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Offering much faster speeds, even faster than usb 2. Like usb, firewire supports different connector types. One of the most interesting improvements to the new mac mini models announced tuesday is that the minis single firewire 400 port has been replaced by a faster firewire 800 version. Heres how to get old school minidv video via firewire 400 into a 2015 macbook pro with thunderbolt. Can i connect a thunderbolt drive to the firewire 800 port on my. How to connect firewire devices into new macs with thunderbolt 3.