All was well with my older Passport - until I upgraded to Tahoe. Now, it's no longer recognizable. It was connected through two adaptors (old Firewire 400). Work on my MacBook Pro - but then, it's older and updated only to MacOS 12
Any help? Or just get a new drive?
iMac (M1, 2021)
I'm assuming you are referring to Passport drives by Western Digital (WD) ... correct? Is this the drive you are referring to: https://www.amazon.com/Passport-Studio-FireWire-Portable-External/dp/B00378KLYM
If that's the case, then macOS Tahoe does not support FireWire devices via adapters. AFAIK, Apple has removed all system-level FireWire support, including the necessary kernel extensions and drivers for the IEEE 1394 standard, meaning that even when using Thunderbolt or USB adapters to connect FireWire devices, the system does not recognize them.
... so yes, as you predicted, it's time for a new drive.
I'm assuming you are referring to Passport drives by Western Digital (WD) ... correct? Is this the drive you are referring to: https://www.amazon.com/Passport-Studio-FireWire-Portable-External/dp/B00378KLYM
If that's the case, then macOS Tahoe does not support FireWire devices via adapters. AFAIK, Apple has removed all system-level FireWire support, including the necessary kernel extensions and drivers for the IEEE 1394 standard, meaning that even when using Thunderbolt or USB adapters to connect FireWire devices, the system does not recognize them.
... so yes, as you predicted, it's time for a new drive.
You're very welcome!
One workaround would be to use something like Parallels on your iMac to create a VM of an earlier version of macOS. Then run this VM when you want to use this drive. Parallels can be configured to run a VM "transparently" along side of macOS Tahoe so you could get access to this drive that way.
Yep! That's it. Guess I shouldn't have updated from Sequoia - it was working fine. Oh well, at least the drive works with my MacBookPro vintage early 2015 with MacOS Monterey. Updating hardware...first, iPhone and watch, then computers....Thanks for the response.
WD Passport connected to iMac until I upgraded to Tahoe
