User manual

42 Chapter 3
FireWire
Your computer has one FireWire port ( ). FireWire lets you easily connect and disconnect
external high-speed devices—such as 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 or Final Cut Pro.
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 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 operating system installed on it), open the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences,
and click the FireWire disk. Restart your computer.
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 detects newly
connected devices.
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