Gtech mini won't mount on macbook pro, tried two different firewire 800 and 400 cables. The drive doesn't show up in disc utility as well.

It sounds like you may have one of the newest MBPs that doesn't have a firewire port. If that is the case, it is still possible to connect firewire peripherals through a Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter cable.

- Open the disk utility application found in the applications folder, then open the utilities folder

- See if it detects the LaCie drive by looking on the right hand side where it lists all the available drives including your optical drive

- If it is just greyed out you might only need to re-format the drive or possibly repair the disk.

- If it does not appear in this list the drive has most likely failed and is not economically repairable

Hi, if you can see the drive in Disk Utility, is the volume appear greyed out? If so, then it sounds like the directory has been damaged, which usually is caused by disconnecting a drive improperly or losing power. DiskWarrior is a utility that can often repair a damaged directory and allow the drive to mount.

The first thing to do would be to check that the usb cable or firewire cable (depending on which you are using) is functioning. Also check that the usb or firewire port is functional. This will rule out as to whether the disk or the cable and ports are at fault. The other thing you can do is go to the applications folder and then into the utilities folder and open up disk utility. In the left hand column if your disk is showing up single click on it and then in the top left of the disk utility window click on mount. Then at the bottom right hand corner of the disk utility window click on repair disk this will verify and then repair the disk. Hope this helps.

The problem lies in your cable!

The new macbook pro still uses firewire and will be compatable with your drive. It just uses a 4-pin instead of a 6-pin connector. You can get an adapter or new cable that goes from 6 to 4-pins.

They did take away firewire from the new line of plain macbooks though (shakes fist at steve jobs)

Buy a USB card reader, this will show your card (which you used in the camera) as a normal disk in finder

You need to back up data from the drive and then connect your drive on MAC you need to use mac utility to format the hard disk in Mac as some times it wont recognize a windows operating system...

No such thing s a dumb question, I transfer from my Canon XL1 to my Mac IBook with firewire all the time. You have three choices: 1. Buy a cable with two different ends - one that will fit your camera (the tiny one so small it is hard to insert) and one that will fit the Mac. Your Mac should have two different types of firewire ports - the semi-round one and the square one that looks like a USB port, but isn't. The symbols are different  for firewire ports firewire and USB ports. But all firewire ports, regardless of the configuration will have the firewire symbol and all USB ports will have the USB symbol.  Either firewire symbol port will work. I have two different firewire ports on my MacBook G4 and use them both,  I keep a bunch of firewire connectors around. They usually come with outboard hard-drives in various configurations. Sold en Ebay or at computer stores Solution 2: Feed your firewire through an outboard drive that will accept the 400 firewire (many do) and then take another firewire, say an 800, from that drive into your computer. I always capture to a hard drive then edit from there. The idea of a firewire bus is that you can connect a number of drives in parallel and mount them all. Available for as little as $69.
Solution 3: Buy a firewire port card for you MacBook which slips into a slot on the side, and gives you connectivity with the 400. It also frees up your main firewire port. I bought one on Ebay for $24 that came with all the adaptors. I was pulling my hair out too until I figured out the system.

I'd suggest to try the device on a different PC. If the issue persists the problem is obviously with the drive itself.

I have a firewire from sony 105 to macbook pro--DOES NOT WORK--adapter i used from Sony mini 7" dvd player -- thought I had it fixed :( old camera out of time....