Ann, I have stayed out of this for I thought this situation might be out of bounds from what you wanted to do.
My son is into movie making, his camera is USB 2, but his Mac was USB 1. So, he bought a LaCie and hooked to the Mac with Firewire and then he could use the LaCie to hook to the Camera and get the full USB 2. The Camera would not work with his USB 1, it complain an tell him he was not running USB 2 so it couldn't connect. Once he connected to the USB 2 on the Lacie (which was connected to the Mac via Firewire) then it all worked fine. I have no idea if this is what you are talking about, but this is one man's solution. John R. On Sep 13, 2007, at 10:55 PM, Ann Richmond wrote: > Stuart > > I understand that a usb port can't talk firewire. > Does it make a difference that the Seagate drive I have attached is > both firewire and usb? > What I was thinking about is this: > > iMac firewire port to Seagate drive. Seagate drive usb to usb drive. > > Since the Seagate has both connections. > I think I would need a usb A female to A female adapter to make the > cables work. > But I don't want to get all that together if the data transfer > won't work.....if I said that right. > > Might it work? > > The enclosure is really interesting! I didn't know they came like > that with an ethernet connection as well as usb. > I could do that if I had an internal drive to use. Would rather use > the one I have if I can. > Probably should take it back and just get another firewire/usb dual > connection one so I can use it on everything. > > Thanks for the help!! > > Ann > > Stuart Urbahns wrote: >> If I understand what you are describing you are wanting to have a USB >> device casey chain from a FireWire device. This isn't going to work. >> The USB port can not talk firewire. If you are looking for a cheap >> fast way to access your USB drive you can look into joining it to >> your >> network. Look at this ebay auction. Item number 180158321105 >> >> Sorry no copy and paste on iPhone for me to give you a direct link. >> >> This box will all you to place a hard drive on your network. This way >> you can make use of your high speed LAN instead of the slow usb 1.0 >> port. And even be able to access from more then one device at a >> time . >> This auction is for buy it now $49 but I'm sure with a little >> googling >> you can find cheaper alternative. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 13, 2007, at 4:23 PM, Ann Richmond <richmond at qx.net> wrote: >> >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I just got a laCie 500gb usb2 external drive. I already have a >>> Seagate >>> 300mb firewire/usb on that computer (iMac round base with only usb1) >>> connected via the firewire port. >>> Since the laCie will be pretty useless connected via usb1 port , >>> I was >>> wondering if I can connect it to the seagate via the seagate >>> usb2 . (I >>> guess I would have to find a usb cable with both ends the small >>> square >>> ones or an adapter.) >>> >>> Any thoughts? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ann >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >>> be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >>> Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >>> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ >>> macgroup >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20070913/773837c4/attachment.html
