Apple 17-inch MacBook Pro (User’s Guide) - Manual (Page 56)

56 Chapter 3 Using Your MacBook Pro
You can connect a standard 6-pin FireWire device directly to the FireWire 400 (H) port.
You can use a 9-to-6-pin FireWire cable to connect the 6-pin device to the FireWire 800
(H) port. You can also connect 9-pin FireWire devices directly to the FireWire 800 port,
for even faster connections. Both ports provide power to connected devices, so the
devices don’t need a separate power plug.
These are some of the things you can do with FireWire:
 Connect an HDV or DV camera and capture, transfer, and edit high-quality video
directly on your computer using video-editing software such as iMovie HD, Final Cut
Express, or Final Cut Studio (sold separately).
 Start up from an external FireWire hard disk. Connect an external FireWire hard disk
drive (with Mac OS X v10.4.6 or later installed on it), open the Startup Disk pane of
System Preferences, and click the FireWire hard disk icon. Restart your computer.
 Connect an external FireWire hard disk drive and use it to back up data or transfer
files.
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FireWire 400
port (6-pin)
FireWire 800
port (9-pin)