IOGEAR Thunderbolt Male Cable, Black, 2 Meter/6.8 Feet, GTC02-BK

it's 2018 and you want to capture video from a mini DV tape but how do you transfer from a decades-old camcorder to a modern-day Mac these old camcorders use firewire for transfer but today's computers usually don't have firewire ports my 2016 MacBook Pro only has Thunderbolt 3 ports so what do you do turns out it's pretty simple you'll just need several hundred adapters if you're using a firewire 400 you'll need a 400 to a an adapter or just use a firewire 800 cable connect firewire 800 to a thunderbolt adapter then connect that to a Thunderbolt 3 adapter and finally plug that into your Mac now set your camcorder to VCR mode open your video software and go to the import or capture screen click import let out a sigh of relief your treasured memories are safe forever if you need more details check the description