Passionategeekz June 19th news, there is not good news for older iPod users, that Apple’s macOS 26 may lose support for FireWire.
According to X platform user NekoMichi and a Reddit post,The first developer preview version of macOS 26 does not support the traditional FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 data transfer standards。
Therefore, the first few iPod models and older external storage drives rely on FireWire,Will not be able to sync or mount with a Mac running macOS 26 developer preview。
In addition, the first developer preview version of macOS 26 also removed FireWire-related content in system settings.
It is not clear whether it is the first developer preview version or whether macOS 26 is intentional, so you can look forward to whether FireWire will return in subsequent versions.
Passionategeekz searched public information and learned that the FireWire data transmission standard was mainly developed by Apple, but was later standardized to IEEE 1394 and authorized for non-Apple devices.
Apple’s iPod series has transitioned from FireWire to USB for data transmission since 2003so the standard is already very outdated, but if macOS 26 abandons it, it will still be the end of an era.
The last Mac with FireWire interface was released in 2012, so both older iPods and FireWire drives have long required an adapter to connect to newer Macs.
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