User manual
Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Contents
- Getting Started
- Getting to Know Your MacBook Pro
- Adjusting Your Display
- Using Your Power Adapter
- Using the Trackpad
- Using the Keyboard
- Using a Mouse
- Using the Apple Remote and Front Row
- Using the Built-in iSight Camera
- Learning About Mac OS X
- Customizing Your Desktop and Setting Your Preferences
- Using Applications
- When an Application Doesn’t Respond
- Keeping Your Software Up to Date
- Connecting to a Printer
- Playing a CD and Connecting Headphones
- Connecting a Camera or Other FireWire or USB Device
- Transferring Files to or from Another Computer
- Using Your MacBook Pro
- Using Universal Serial Bus (USB) Devices
- Connecting with FireWire
- Using ExpressCards
- How AirPort Provides Wireless Internet Access
- Using Bluetooth Wireless Technology
- Connecting with Ethernet
- Using External Video Support
- Connecting Speakers and Other Audio Devices
- Using Your SuperDrive
- Understanding Sudden Motion Sensor
- Using Your Battery
- Securing Your MacBook Pro
- Adding Memory to Your MacBook Pro
- Troubleshooting
- Specifications
- Safety, Use, and Care Information
- Connecting to the Internet
- Top Ten Questions
- Communications Regulation Information
- Index
56 Chapter 3 Using Your MacBook Pro
You can connect a standard 6-pin FireWire device directly to the FireWire 400 (H) port.
You can use a 9-to-6-pin FireWire cable to connect the 6-pin device to the FireWire 800
(H) port. You can also connect 9-pin FireWire devices directly to the FireWire 800 port,
for even faster connections. Both ports provide power to connected devices, so the
devices don’t need a separate power plug.
These are some of the things you can do with FireWire:
 Connect an HDV or DV camera and capture, transfer, and edit high-quality video
directly on your computer using video-editing software such as iMovie HD, Final Cut
Express, or Final Cut Studio (sold separately).
 Start up from an external FireWire hard disk. Connect an external FireWire hard disk
drive (with Mac OS X v10.4.6 or later installed on it), open the Startup Disk pane of
System Preferences, and click the FireWire hard disk icon. Restart your computer.
 Connect an external FireWire hard disk drive and use it to back up data or transfer
files.
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FireWire 400
port (6-pin)
FireWire 800
port (9-pin)