New MB—Best Way to Transfer Files?

[mrlynn]

Winston wrote:
No. It would virtually require a computer to adapt FW to USB. He'll need a USB drive, or at least a USB case for the drive in the OWC case.

What about this combo hub?

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/IOGear/GUH420/

Does it keep FW and USB separate, or let you attach one type to the hub and the other to the computer?

And— if the latter, would it support Target Mode/Migration Assistant to the FW TiBook?


/Mr Lynn

[Winston]

The combo hub is effectively a USB hub and a FireWire hub in the same box. The two don't share anything but a power supply. It will not bridge between USB and FireWire.

Yes, Target Disk Mode would work through a FireWire hub. Target Disk Mode just turns your Mac into a hard drive.

But most FireWire drives have two FireWire ports and can be daisy chained. You'd only need a FW hub if you have a couple of devices which only have one FireWire connection.

Target Disk Mode does not work over USB. Migration Assistant I think works anywhere you can get a connection between the source and destination drives. So it will work over FireWire, or over a network connection (which could be ethernet, wireless, or FireWire) or with a drive connected by USB. It would work on a Mac USB to USB connection if Apple supported that kind of connection, but the Macs don't support it.


Good luck.

- Winston