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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Apple killed Firewire 4 years before Lightning came along.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

??? My 2012 MacBook Pro had FireWire, that’s the year Lightning came out…

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Apple announced it was moving away from Firewire in 2008

[–] djdarren@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

My current Macbook (M2 Air from 2022) can sync with my 4th gen iPod over FireWire if I have the right adapters.