With the help of 2 external hard drives

I want to connect 2 external hard drives (OWC Mercury Elite Pro) to my iMac.  I use one for the pictures and the other for the safeguarding of the iMac.  The two hard drives come with FireWire, USB 3 cable also.  Is it possible to connect the two leads one to the other with fireware, or do I need to connect one with firewire and other separately with USB? I would like to get the speed of firewire to both if possible.

Thank you

Martha Lyle

Yes, you can connect in series up to 70 FireWire devices. Plug a drive in firewire on Mac port and the second in unoccupied left FW of the first drive.

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