Restore Firewire syncing support for new iPod

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We, the consumers of Apple products believe that the removal of Firewire syncing support from the new iPod video, was a step backward. Considering that Apple co-developed the Firewire format, it is even more mind-boggling.

With the removal of Firewire support, the iPod loses the function of being a bootable external Hard Drive. With Firewire support lacking and the mandatory use of USB 2.0, it has excluded scores of perfectly good Machintosh Computers, that only have USB 1.1, from syncing with the new iPod video. Many Mac users who have USB 2.o still PREFER to use Firewire for their iPod syncing and charging purposes. It has also been proven that USB 2.0 is somewhat slower compared to FireWire. http://www.digit-life.com/articles/usb20vsfirewire/ In the past, anything that had to do with video transfer, has used a Firewire cable. To transfer video from a video camera to iMovie, you would have to use a Firewire cable, due to the large size of video. Why would the iPod drop Firewire support, especially now with the addition of video viewing?

A possible solution would be to include Firewire syncing support in the next revision of the iPod video.

We thank you for your time and consideration.

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    • Pfui, Apple!
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    • FW is more fast and innovative
  • Julian M
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    • This sucks
  • Thomas
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    • will the next Mac have no Firewire aswell??? Make the next iPod speak "Firewire" again!!!
  • Georg L
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    • I want FW Sync back on my Nano!
  • Dennis
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    • My PB 12" 867 has no USB2.0/ so no new ipod for me
  • Charly
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    • I love my iBook 800 (only USB 1.1)
  • Ma. S
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    • I don't buy a 5G due to lack of FireWire. My Computer is the original 17" PowerBook G4 1GHz (April 2003) with only USB 1.1!
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    • Every PC has FireWire onboard - but PC users do not know
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    • FireWire is more innovative than USB. It is Apple-Typical. I knew PCs, which doesn't have USB support, but FireWire (see http://mac-home.com).
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  • Michael K
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    • When I heard about the iPod video I was planning to get myself one, then i found it it didn't support Firewire, only USB 2.0. Having an older all-in-one iMac that doesnt have USB 2.0 support this instantly put a new iPod out of the question for me, I am disappointed that Apple dropped the Firewire support in favor of USB 2.0 which means that all those Mac users without USB 2.0 support cannot get a new iPod. Apple please bring back Firewire support else you'll loose custom from those who don't have USB 2.0
  • Joe
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    • Are you freakin kidding me? I just tried to synch my new ipod video and found Firewire wasn't supported. Had I known, I wouldnt have bothered upgrading given my PC only has UBS 1 and iLink! Thanks for wasting my time and money.
  • bhavishya k
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    • it is insane that with each new model, apple upgrades and degrades its models at the same time. i can live with the ac adaptor being taken away but the inline remote was the MOST precious accessory for my ipod 3g. apple you screwed up big time.
  • Claudio A
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    • Please don't exclude, mac user's from the new mac products. beacuse u did that removing firewire from ipod
  • Gregory M
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    • I ws going to buy a ipod video until i learned it doesent support firewire. Are u guys insane? you know how long it will take to transfer a movie?
  • Frank B
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    • It's like taking out the engine out of a porsche... keep it and we will buy it. I use my iPod 40GB as my external small harddrive and there ist no such use with only USB 2.0. And: 2 of our 4 Macs have no USB 2.0!!!
  • Niklas P
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    • What is an iPod/Notebook without Firewire? - I Can't belive it had come to that!
  • Jeremy V
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    • My mac only shipped with USB 1.1 Apple excluded all mac owners with a system older than 2 years!!!
  • CIMA L
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    • PLS. LET NEW MOVIE IPOD SUPPORT FIRE WIRE BECAUSE MOST MAC USERS DON'T HAVE A USB2 CONNECTION BUT FIRE WIRE SURE ALL THEY HAVE IT
  • Andrew O
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    • I love Macs but it took an hour to put my music on with USB 2.0. With firewire it took less than 2 min. Please consider an update that would allow Mac users their versitility
  • Kennies B
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    • I'll be pro-mac till I die no matter what. to keep it simple the ipod without firewire is like the powermac without a processor! nuff said....-kb-
  • Gori D
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    • I have a iPod 20GB that i use for emergency booting. If no Firewire no new iPod. In apple.com it is not clear that the iPod video has not Firewire support, furtunately i have done some google before purchase. Thanks Apple for NOT support your customers and your Firewire.
  • Arthur A
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    • I decided not to get an ipod video, because it didn't have firewire support. I have PC's and on all of them I have firewire cards and/or onboard firewire. It takes less than 5 minutes to install a firewire card. It costs around $13-20 for a firewire card. I wouldn't consider buying a notebook if it didn't have firewire. Not only does it save you alot of time, it is also reliable. USB is anything but reliable. I've had tons of clients who've had devices quit working on USB ports, and I've experienced tons of it on my computers as well...on every USB device that i've plugged into a Windows computer. They fail on linux and Macs as well. If anything USB is an incomplete project. They should have made it work, before they released it. It's mainly used as a marketing buzzword. 12 USB ports. What a waste. I guess you can plug a device into a different port, so it will get detected after it stops working. With the increased capacity size and the potential for very large video files, FW is a no brainer
  • Steve P
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    • Just got a 5.5G; had to upgrade my mac to add USB2; kept getting "disk could not read or write" errors, wound up using USB1.1! Result: a MS-like out of box experience (troubleshooting, online researche, workarounds, yikes!). My last ipod was firewire and was the best out of box experience of my life. And you don't even sell USB2 cards for macs on your site, you're leaving us to muddle through and guess.
  • Nasser S
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    • I want my Firewire back...I hate my new Ipods sync and transfer times!!!!!!!
  • Gemma C
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    • I would even be happy to buy a specific firewire cable. Don't take the option away from us all together! I used to have a 1st Gen of the 20Gb iPod that used firewire and I could sync the whole thing in no time, now I am on iPod video 30Gb and it takes 3 times as long with the rubbish alternative USB 2. I realise that having USB 2 is needed for all the people who use PCs but for your loyal fan base who use Macs surely we should not be disadvantaged and in fact be given a benefit of owning more than one Apple product.
  • Alan M
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    • Come on apple, give us our firewire back please.
  • Armin H
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    • How absolutely unbelievable that FireWire support is no longer supported. Even a Mac Book Pro only comes with 2 USB ports, and now I need to waste one of them for the new iPod. And I need to live with slower sync speeds now... what a shame!
  • Liz S
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    • i only have USB 1 and syncing movies or TV shows is impossibly slow. Bring back Firewire support!
  • Ryan C. W
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    • Bring back FireWire on the iPod! USB2 is horrible and I love my older iMac with USB 1.1! I can't afford to keep buying a new computer just to keep up with new iPod's!