Here are ten technologies that could have been contenders for the big time. But it was a case of right idea, wrong time!

On August 22, 2001, Apple won a Primetime Engineering Emmy for FireWire, high-speed serial port technology that sparked a ...

For decades, the process of making a surfboard has more or less been the same: cut a piece of foam; put a wooden stringer down the middle to provide structure and strength; shape it, then wrap it in ...

While FireWire devices are recognized relatively easily on Mac via AppleFWAudio, it is difficult to handle them with the same ease on Windows. This is because the results vary significantly depending ...

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According to @NekoMichiUBC on X, and a Reddit thread, the first developer beta of macOS Tahoe does not include support for the IEEE 1394 standard, which Apple calls FireWire. Older external drives, ...

What just happened? FireWire was Apple's ambitious attempt to establish a novel connectivity technology for its computer ecosystem back in the 90s. Now, Cupertino is unceremoniously removing the ...

If you’ve been hanging on to that first-generation iPod, we’ve got bad news for you. It looks like macOS Tahoe 26 is dropping support for the legacy FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 data-transfer ...

FireWire's final curtain call may be upon us. In the first developer beta of macOS 26 Tahoe, Apple has removed all FireWire support. While the removal comes in a beta release and technically could be ...

A bit of sad news for old iPods: Macs might be losing FireWire support. Unlike on macOS Sequoia and earlier versions, the first macOS Tahoe beta does not include a FireWire section in the System ...