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Topic: USB 3.1 (Type-C or Type-A) to Firewire adapter for FF400?

As the Firewire CoreAudio driver is missing for MacOS Ventura, I need a solution that doesn't use Firewire.

I have these ports on my Hackintosh:

USB Type-C™ port with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A port (red)

Is there a converter anyone has used that would work?

USB 3.1 has Plenty of bandwidth so possibly workable?

I've just read of users making a Thunderbolt to Firewire dual dongle scenario work but .. I don't have Thunderbolt?

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Re: USB 3.1 (Type-C or Type-A) to Firewire adapter for FF400?

Thunderbolt can be adapted to use FireWire, USB cannot.

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Re: USB 3.1 (Type-C or Type-A) to Firewire adapter for FF400?

MacProFF400User wrote:

As the Firewire CoreAudio driver is missing for MacOS Ventura...

It isn't. For now. It will disappear in the future, as Apple has stated. Wether that's tomorrow, or next decade is anyone's guess.

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