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color:#1F497D'>Just a side note, the FireWire 800 port will work in Firewire
400 mode ( just like USB2.0 works as a 1.1 or 1.0 mode ) you just need to get a
FW800 -> FW400 cable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> David Wikeley
[mailto:David.Wikeley@utas.edu.au] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 19 November 2008 12:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> jeff.kirby@flinders.edu.au; University Macintosh Technical Mailing
List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [UniMacTech] New MacBooks and Firewire<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hi all,<br>
We have just had our first MacBook Pro Aluminium case
arrive. Very nice, pity about the lack of FW 400 and the size of the display
adapter port (new adapters needed).<br>
<br>
I was able to migrate a user from an old iBook G4 14” via Target Disk Mode
using an external FW case with both FW 400 and FW 800 ports. Took about 30
minutes to migrate 8Gb of data, this seems slow compared to before. But at
least we can transfer via TDM from older iBooks and MacBooks that don’t have a
FW 800 port.<br>
<br>
<br>
On 12/11/08 11:13 AM, "Jeff Kirby" <<a
href="jeff.kirby@flinders.edu.au">jeff.kirby@flinders.edu.au</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>It seems that Apple wants us to buy Macbook
Pros (FW 800 ) for corporate use<br>
(where imaging etc is norm).<br>
<br>
However, you don't need target mode on the new Macs as much, as the hard<br>
drive drops right out, which is infinitely easier to handle than a Target<br>
Mode mac. Just get a Sata -> USB dock ( many are available like this one<br>
<a
href="http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=7790">http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=7790</a><br>
) and Bobs your uncle, working hard drive mounted on your desktop. No plug<br>
packs for the Mac etc.<br>
<br>
This will negate the need for our target mode usage.<br>
<br>
Then there is NetRestore/NetBoot options also (from <a
href="http://www.bombich.com/">http://www.bombich.com/</a><br>
), which apparently is the best way to deploy images to Macs (it's quite<br>
snazzy I must say)<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Jeff Kirby<br>
Network Support Officer<br>
Computer Services Unit/Computer Mediated Learning Unit<br>
Faculty of Science and Engineering<br>
Flinders University of South Australia<br>
GPO BOX 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia<br>
<br>
PH : #5845 or 0401 148 928<br>
<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <a href="unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au">unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au</a>
[<a href="mailto:unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au">mailto:unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au</a>]<br>
On Behalf Of David Wikeley<br>
Sent: Wednesday, 12 November 2008 9:25 AM<br>
To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List<br>
Subject: [UniMacTech] New MacBooks and Firewire<br>
<br>
Hi all,<br>
Before we purchase some new MacBooks, what are others
doing about the<br>
lack of a Firewire port on the new MacBooks?<br>
<br>
How does Target Disk Mode work, we use this mode on a daily basis to set-up<br>
new MacBooks. We boot off a system on the external drive and clone a system<br>
to the new computer, very quick.<br>
<br>
Does this mean that all our external Firewire drives (no USB ports) will<br>
just sit on the shelves to gather dust. Is there a third party USB to<br>
Firewire adapter we can use.<br>
<br>
--<br>
David Wikeley<br>
IT Manager<br>
Faculty of Health Science<br>
University of Tasmania<br>
43 Collins Street<br>
Hobart, Tasmania.<br>
T: 03 62264751<br>
W: www.healthsci.utas.edu.au/<br>
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-- <br>
David Wikeley<br>
IT Manager<br>
Faculty of Health Science<br>
University of Tasmania<br>
43 Collins Street<br>
Hobart, Tasmania.<br>
T: 03 62264751<br>
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