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Randy Godfrey

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Oct 13, 2022, 2:47:05β€―PM10/13/22
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Hello wonderful Mac people,


My daughter's old MacBook Pro is on the blink. I've narrowed it down to a bad logic board, but was able to get it started this morning, which is unusual. I'd like to get all of her valuable photos onto an external drive, but her known password and her confirmed Apple ID and password are not working. Could it be that the clock is not reading correctly? I'm unable to correct the time, of course, without passing the login screen.

I used to use Target Disc Mode for this type of thing, but that must be outdated technology now? There are Firewire ports on both my machines and hers.

If I put her hard drive in an enclosure will I be able to access her photos without a password?

The other thing is that she now uses a Widows computer (Booo!), so I Imagine that I'd have to reformat a spare drive that I have here for windows so that she could access them.

I'd very much appreciate any thoughts.

Thank you!


Randy

Laron Southcott

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Oct 13, 2022, 3:00:46β€―PM10/13/22
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Randy Godfrey

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Oct 13, 2022, 3:32:30β€―PM10/13/22
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Aw, thanks so much Laron! I'll give it a go. Hopefully, it will restart.

Thank you for the helpful links!

Randy


Eileen Herring

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Oct 13, 2022, 3:37:05β€―PM10/13/22
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Laron,
I thought that target disk mode no longer worked on new Macs. Am I wrong? Does it really work?
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Laron Southcott

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Oct 13, 2022, 3:49:21β€―PM10/13/22
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It does !

Eileen Herring

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Oct 13, 2022, 6:32:38β€―PM10/13/22
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Thanks, Laron.
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Randy Godfrey

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Oct 13, 2022, 7:21:33β€―PM10/13/22
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Hey Laron!

I have the files transferring right now using TDM to an extra drive that I've formatted to exFAT. But a little bit of a wet blanket over my excitement as I saw the estimated time of 6 days! Only 135 GB. Sometimes these things suddenly speed up, though.

We'll see if it all holds out that long.

Randy

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Randy Godfrey

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Oct 13, 2022, 7:30:36β€―PM10/13/22
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Update: The little people inside my Mac with the clipboards and calculators must have had their decimals in the wrong place, as now the estimated time is down to 4 hours. Phew.

Randy


AlanEileen

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Oct 13, 2022, 8:57:10β€―PM10/13/22
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It’s interesting how time flies πŸ˜‰
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