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macOS Tahoe: Reports of FireWire’s death not greatly exaggerated
08 Jul 2025 05:44 GMT
… demonstration using a battle-tested FireWire 800 cable-connected drive, … Tahoe. macOS deprecation defeated FireWire before bit rot could … the other hand, dropping FireWire support for no apparent gain … not losing sleep over FireWire support being removed, but …
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macOS Tahoe developer beta indicates that Apple may be ending support for FireWire
23 Jun 2025 14:06 GMT
… beta lacks support for the FireWire protocol. That means that … supported FireWire (known by its industry standard name of “IEEE 1394” prior … USB became popular and FireWire ports on Macs were … chance that Apple could reinstate FireWire support in macOS Tahoe, …
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The "USB killer" is dead: Apple drops FireWire support in macOS 26
20 Jun 2025 23:49 GMT
… via Thunderbolt-to-FireWire adapters.
Officially known as IEEE 1394, the FireWire standard was … features and better performance, FireWire was largely confined to Apple … a native FireWire port in 2011, but macOS continued supporting IEEE 1394 technology …
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macOS Tahoe drops FireWire support, killing the original iPod
20 Jun 2025 17:18 GMT
… Tahoe beta lacks support for FireWire. That means that legacy … impressive that Apple has supported FireWire for so long, since … by the standard name of IEEE 1394 (FireWire is Apple’s branding), … , USB became popular and FireWire ports on Macs were eventually …
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macOS Tahoe Drops FireWire, Ends an Era for Tech Users
20 Jun 2025 13:05 GMT
… the industry, FireWire—also known as IEEE 1394—was more than … and earlier versions included FireWire drivers, the Tahoe … individual creators still using FireWire-compatible equipment, the implications … and devices, and without FireWire support, retrieving such …
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macOS Tahoe Beta Drops FireWire Support
20 Jun 2025 01:47 GMT
… beta testing cycle, and FireWire support could return in a … time for the final release.
FireWire was primarily developed by Apple … it was later standardized as IEEE 1394 and licensed for use in … iPods started to transition from FireWire to USB for data transfer …
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FireWire Is Officially Dead
19 Jun 2025 23:40 GMT
… all support for FireWire, impacting legacy hardware users.
FireWire, introduced in 1999 … when connected through Thunderbolt-to-FireWire adapters or docks, which have … latest Mac operating system. FireWire, officially known as IEEE 1394, was first introduced …
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FireWire may finally be dead in macOS 26 & Apple isn't looking back
19 Jun 2025 22:34 GMT
… .0 standard. Officially known as IEEE 1394, FireWire at the time offered speeds … the later versions of the IEEE 1394 standard, including optical modes and … never used FireWire. There might have been an IEEE 1394 port (FireWire was Apple …
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Pour one out for 400/800 FireWire? macOS 26 beta 1 drops support for both standards
19 Jun 2025 21:53 GMT
… beta 1 say FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 devices no … iPod 1st generation due to FireWire support being deprecated,” wrote … mowd8574 confirmed that a FireWire 800 external drive disappeared … situations in the past, FireWire support could theoretically return …
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Why Was FireWire Discontinued? Here's What Happened To Apple's USB Alternative
15 Jun 2025 12:33 GMT
… it was IEEE 1394 (better known by the Apple trademark FireWire) that … IEEE 1394 was ratified as a standard in 1995, FireWire … its clear technical advantages, FireWire started to disappear from … video camcorders, helping cement FireWire as a media production …