I still have some old Firewire devices, and will be moving to a new MBP that only has Thunderbolt. I’ll be keeping my old computer for a while, but was wondering if others have the same experience and / or suggestions. The devices I am concerned about are camcorders, so it’s really a question of accessing DV and Hi8 tapes when necessary.
Works fine with the right adaptors. I’ve gone from Thunderbolt 3 to 2 to FireWire 800 to 400 just fine. I mean, the train of dongles looks silly, but it works!
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There are Thunderbolt 3 docks that have Firewire ports. There are also Thunderbolt to Firewire adaptors that could be used (I think) in conjunction with Apple’s Thunderbolt 2 to Thunerbolt 2 adaptor.
(This is probably your last kick at the can for access to your Firewire stuff though, so it may be a good time to look at migrating?)
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The OWC TB3 with Firewire is no longer available; the TB2 with Firewire seems to be available but not useful for a TB3 machine. So it looks like dock + dongle is going to be necessary. Yes, it’s definitely time to migrate!
OWC still lists a TB3 dock with Firewire: https://www.owcdigital.com/products/thunderbolt-3-dock-firewire so maybe there’s still hope?
Yes but when you try to buy it, you don’t find it for sale. I was told they can’t get Firewire chips for them.
Ah… That’s unfortunate 
A dongle-chain it shall be then!
But wait! Amazon still has one! https://www.amazon.com/OWC-Port-Thunderbolt-Cable-Included/dp/B00UUCZPTO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1545624080&sr=8-2&keywords=owc+thunderbolt+3+firewire
But wait yet again! It turns out that they threw in the TB2 dock in my TB3 search. Sneaky no-good Amzonians! Alas, it was not meant to be
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