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Title: connecting a 722 to a mac pro laptop
Post by: c.b.taper on September 29, 2016, 10:29:15 AM: just bought a mac pro and am wondering how i can connect my 722 to download off the hard drive? suggestions? ??? :guitarist:
Title: Re: connecting a 722 to a mac pro laptop
Post by: gewwang on September 29, 2016, 12:36:43 PM: i use a 9-pin to 6-pin firewire cable.

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Title: Re: connecting a 722 to a mac pro laptop
Post by: GLouie on October 02, 2016, 01:51:51 AM: I have MacPros 1,1 and 5,1 at work and neither can reliably connect with FireWire on two 722s. A MacbookPro and iMac with Thunderbolt adapter work fine, so I had to give up on FW with these MacPros and went to CF cards and card readers. I feel the FW chipsets in these must be different. This is with OS10.6.8 on the 1,1 and 10.9.5 on the 5,1. Before 10.6.8, the 1,1 wasn't too bad at connecting.

Sound Devices had nothing helpful to offer on this problem.

So, do you have a MacPro desktop or a MacBook Pro laptop, and what model?
Title: Re: connecting a 722 to a mac pro laptop
Post by: jazzgtrl4 on October 02, 2016, 11:23:29 AM: Hi different computer situation here, when i first got my 722 tried to connect to my PC via fire wire, never worked. Was told to forget it and just use external card. I wish i could access everything that is on my internal harddrive on the 722.
Title: Re: connecting a 722 to a mac pro laptop
Post by: tim in jersey on October 02, 2016, 12:22:53 PM: Quote from: jazzgtrl4 on October 02, 2016, 11:23:29 AM
Hi different computer situation here, when i first got my 722 tried to connect to my PC via fire wire, never worked. Was told to forget it and just use external card. I wish i could access everything that is on my internal harddrive on the 722.

You can copy the HDD>CF via the 722 and remove the CF card and read it using a card reader via USB...
Title: Re: connecting a 722 to a mac pro laptop
Post by: jazzgtrl4 on October 02, 2016, 08:57:21 PM: Quote from: tim in jersey on October 02, 2016, 12:22:53 PM
Quote from: jazzgtrl4 on October 02, 2016, 11:23:29 AM
Hi different computer situation here, when i first got my 722 tried to connect to my PC via fire wire, never worked. Was told to forget it and just use external card. I wish i could access everything that is on my internal harddrive on the 722.

You can copy the HDD>CF via the 722 and remove the CF card and read it using a card reader via USB...

Ya totally, i actually just have the CF card mirroring the HDD.