Also: If you need two Firewire ports permanently, then you should consider a different hub. This hub has one FW port at its back and one at its front. Since you lose the Mac mini firewire port (to connect the hub) you will be left with as many firewire ports on the back of the system as before: 1. But looking online, i only see Firewire 400 hubs for some reason. I see one Firewire 800 'Repeater' but Im not sure a 'Repeater' is the same thing as a hub. All the Firewire hubs on Amazon, the 400 ones and the 800 one, all have bad reviews too. I think I could use a FW400 one if I must but my understanding is that two FW400 devices. In this video I show the few options you have to connect older FireWire 400/800 devices to a new Mac which only has Thunderbolt 3/USB-C ports.
Hi there,
I have an older iMac that I make music on. Due to the number of midi devices connected to the computer, I need more high speed USB ports to run all of the devices with minimal latency.
My firewire port has sat there quite uselessly since purchasing the computer, and I was wondering if anyone can recommend a powered male firewire to female USB hub. I would assume that the firewire port can handle more data than a USB port, hence will avoid some of the latency/device recognition issues that I am having with my existing USB to USB hub (unpowered).
Usb To Firewire Hub
Hi there,
I have an older iMac that I make music on. Due to the number of midi devices connected to the computer, I need more high speed USB ports to run all of the devices with minimal latency.
My firewire port has sat there quite uselessly since purchasing the computer, and I was wondering if anyone can recommend a powered male firewire to female USB hub. I would assume that the firewire port can handle more data than a USB port, hence will avoid some of the latency/device recognition issues that I am having with my existing USB to USB hub (unpowered).
Usb To Firewire Hub
If anyone could offer some advice as to how I should negotiate this issue, I would very much appreciate it.
Thanks.
p.s. are there any issues with serial port selection when running such a hub through the firewire port?
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
Firewire Hub For Pc
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