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FireWire, Using FireWire Devices

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FireWire Your computer has one FireWire 400 port ( ). With FireWire, you can easily connect and disconnect external high-speed devices-such as DV cameras, printers, scanners, and hard disks-without restarting your computer. ® These are some of the things you can do with FireWire: • Connect a digital videocamera and capture, transfer, and edit high-quality video directly on your computer using video-editing software such as iMovie or Final Cut Pro. • Connect an external FireWire hard disk drive and use it to back up data or transfer files. • Start up from an external FireWire hard disk. Connect an external FireWire hard disk (with a valid operating system installed on it), open the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences, and click the FireWire hard disk. Restart your computer. • Transfer files between your iBook G4 and another FireWire-equipped computer using FireWire Target Disk Mode. Using FireWire Devices To use a FireWire device with your computer, connect the device to the computer. Apple has already included software to work with many FireWire devices. Your computer automatically detects newly connected devices. Note: If your iBook G4 cannot find the correct software when you connect a FireWire device, you can either install the software that came with the device or follow the onscreen prompts to use the Internet to locate, download, and install the correct software. 34 Chapter 3 Using Your Computer

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Chapter 3
Using Your Computer
FireWire
Your computer has one FireWire 400 port (
). With FireWire, you can easily connect
and disconnect external high-speed devices—such as DV cameras, printers, scanners,
and hard disks—without restarting your computer.
These are some of the things you can do with FireWire:
•
Connect a digital videocamera and capture, transfer, and edit high-quality
video directly on your computer using video-editing software such as iMovie or
Final Cut Pro.
•
Connect an external FireWire hard disk drive and use it to back up data or
transfer files.
•
Start up from an external FireWire hard disk. Connect an external FireWire hard disk
(with a valid operating system installed on it), open the Startup Disk pane of System
Preferences, and click the FireWire hard disk. Restart your computer.
•
Transfer files between your iBook G4 and another FireWire-equipped computer using
FireWire Target Disk Mode.
Using FireWire Devices
To use a FireWire device with your computer, connect the device to the computer.
Apple has already included software to work with many FireWire devices. Your
computer automatically detects newly connected devices.
Note:
If your iBook G4 cannot find the correct software when you connect a FireWire
device, you can either install the software that came with the device or follow the
onscreen prompts to use the Internet to locate, download, and install the correct
software.
®