connecting two ext. harddrives

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firehcfirehc
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I ve got 2 firewire ext. harddrives, both have two firewire connections at their back,



is it possible that the two connected together via a firewire cable and then to my imac, to free up a firewire connection for the digicam??



thanks

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  • Reply 1 of 7
    gsxrboygsxrboy Posts: 565member
    Yep !! The firewire stuff can be daisy chained along, so just plug one hdd into the other and use the other firewire plug in your mac for the cam.
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  • Reply 2 of 7
    ipodandimacipodandimac Posts: 3,273member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by firehc

    I ve got 2 firewire ext. harddrives, both have two firewire connections at their back,



    is it possible that the two connected together via a firewire cable and then to my imac, to free up a firewire connection for the digicam??



    thanks



    Ya you can do it, but why didn't you jsut try it yourself? It's not like it can hurt anything. Besides, you can learn more that way
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  • Reply 3 of 7
    firehcfirehc Posts: 368member
    thanks,

    well, i was just a little paranoid and didnt want

    to screw up the harddrives.
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  • Reply 4 of 7
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    The best part is that, unlike USB, you don't get big slow downs when daisy chaining with firewire.
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  • Reply 5 of 7
    derekderek Posts: 50member
    I think firewire should become the next USB because its soo much faster and has more power supply and can pretty much run anything..
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    whisperwhisper Posts: 735member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Derek

    I think firewire should become the next USB because its soo much faster and has more power supply and can pretty much run anything..



    Unfortunately, USB 2.0 became the next USB. USB is just fine for mice, keyboards, printers, and maybe some low-res scanners. For anything else (off the top of my head), it sucks big green hairy [use your imagination here].
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  • Reply 7 of 7
    firehcfirehc Posts: 368member
    yeah, USB 2.0 sucks

    my firewire harddrives are working flawlessly...

    i am a happy man.....

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