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FireWire
Your computer has one FireWire port. FireWire lets you easily connect and disconnect
external high-speed devices—such as digital video (DV) 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:
m Connect a digital video camera and capture, transfer, and edit high-quality video directly
on your computer using video editing software such as iMovie.
m 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 immediately after you connect the drive
to your PowerBook.
m Start up from an external FireWire hard disk. Connect an external FireWire disk (with a
valid System Folder installed on it) and then select the disk in the Startup Disk control
panel. (To access the control panel, choose Control Panels from the Apple [K] menu and
then choose Startup Disk from the submenu.)
m If you want to transfer files between computers or have a problem that prevents your
computer from starting up, you can use FireWire to connect your PowerBook to another
FireWire-equipped computer so that your PowerBook will appear as an external hard disk
on the other computer (a feature known as FireWire Target Disk Mode).
Using FireWire Devices
To use a FireWire device with your computer, connect the device to the computer and install
any software that came with the device. Your computer automatically senses when you attach
a new device.
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