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.

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 ...

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 ...

Sales of peripherals could get a boost this year as the two primary technologies for connecting external devices to PCs get turbocharged. PC makers in recent months have begun installing a high-speed ...

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 ...

FireWire is a transfer protocol designed to accommodate the large file sizes of digital video. If your work computer only features a USB port and your camera only has FireWire, you can still download ...

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 ...