the entire PC segment. My ...

FireWire, or its more technical name, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1394, works similarly to a universal serial bus: It enables plug-and-play devices to connect to a computer with ...

French FireWire product maker MacWay today announced that its line of Oxford 911 bridge chip-based products are compliant with Mac OS X version 10.1. The company produces 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch hard ...

Today at (of all events) the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose, CA, Texas Instruments unveiled two new devices that are compliant with the latest version of the IEEE 1394b specification. IEEE 1394 is ...

Mac shops with significant FireWire investment may not need a total Thunderbolt or USB 3.0 makeover, but staying put with current hard drives and devices will come at a price This past summer Apple ...

Home networking is a simple moniker that can mean far too many things. Today, consumers need an entertainment network that links the digital-media devices in the home and that works with legacy ...

Introduced as the market’s first 1394b FireWire devices for home networking applications, the TSB41BA3 and TSB17BA1 perform PHY and transceiver functions, respectively. The TSB41BA3 three-port ...

One of the issues that budding podcasters may eventually encounter is how best to get sound into their computers. The obvious answer, of course, is through one of the sound inputs that the system ...