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How to use a Mac as an external hard disk for another computer?
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I bought and downloaded software - will not work
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Please tell me what problem you are having with the software, so that I can assist you, thank you.
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I downloaded the software to my desktop computer, copied it
to a flash drive, put that into my computer where the erased
files were, then tried to recover. It did not work. After a
lot of frustration, I was able to hook up the computer with
the lost files to the internet and try and activate the
software that way. It did not work. Am I going to have to
copy the file directly on that computer, and risk
overwriting the deleted files? What do i do? PLEASE HELP!
Thanks.
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Okay -
There is a way to connect the two Macs together so that the bad one is showing as an external hard drive to the good one. Install and activate the software on the good mace and then use the software to scan the drive on the other Mac as a mounted external drive.
I suggest you trying according to the below steps :
How to use a Mac as an external hard disk for another computer?
To make a Mac act as an external hard disk, you can put it in Target Disk Mode and connect it to another Mac with a FireWire cable:
1. Shut down the computer you want to use as an external hard disk (i.e., the target computer). If you are using a portable computer, make sure it is running on AC power. It is not necessary to power down the other computer (i.e., the host computer).
2. Unplug all FireWire devices from both computers. Connect the FireWire cable to the FireWire port of the target computer, and then connect the other end of the cable to the host computer's FireWire port.
3. Start up the target computer and hold down the letter t on its keyboard. Its drive will spin up, and its icon should appear on the host computer. The target computer's display will show a moving FireWire icon. You may re-attach other FireWire devices now and use the target computer as an external hard drive.
Alternatively, in Mac OS X 10.4 and later:
1. From the Apple menu, select System Preferences... .
2. In System Preferences, from the View menu, select Startup Disk.
3. In the Startup Disk preference pane, click Target Disk Mode... .
To exit FireWire Target Disk Mode, on the host computer, drag the target computer's disk icon to the Trash, and then shut down the target computer. Disconnect the FireWire cable, and then start up the target computer; it will boot normally.
Note: Target Disk Mode is available on most Macintosh computers produced in 2000 or later, as well as a few older models. More recent computers that do not have FireWire ports are excluded.
If you still cannot get your problematic Mac connect to a good Mac computer, you may visit http://www.apple.com to contact the support for detailed information, they will give you accurate structions according to your Mac's hardware and software versions.
Best regards,
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