Troubleshooting Tuesday

Transfer Files via Firewire

Question: "I'm looking for an easy way to transfer files between two Macs and I don't want to mess with all that network voodoo. What can I do?"

Answer: "Boot one of the Macs (preferably the lesser model) as a firewire target disk. All you have to do is connect the two Macs via a firewire cable, boot the master (preferably the higher model), then boot the other and hold down the 't' key until you see a blue screen with a yellow firewire symbol. This Mac will now appear as a normal firewire hard disk on the master's desktop. Unfortunately, if the two Macs don't have firewire, then you'll have to 'mess with all that network voodoo'."



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