Apple has a history of doing its own thing when it comes to ports, and Firewire was supposed to replace USB but never caught on. What happened to FireWire?

Niche users reliant on FireWire must now keep older Macs running old macOS versions to use it. You probably haven't actually ...

USB 2.0, which can move data up to 480mbps, compared with the pokey 12mbps handled by USB 1.1, provides stiff competition for FireWire, a technology invented by Apple Computer that transports data ...

Despite the fact that FireWire is fast and is here now, Intel is pushing USB 2.0 as the real connection standard for both low- and high-speed devices on consumer PCs.

Although FireWire 400 is faster at most tasks than USB 2.0 (even though FireWire 400’s theoretical bandwidth is lower than USB 2.0’s) it isn’t always, or by much.

FireWire's final curtain call may be upon us. In the first developer beta of macOS 26 Tahoe, Apple has removed all FireWire ...

Here's why it will make eSATA and FireWire obsolete. When USB 3.0 is expected to hit the market in early 2010, it will have been 10 years since the now ubiquitous USB 2.0 was introduced (April 2000).

IEEE1394 (it's only "Firewire(tm)" if it's implemented with an Apple-approved chipset in a Mac) makes a different approach to a serial bus than USB does.

Partly due to delays in launching USB 2.0, FireWire has gained in popularity in the past two years. But with USB 2.0 on the market, FireWire temporarily loses its title as the speed king.

I am trying to connect a firewire external hard drive to a PC that doesn't have a firewire card. I know that they are two completely different technologies and that most(if not all) of the cables ...

When USB 3.0 is expected to hit the market in early 2010, it will have been 10 years since the now ubiquitous USB 2.0 was introduced (April 2000). The current USB 2.0 specification runs at a ...