Which cable have you used? Take a look on the Target mode (I am sorry for not providing a link).
Hello Meme1255, the cord I'm using is a thunderbolt cable. Thx
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Here's the Apple support article on Target Disk Mode.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201462
With a Firewire 800 or Thunderbolt cable, your MacBook Pro will indeed show up as an external drive in Finder on your iMac. You don't state which iMac you have or what cable you're using, but if the MacBook Pro is still working well enough to boot up, it should work.
Hello GYRF, thanks for your post, I believe I'm using a thunderbolt cable (how would I tell the difference between a 'Firewire 800 vs Thunderbolt?' Thx for the link I'll check it out.
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is it just the screen which is toast?
in that case you can still have a useful machine, my 2012 rMBP works without a screen when connected to an external monitor. nifty machine used to stream video and other things where I do not need to interact much
Hello Schranke, thanks for your post, I 'believe' it's just the screen & I say that because every so often I can the the log in icons but it's so quick I can't really act on it . . . so, I'm hoping the hard drive was still functional. (((Side Note: the crazy thing is that I was in the middle of downloading all my data to an external hard drive when I killed the MacBook Pro . . . hows that for timing . . . and of course the one thing that I absolutely needed was my pictures & I didn't quite make it . . .) .. . Grrrrr, 51 years old and I've NEVER spilled liquid on anything computers, AV gear . . . nothing . . .)))
Anyway, thanks again.
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I don’t think his machine is working at all. Otherwise, it will show as a target. His best bet is to open it up and take out the hard drive and mount it in a caddy as external drive
Hey Slam5, at the moment I'm really not sure if the hard drive is working; but it is correct to say that just attaching the 2013 MacBook Pro to my iMac (late 2012) does not show up at all in my finder window . . . should it automatically show up, even if I do nothing else but connect the two to together with a Thunderbolt cable (or could be a Firewire 800; not sure) .. . but I am sure that it's not showing up in my finder window.
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Yeah before trying target disk mode (which can be tricky to get working anyways), try connecting your MacBook to an external monitor and boot.
If you can do it this way, then you should be able to perform a full Time Machine backup to an external drive and restore it to another Mac.
Altis, I did try using an HDMI cable & connect to my TV; but the TV basically says "no device connected." . . . thx.
[doublepost=1527270334][/doublepost]I will definitely try all above suggestions before taking it to either Apple Store of Geek Squad . . . I was really hoping to do it myself as I have a lot of confidential data (mostly online financing stuff) that I'm always worried when I surrender my computer to someone unknown to me . . . (((I'm sure I'm more paranoid than I need to be; but after working x-number of years in the prison system, I've come to believe that there are some very dangerously clever persons out there . . . & perhaps it's tainted my world view a bit))) . . .
in any case, thanks to all of you for your help; my apologies on the tardiness of my replies .
Steve
[doublepost=1527271042][/doublepost]I'm not sure if this is helpful; but here's a pic of what the screen is doing:
Side Note: that white bar seems to run down the screen (top to bottom) & then starts over. During this process I am able to see the time, battery strength indicator & keyboard icon in the top right corner of the screen (however, all other processes that are usually up there (upper right corner) are not visible . . .
[doublepost=1527272152][/doublepost]Greetings Good People of Planet MacRumors . . .
I am so excited that this Target Disk option is working . .. I'm actually txfring date at this very moment . . . I can't thank you enough . . . (((At the risk of TMI, I had a significant amount of information that I needed for an upcoming court case, against the sellers fo the house we recently purchased & though I some of that data backed upon an external hard drive; I'm certain that there was necessary info sill on this MacBook . . but now I can save it all . . . very excited))).
Thanks again to everyone . . .
Steve
