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61Final Cut Pro User Guide
You can also connect your device to your Mac using one of the cables listed below. The
kind of cable you need depends on the kind of device you’re using:
• Thunderbolt 3 device: You can connect Thunderbolt 3 devices using a connector that
plugs into the Thunderbolt 3 port on your Mac.
• USB 2 or USB 3 device: You use a USB cable for file-based camcorders, digital still
cameras that record video, and iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The USB cable should
have at least one connector that plugs into your Mac (at the top in the illustration
below). The other end of the USB cable, which plugs into your recording device, might
look different (on the bottom in the illustration below).
• USB-C device: USB-C cables support both data and video transfer.
• Thunderbolt or Thunderbolt 2 device: You can connect first- and second-generation
Thunderbolt devices using a connector that plugs into the Mini DisplayPort on your
Mac.
• FireWire device: For most camcorders that record to tape, you use a FireWire cable with
a 6-pin connector on one end that plugs into your Mac (at the top in the illustration
below) and a 4-pin connector on the other end that plugs into your camcorder (on the
bottom in the illustration below).
Or you might have a FireWire 800 cable with a different end that plugs into your
camcorder or Mac.