Search amazon for a firewire800 to 400 cable, also called a 6pin to 9pin, that should fit into your thunderbolt adapter and into the hard drive.
Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulance.co.uk [email protected] On 26 Feb 2013, at 06:42, Tilly <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a 2 year old MBP which serves all my needs but I do not have a proper > backup because my Iomega hard drives (one for my iMac and video, the other > was supposed to be for the laptop) are Firewire. I have only just discovered > that there are 2 types of Firewire (doh - but then how are we supposed to > learn this????) so having just ordered a Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter > thinking that would solve my problem I discover that the adapter is for the > 'wrong' Firewire... Any advice on what to do / what I need? Should I hold on > to this adapter and get another one to link it to the Firewire cables in the > HD? Is there another adapter for Thunderbolt to the Firewire I have? > (Couldn't see any other option on Apple Store... and wasn't warned of the > problem which is what annoys me) Or be more radical and get a whole new HD > for the MBP (the Iomega drives are 1TB each)...Feeling wrong-footed by Apple > (why no firewire port?) and rather stupid... > Tilly > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
