New to Imac - my firewire wont work?

I just got a 27" imac i7 this weekend... i just tried to hook up my sandisk firewire CF reader...and it wont fit!

so how do you guys with imacs get your files off of your CF cards?

Have you tried a USB card reader

wow.. im stupid..

i even just hooked up my external hard drive to one of the usb slots

thanks for that

im surprised there is no card readers on this thing...$2400 should include a card reader IMO (and blu ray)

is there any faster transfer method though?

While numbers say USB 2 is faster than FireWire, those numbers are only good for a certain peak during data transfer and FireWire is definitely faster on average.

And FireWire 800 is faster than FireWire 400. Your iMac has a FireWire 800 port.

If your firewire card reader isn't working it must be that it's a firewire 400, not 800. Either get a new firewire 800 reader, or use usb.

Well the FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 plugs aren't the same size.

But FW 400 to FW 800 adapters do exist.

The 27" iMac has a SDHC card reader built-in

i saw the SDHC card on the side.. but i dont use any of those cards. So it doesnt do me any good

FYI: I got an iMac a couple of weeks ago and had not used one since the first Mac in 84. Someone recommended the book "Switching to the Mac the missing manual" it's been a tremendous help in understanding this awesome machine. Not that this has anything to do with CF readers.

thanks for the tip.. i will look into that book

Doc Fluty wrote in post #10319368


wow.. im stupid..

i even just hooked up my external hard drive to one of the usb slots

thanks for that

im surprised there is no card readers on this thing...$2400 should include a card reader IMO (and blu ray)

is there any faster transfer method though?

No blue ray?

You can get Firewire 400 - 800 adapter cables cheap at MonoPrice:
http://www.monoprice.c​om …cp_id=10301&cs_​id=1030105

No need to get a new reader, the one you have should work fine.

-howard

Doc Fluty wrote in post #10319312
I just got a 27" imac i7 this weekend... i just tried to hook up my sandisk firewire CF reader...and it wont fit!

so how do you guys with imacs get your files off of your CF cards?

I have the Sandisk Extreme Firewire Reader as well and it fits fine in my Mac Pro. Use the firewire 800 cable not the firewire 400 cable. The reader comes with 2 cables for either 400 or 800 connectivity.