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26 Chapter 3 Using Your Computer
FireWire
Your computer has two FireWire 400 ports ( ). FireWire lets you easily connect and
disconnect external high-speed devices—such as an iPod, an iSight camera, digital
video cameras, printers, scanners, and hard disks. You can connect and disconnect
FireWire devices without restarting your computer.
These are some of the things you can do with FireWire:
• Connect an iPod and transfer thousands of songs from iTunes or synchronize contact
and calendar information using iSync.
• Connect an Apple iSight camera and use the included iChat AV application to
videoconference with friends and family over a high-speed Internet connection.
• Connect a digital video camera and capture, transfer, and edit high-quality video
directly on your computer using video-editing software such as iMovie (included
with your computer), Final Cut Express, or Final Cut Pro.
• Connect an external FireWire hard disk drive and use it to back up data or transfer
files. A FireWire hard disk icon appears on your desktop after you connect the drive
to your iMac G5.
• Start up from an external FireWire hard disk. Connect an external FireWire disk (with
a valid operating system installed on it), open the Startup Disk pane of System
Preferences, and click the FireWire disk. Restart your computer.
FireWire ports