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PLEASE HELP! Booting mac from external hard drive!

sayhitokyle

sayhitokyle

macrumors member
Original poster
Nov 16, 2010
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30
Tamworth, UK
Hi,

So about 3 months ago I broke the screen to my 2007 MacBook, I've now taken the hard drive out, put it in a USB enclosure and tried to boot it on a friend's 2010 MacBook pro. It's recognises the drive and as far as I'm aware the files are all there but when I come to boot it I've now been stuck on the apple logo screen with a loading wheel for the last hour! What should I do? Is it safe to turn it off? Is this normal? It's still running so a replay asap would be amazing thanks!
 
I should say the main reason I need to do this is to back up/update my iPhone is there any alternative way of saving the backup folder to say a windows pc with my iTunes library and it'll just back up as normal?
 
Also, I haven't been able to back my phone up since October, and I've made music purchases and added new contacts etc. Would I lose all this? I would just wait until my MacBook is fixed, but I have no idea when I'll be able to afford the cost of repairs :/ and I'm worried that if my iPhone should crash I'll lose all changes since October
 
Sorry. I don't know how to do this on a windows pc. Never used one. 20+ on Mac. There is software that you can use to get all files off your iPhone to make a backup like iRip, iPod.iTunes or iPhone View.
 
Ah really? I'll check it out! You're a lifesaver thanks!
If it doesn't work I'll just wait till I can afford to shell out £160 for a new screen :/
 
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