Power Mac - 6pin to 6pin firewire- What can i do between two macs?

Mac Na'gev · Mac Na'gev #1 (**permalink**)

02-27-2009, 09:02 PM

I want my two power macs to talk to each other but what other fun things can you do with this cable. HD transfer, etc?

kahlil88 · kahlil88 #2 (**permalink**)

02-27-2009, 09:59 PM

You can boot one of them in Target Disk Mode by holding down the "T" key after the startup sound. Its hard drive can then be accessed by the other Mac.

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Member Since: Jan 29, 2008 Location: Mendocino, CA Posts: 671 Mac Specs: 17" MacBook Pro A1151 2.16 GHz	02-27-2009, 09:59 PM You can boot one of them in Target Disk Mode by holding down the "T" key after the startup sound. Its hard drive can then be accessed by the other Mac. There is no system but GNU and Linux is one of its kernels. Join the FSF as an Associate Member!
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Member Since: Jan 14, 2009 Location: santa barbara, ca Posts: 37 Mac Specs: G5 2.0, G4, powerbook mercury, G3 Power Mac	02-27-2009, 09:02 PM I want my two power macs to talk to each other but what other fun things can you do with this cable. HD transfer, etc?
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