Ah, the march of technology: Firewire 400 has lost its spot as the de facto way of transferring video to the Mac, replaced by USB 2, hard-disk based camcorders, and Firewire 800. But the original Firewire was so popular, speedy, and reliable that the devices which use it still have a lot of life in them. So the simple solution for someone who owns a Mac (or any computer, really) with only an 800 port is to buy a cable converter such as the Sonnet Firewire 400 to 800 adapter.

For many people, especially hardcore video editors, Apple’s decision to put no FireWire port in the new MacBook came as disappointing—and, in some cases, deal breaking—news.However, Pixela wants to help ease this pain for these MacBook users…eventually. Here’s what I mean. Pixela currently offers a FireWire to USB 2.0 DV Transfer Cable at their site more »