This week I added USB 2.0 ports and FireWire ports to my computer. Then I hooked my digital camcorder up to a FireWire port and using Nero software transferred my first digital video to my computer.

Keeping tabs on proper FireWire use Making sure that everyone in your organization is properly using FireWire ports is key to avoiding failure. Bryan McGill, a Macintosh administrator, writes: "This ...

Here's basically the problem: I have a firewire audio interface connected to a Snow Leopard mac mini using a 5 meters firewire cable which is the maximum length allowed by the fw specification, and ...

We've received scattered reports of problems with iMac G5 FireWire ports -- specifically situations where one or more FireWire devices seemingly does not draw enough power from the host machine, or ...

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 ...

Apple recently introduced its newest MacBook computer that sports many of Apple’s latest designs. These include its unibody enclosure, in which the computer is fashioned from a solid piece of aluminum ...

With digital video cameras, MP3 players and external DVD burners all jockeying for a high-speed connection, plugging and replugging various cables into the computer’s few FireWire ports can become a ...

I've been following a fascinating thread over at Macintouch this past week on Fried Firewire Ports. -- -- The leading theory is that cheapo cables, with maybe some assistance from static electricity, ...

When it comes to major connectors, FireWire is pretty high up there on the list. It's obviously not nearly as universal as the Universal Serial Bus (USB), but it's still a well-know, oft utilized port ...

LaCie’s descriptively-named FireWire Speakers are unique among speakers we’ve tested: rather than connecting to your computer using a standard audio cable, or even a USB cable, these compact (5.3″ ...