There are also Thunderbolt to FireWire adapters available.Īlternatively, you might need to use a USB-C cable, those are only available from third-party manufacturers.įollow this Apple Support Document to learn how to use Target Disc Mode. You can buy a FireWire or Thunderbolt cable at most office supply or electronics stores. With this option, you can access the hard drive of the Mac with the lost files, while minimizing system usage.
In the best-case scenario, you have a second Mac available, and both Macs have either a FireWire or Thunderbolt port. Recovery Option #1: Access the Mac in Target Disc Mode
There are three recovery options you can use, with the best option listed first. If you have a specific file type that you need recovered, check What File Types Can Disk Drill Recover? to see if your file type is supported before you begin. If this is the case, proceed to How to Use Recovery Vault and Guaranteed Recovery. There is only one exception to this rule, and that is if you had Disk Drill installed previous to your data loss and you had Recovery Vault and/or Guaranteed Recovery enabled to protect your hard drive. So, if you haven’t already done so, we recommend that you SHUT YOUR MAC DOWN immediately and read through these instructions on another computer or mobile device. And the data that gets overwritten may be just the file(s) that you are trying to save. Just leaving it running, without any programs open, can still overwrite data. The reason for this is that anything you do on your Mac, after you realize that a file has been deleted or lost, causes precious data to be overwritten. Recovering files from your Mac’s internal hard drive is a bit more complicated than recovering it from an external drive or device.
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