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Transfer files using a direct Ethernet connection
Not to mention that you can't use Target FireWire Disk Mode for troubleshooting. This is probably the biggest problem with loss of FireWire from the MacBooks.
Transfer files using a direct Ethernet connection
Just to confirm, you don't need an ethernet crossover cable to pull this off? Just a regular cat5 cable?
Transfer files using a direct Ethernet connection
You are correct. Any old Cat5 will do.
no crossover cable needed, EVER
Crossover cables are never needed for any reason on newer Macs because the ethernet port does the crossover for you - something called Auto-MDIX.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-MDIX This was one of the big things that so impressed me on my friend's Mac and got me interested in switching (no, I'm not joking). I bought a MacBook and threw away the crossover cable I always carried in my laptop bag.
no crossover cable needed, EVER
Well, almost _all_ newer ethernet cards do this for many years now, also almost all switches. It's not a special feature of Macs, though Apple built in quite early onboard NIC's with Auto-MDX.
Transfer files using a direct Ethernet connection
Firewire Target disk mode is one is the most useful things ever for diagnostics,fixing macs, system installs etc....but now the ability to take drives out and pop them in a cradle/external enclosure is there i am not missing it as much as i thought. I always carry my trusty FW400/800 cables with me and have fixed so many peoples MAcs while on the road. |
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