Specifications

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FireWire Target Disk Mode

You can use FireWire to connect your Power Mac G4 to another computer and then have it

appear as an external hard disk on that computer. You can then share or transfer ﬁles.

To connect your Power Mac G4 in FireWire target disk mode, follow these steps:

1 Shut down your Power Mac G4.

2 Use a FireWire cable with a 6-pin connector on each end to connect your computer to

another FireWire-equipped computer.

3 Start up your Power Mac G4 and immediately hold down the T key.

Your Power Mac G4 display shows the FireWire disk mode indicator, and the Power Mac G4

internal hard disk icon appears on the desktop of the other computer.

4 When you are ﬁnished transferring ﬁles, drag the Power Mac G4 hard disk icon to the Trash

to unmount the drive.

5 Press the power button on the Power Mac G4 to shut it down and then disconnect the

FireWire cable.

For More Information on FireWire

Additional information on FireWire, including setting up a network of FireWire devices, is

available in Mac Help. Choose Mac Help from the Help menu, and search for “FireWire.”

You can also ﬁnd information on Apple’s FireWire Web site at www.apple.com/ﬁrewire

For information on the FireWire devices available for your computer, go to the Macintosh

Products Guide at www.apple.com/guide

Important The computer you connect your Power Mac G4 to must have FireWire version

2.3.3 or later installed. Use Apple System Proﬁler (located in the Utilities folder, in your

computer’s Applications folder) to check the version of FireWire installed. If you have an

older version, check for an update at the Apple FireWire Web site at www.apple.com/ﬁrewire