Pour one out for 400/800 FireWire? macOS 26 beta 1 drops support for both standards<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>If you’re still rocking a first-generation iPod or, like me, are holding on to an old FireWire external drive for dear life, this one might hit hard: the first developer beta of macOS 26 Tahoe appears to have dropped support for the FireWire 400 and 800 standards.</p>
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Pour one out for 400/800 FireWire? macOS 26 beta 1 drops support for both standards
