I installed it and it worked like a charm.
#How to boot in target disk mode update
While I knew there was a way to do this, I’d never had to try it until now.Īn update 4/27/10, AppleCare got me the replacement video card. Shut down the old Mac that will be receiving the hard drive cleaning, and reboot it while holding down the 'T' key on your keyboard. This may be old hat to many but I’ve got a hunch it’s news to others. Step 2: Boot into Target Disk Mode on the old Mac. A reader also mentioned that when using Firewire Target Disk Mode to transfer data to his new iMac G5 didn't work if the iMac G4's HD was set to slave, referring to an Apple kbase doc FireWire Target Disk Mode: Target Computer Shuts Down at Startup which said a Hard Drive must be on 'Bus 0', but the iMac G4 has only one IDE bus (not two as many. I like screen sharing because then I can use the resources from both machines. Now you can shutdown both systems and use screen sharing or continue to work this way. You can now navigate to System Preferences, choose Sharing, and check the Checkbox for Screen Sharing. Your target machine is now booted off the remote machine. Volumes mount virtually and instantly, and the use of a cable means that transfers are significantly faster than equivalent wireless methods. Use the right arrow key to select the gold remote disk, then click the return key. Target Disk Mode is a boot mode which allows you to browse and transfer files to and from a Mac's internal drive without booting macOS. You’ll see two disks, one should be the standard silver disk icon and the other a gold remote disk icon.Boot the target console by holding down the Option key.Boot the disabled machine in Disk Target Mode by holding down the “T” key when turning on the physical machine.First, you’ll need a FireWire 800 cable or with older equipment a FireWire 400 cable will work.
#How to boot in target disk mode how to
I figured it would be nice to label how to do it. This basically lets me use my MacBook Pro as a bridge until I get the new video card. A friend, Kyle, told me how to use Target Disk Mode to boot my Mac Pro on my MacBook Pro, which let me enable Screen Sharing without trying to sort through the configuration files. In the meantime, I was stuck without being able to use Screen Sharing. Thank goodness for AppleCare because the card is still $200. That was Saturday, and I’m waiting on the replacement card.
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It’s been a terribly busy three weeks, needless to say when I got back to working my Mac Pro video card failed.