rousetafarian
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Currently my 2013 MacBook Pro is being sidelined for possible other duties, think put into semi-retirement for now. Anyhow I used a Western Digital 2Tb Firewire 800 drive for my Time Machine target along with iCloud. All is great to this point.
I'd quite happily retire the WD drive due to it's age and keep it in the safe as I cannot seem to find a way of connecting it to my new 2020 Mac mini M1. For the MacBook I bought an official Apple Firewire to Thunderbolt adaptor in 2016 but cannot seem to find a way of either connecting;
a) Female Firewire 800 to Thunderbolt 3/USB-C cable or adaptor
or
b) Keep the Apple Firewire to Thunderbolt adaptor attached and go from that to USB-C so Thunderbolt to USB-C
Whichever way it needs to support data transfer as some list just video and no data - Who can send me a link please?
Moving on, I could always go for a new WD 2TB My Passport for Mac Portable hard drive which is Time Machine ready, what other suggestions do you guys have? I just really need a restore target/point for my new machine, nothing business critical etc.
Thoughts?
I'd quite happily retire the WD drive due to it's age and keep it in the safe as I cannot seem to find a way of connecting it to my new 2020 Mac mini M1. For the MacBook I bought an official Apple Firewire to Thunderbolt adaptor in 2016 but cannot seem to find a way of either connecting;
a) Female Firewire 800 to Thunderbolt 3/USB-C cable or adaptor
or
b) Keep the Apple Firewire to Thunderbolt adaptor attached and go from that to USB-C so Thunderbolt to USB-C
Whichever way it needs to support data transfer as some list just video and no data - Who can send me a link please?
Moving on, I could always go for a new WD 2TB My Passport for Mac Portable hard drive which is Time Machine ready, what other suggestions do you guys have? I just really need a restore target/point for my new machine, nothing business critical etc.
Thoughts?