Once you determine which connection you'll be using for Target Disk Mode, the next thing you need to do is power down your Macs and connect them using the appropriate cable. If this is the case, you will need to purchase Apple’s Thunderbolt to FireWire adaptor in order to use Target Disk Mode.Ĭheck your Macs' ports to determine what connection you will use to connect your two Macs. You may find yourself, however, in a scenario where you are linking an older Mac that has FireWire with, for example, a brand new MacBook Air that does not have Firewire. Assuming both Macs have a FireWire port, you will simply need a Firewire cable to link the two Macs. If both of your Macs do not have Thunderbolt ports, the next option for connection is FireWire. If you have purchased a Mac in the last two years, there’s a good chance it has a Thunderbolt port, but you may want to check the specs on your Mac just to make sure. (Note, Thunderbolt was introduced on the 2011 MacBook Pro and has come standard on every Mac hardware update since. If you have two recent model Macs with Thunderbolt ports, and you have a Thunderbolt cable, Thunderbolt is the obvious choice for Target Disk Mode because of its blazing fast data transfer rates. Target Disk Mode fully supports both Thunderbolt and FireWire connections (though not USB). The first thing you will need to do is determine what connection you will use to link your two Macs. The disk of the target Mac is available to the host Mac and files can be copied from target to or from the host.
Tip: The target Mac is the Mac you use as an external hard drive and is started up first.
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