lab 10.4

Firewire was developed by apple, USB was developed to compete, both are equally used, Most modern Macs--except for the MacBook Air and some MacBook models--offer both FireWire and USB connections. When shopping for an external hard drive, then, you have many options for something that will work with your Mac. Today, USB hard drives are more common and less expensive than FireWire or even FireWire/USB combo drives.