When you are finished using the Mac in Target Disk Mode, you can unmount it and power down the target computer by pressing its power button.
You can then treat the target disk as you would any other external FireWire drive. The target's internal disk should appear on your host Mac's desktop as an external drive.(The icon will look like a Y with a circle in the center.) Once the slave Mac has finished booting up, if you've found Target Disk Mode correctly, you should see the FireWire icon appear on the target Mac's screen.Then, power on the target Mac while holding the T key on that system's keyboard.Connect your target Mac to the host Mac using your 6-pin FireWire cable.First, if the Mac you want to access as your target is powered on, shut it down.Here's how you can take advantage of this capability:
All you will need is a 6-pin to 6-pin IEEE 1394 - commonly known as a "FireWire" - cable. With Target Disk Mode, you can use a recent Mac to access the main internal hard disk in another recent Apple machine without having to crack a case or turn a screw. That feature is the Target Disk Mode built into the Mac firmware.
Here's a look at how to use one Mac to access the internal drive of another - no screwdriver required.Īpple's Macs have one feature that, as a support tech, I would like to see other manufacturers crib for their computers.