Mode Firewire target disk allows you to use a FireWire-compatible Mac (target computer) as an external hard drive connected to another computer (host computer). This way you can easily and quickly copy bulky documents between two machines.
Important! The computer will not be able to switch to FireWire Target Disk mode if protection is enabled Open firmware password.
Host Computer Requirements:
- free FireWire port (built-in or on a PC card)
- FireWire 2.3.3 and higher
- Mac OS 8.6 and higher.
Target computers can be the following Macintosh models:
iMac (slot loading) with firmware version 2.4 and higher
iMac (released no earlier than the summer of 2000)
eMac (all models)
Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) with ATA Drive
Power Mac G4 Cube
Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet and all models presented no earlier than the summer of 2000)
Power Mac G5
iBook (FireWire and all other models released after September 2000)
PowerBook G3 (FireWire)
PowerBook G4 (all models)
Software prerequisite:
You can find the latest firmware and FireWire on the Apple Software Updates website.
How to use FireWire Target Disk mode
Important! Before connecting computers using this mode, turn off all FireWire devices connected to both machines. Do not connect them until you unplug the Macs from each other or turn off the mode.
1. Make sure the target computer is turned off. If you use a PowerBook or iBook as such a computer, make sure that the power supply is connected to it.
2. Using a FireWire cable (6 pin), connect the computers. You can leave the host computer off before this procedure.
3. Holding the key T (Eng.), turn on the target computer. Hold the key until the image of the FireWire icon appears on the monitor screen. After that, the target computer’s hard drive appears on the host computer’s desktop.
4. After finishing work, transfer the target computer’s hard drive icon to Trash or use the Put Away commands from the File menu (Mac OS 9) or Eject from the File menu (Mac OS X).
5. Turn off the target computer.
6. Disconnect the FireWire cable.
If the target computer’s hard drive does not appear on the host’s desktop, check the FireWire connection and restart the host computer.
Note. This mode only works with ATA internal hard drives. It is able to connect only to the primary (master) ATA drive located on the Ultra ATA bus. FireWire Target Disk will not connect to ATA, ATAPI, or SCSI Slave drives.
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