christo4 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Hi, I'm about to replace my old 2007 white Imac 24 with a new 2011 model Imac. I have noticed that new imacs now only have one firewire port. I currently use a metric Halo 2882 firewire device and a 7200 Lacie firewire hard drive for streaming my sample library. Is it possible to daisy chain the MH with the Lacie . Or cis a hub the way to go????? also will Thunderbolt be a new way of connecting a hardrive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bchamorro Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I was able to daisy chain my Apogee Duet to my Firewire 800 Hard Drive connected to my MacBook Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Robin Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I also have the new iMac with only one FW800 port. I have a LaCie external drive off it and then a 'flying' FW800 cable daisy-chained off that, usually for a LaCie portable FW800 drive. I'm looking forward to being able to use an external drive on Thunderbolt for sample libraries when available at a reasonable price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo4 Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 can you explain what a flying' FW800 cable daisy is ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Just get a good FW800 cable if both your units have a FW800 port. If one unit has a FW400 you need a FW400-FW800 adapter or a specific cable with that function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rone2him Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I daisy-chain a 1TB - G/Drive FW800 & a konnekt 24D Interface FW400 from the single FW port on my iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Robin Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 can you explain what a flying' FW800 cable daisy is ???? ....A 'flying' cable is when you have a cable connected to the computer's port but it's free to connect various peripheral devices as and when needed. FW = FireWire. A Daisy-chain is an ongoing connection stringing more than one device together. Device > cable > device > cable > etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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