![]() ![]() Using a USB to FireWire adaptor is a bit hit-or-miss, and may not prove suitable for your stack of drives. If you prefer to buy a new Mac mini, the Late 2014 model does not have a FireWire port any more, but does have USB 3 and two Thunderbolt ports, which should be far quicker. However as they all go to the same single port on the mini, there should be little difference in performance. For example Lindy’s 6-port hub would cost just over £50. You have two options for connecting the five drives: you could daisy-chain them, as you probably do at present, or buy a Firewire 800 hub to place them in as star configuration. How should I connect them to it?Ī If you can get hold of a Late 2012 mini, the previous model, it still has a Firewire 800 port, making it ideal for this, provided it is kept cool. Q I want to replace our ailing Mac Pro with a new Mac mini, to work as file server for our stack of five external Firewire 800 drives.
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