I wanted to transfer some videos from an old mini-DV to a digital format. With the new Macbook Pro, I needed adapters for my adapters for the adapters that other adapters needed to adapt to adapters. Do you understand. Luckily I had an old Macbook laying around around 2008 and this cable connected perfectly and did the job I needed. expert advice; If you need to move something from your mini DV recorder, it might be cheaper to buy an old Macbook and this cable than to buy all the adapters you need to work with a refurbished Macbook.