The “Target Disk” mode is relatively unknown, although it has been present on the Mac since the dawn of time…The idea is as follows: you press a combination of keys when starting up your Data Recovery Mac book Pro or MacBook Air, and it turns into a large external hard drive.
You can connect it to another Mac via Firewire, USB or Thunderbolt depending on the model. The Data Recovery internal disk of the Mac is then displayed on this other machine as if it were an external hard disk.
Data Recovery It’s really the best solution in case of emergency, if your screen no longer displays anything, if it is broken and unusable, or if your keyboard is broken… Yes, yes! If your keyboard is broken, you can connect an external keyboard and do this manipulation. It works !
One of the advantages is that data recovery can be super fast, if it’s an SSD to SSD copy, on a fast interface. Works with all Macs. Be careful, USB-C Macs require a USB-C to USB3 cable which manages the data or a USB-C Thunderbolt cable (with a lightning bolt on it), which manages the transfer of Twitter data in Thunderbolt.
The cable that came with your Mac’s charger doesn’t work. It is not Thunderbolt certified. Most USB-C to USB charging cables won’t work either…