I was told by Larry of OWC, err... I think it was him... anyway it
was someone like that, that there are no USB-to-Firewire adapters,
and any such device would be exceedingly non-trivial, perhaps
impossible. So short of upgrading to a new Mac, if you have a
PowerMac G4, and are willing to give up sleep, you can use a PCI USB2
card. I wouldn't get a nano or vPod unless you have USB2 in some
form. I'm using a USB2 PCI card in my dual-533 Digital Audio and it
works well as long as I don't put the computer to sleep with the iPod
(or any other "mass storage device") attached - doing so will cause a
hard crash! As long as I don't sleep (the computer, that is :), it
works reliably. It works, but I definitely want to upgrade eventually
to a Mac with built-in USB2. FYI, I love the new vPod, incidentally,
and wouldn't go back to an older model.
Steve
On Dec 1, 2005, at 1:48 PM, Lavode wrote:
Hi all,
I have a feeling I'm going to get an upgrade of my 3rd Gen iPod
from Santa this year. :) I was wondering if there is any way
whatsoever to use Firewire with these things. I know plugging the
iPod through the firewire cable of an older iPod will result in an
error message on the iPod, but I was thinking maybe cable adapters
or something else? I am fearing the inevitable slowdown when I am
forced to use my very unreliable USB ports. I've never had an
issue with Firewire, and prefer it.
TIA,
Lavode
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