Resolved ThunderBolt 3 > ThunderBolt 2 > Firewire

[SirLio]

Hi Guys,

I am an audio guy and as many other audio guys out there, i currently own a firewire interface.

Honestly, the future of Mac is giving me rather bad anxiety about the future port compatibility with our interfaces.

Is there anyone out there with knowledge on how Thunderbolt & FireWire compatibility works? I would love to learn more about it.

My question is, if i do invest in a new macbook pro, would buying Thunderbolt 3 > Thunderbolt 2 dongle & then the Thunderbolt 2 > Firewire work as if its directly connected to a Firewire port? or would there be complications?

Is anyone else out there worried about this?

 

[JTToft]

My question is, if i do invest in a new macbook pro, would buying Thunderbolt 3 > Thunderbolt 2 dongle & then the Thunderbolt 2 > Firewire work as if its directly to a Firewire port? or would there be complications?

- Should work perfectly fine.

This connected to this connected to your FireWire device(s). Or wait until someone releases a direct Thunderbolt 3 to FireWire adaptor.

 

[cube]

TB3->TB2 adapter + Akitio dock should work

It is not clear that another adapter can be powered from the Apple TB3->TB2 adapter. From the Startech it seems it can't (I tried an HDMI converter).

 

[JTToft]

It is not clear that another adapter can be powered from the Apple TB3->TB2 adapter. From the Startech it seems it can't (I tried an HDMI converter).

- That's a different limitation. The StarTech one doesn't support DisplayPort connections, which is why your Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adaptor didn't work.

 

[cube]

- That's a different limitation. The StarTech one doesn't support DisplayPort connections, which is why your Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adaptor didn't work.

It seems they clarified that it does provides power now.

It seems I did not pay attention to the video limitation because I was not buying it for that.

But if I remember well it does pass DisplayPort through to a dock.

 

[JTToft]

It seems they clarified that it does provides power now.

It seems I did not pay attention to the video limitation because I was not buying it for that.

But if I remember well it does pass DisplayPort through to a dock.

- Yeah, it's a pretty strange adaptor really. I also wonder if they're serious about the "Windows only" part, or if it's just because no Macs with TB3 existed when it was introduced.

I trust the Apple one supports everything. And it's half the price, too.

 

[cube]

- Yeah, it's a pretty strange adaptor really. I also wonder if they're serious about the "Windows only" part, or if it's just because no Macs with TB3 existed when it was introduced.

Someone said it is a reference design. A lame one I would say.

 

[JTToft]

Someone said it is a reference design. A lame one I would say.

- The Apple adaptor does work with the older FireWire adaptor.

But like the StarTech one, it also does not support DisplayPort output. Must be an actual technical limitation at this point.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207266

 

[SirLio]

- The Apple adaptor does work with the older FireWire adaptor.

But like the StarTech one, it also does not support DisplayPort output. Must be an actual technical limitation at this point.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207266

Awesome, some official confirmation. thanks for this JTToft.