Goodbye, Firewire my old friend

macOS Tahoe beta drops support for FireWire

Sad news if the trends continue until the official release of macOS Tahoe: FireWire will not be supported by newer versions of macOS.

I remember how I loved FireWire: its almost constant speed, effectively obliterating USB, at no extra CPU cost. It was just a pleasure to use.

The first one I could afford to buy was in 2010: a 1 TB WD My Book Studio with FireWire 800. I could find the invoice (snippet below!)