Firewire

The wireless network was an option, but this was around 10 GBs of data.

I decided to use my 30GB iPod as a sneaker net.

It turns out that by TiBook (built in 2001) doesn`t have USB 2, so the transfer was slow.

I have a "computer part box" that would scare the hell out of you -- you should see some of the stuff that I have in there (I think I have an old 300 baud Apple modem and an Atari 2600 at the bottom actually).

I went there to get a Firewire 400 to iPod connector.

After I find it, I hook it up and -- bang -- the iPod says: "I don`t support FireWire..."

Great.

Then I remember one of the coolest features that Mac laptops have had since the SCSI days: disk transfer mode.

When you enable this mode, the laptop just becomes a giant disk for another Mac to use.

All you need to do is hit `t` when the Mac boots to enter this mode.

Like magic -- which is why I love Apple -- it just works and my big files are on the right machine.