Finding, Installing, and Using a FireWire Hub
A FireWire hub is analogous to a USB hub; its primary purpose is to provide additional FireWire ports to which you can connect FireWire devices.
→ For more information on FireWire, see “FireWire,” p. 626.
Understanding FireWire Hubs
Because many Macs include only two FireWire ports (most mobile Macs have only one), and peripheral devices such as keyboards and monitors don't include additional ports, you are more limited in the number of FireWire devices you can attach to your Mac than you are with USB “out of the box.”
If you use multiple FireWire storage devices, such as a hard drive, CD-RW, or other device that you will want to be connected at all times, you are probably going to need to add more ...
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