#Macbook target disk mode how to#
How to boot an Intel Mac in Target Disk Mode Then you can follow the corresponding steps to boot an Intel Mac in Target Disk Mode or boot an Apple silicon Mac into Mac Sharing Mode-M1 Target Disk Mode. In the first place, you need to identify the model of your Mac, whether it is equipped with an Intel chip or an Apple silicon processor. Note: If either of the two computers has macOS 11 Big Sur or macOS 12 Monterey installed, you must connect the two computers using a Thunderbolt cable.
AC power source is necessary for MacBooks, in case the Mac runs out of power when using Target disk mode. It’s best to use the same port on both Macs if possible.
#Macbook target disk mode pro#
A USB, USB-C, Thunderbolt 3, or Thunderbolt 4 (MacBook Pro 2021) for Apple silicon Macs. A Firewire or Thunderbolt cable for Intel Macs. The host Mac should run in macOS High Sierra or latter if the drive of the source Mac is formatted as APFS. Read more > What you need to prepareīefore proceeding to enter target disk mode on your Mac, you need to have preparations for a smooth and successful data transfer. If there is no other Mac available to us Target disk Mode to rescue files from a not-turning-on Mac, you can straightforwardly run iBoysoft Data Recovery in Recovery Mode to recover data on the faulty Mac. How to run iBoysoft Data Recovery in macOS Recovery Mode?