Q: I can't see my 2007 MacBook in Target Disk Mode on the desktop of my mid 2014 13" MacBook Pro Retina running Yosemite 10.10.2.
I am trying to transfer data from my old 2007 13" MacBook running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 to my new mid-2014 13" MacBook Pro Retina 64 Gb RAM running Yosemite 10.10.2. I have set my 2007 MacBook in Target Disk Mode (I can see the FireWire logo drifting around the screen) but it doesn't appear on the desktop of new MacBook Pro. I've connected to 2007 MacBook using a FireWire cable from a WD My Studio Book external drive. It has a 400 connector on one end to my old MacBook and a 800 connector with Thunderbolt adapter on the end to my new MacBook. I've used the cable frequently for routine TimeMachine and it works fine. I've restarted my old MacBook a couple of time both my holding down the T key while restarting and by going to System Preferences/Start up Disk/Target Mode but the result is the same: the old MacBook doesn't appear on the desktop of my new MacBook Pro although the FireWire logo is on the screen of my old MacBook. I would truly appreciate your suggestions.
Thank you
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), null
Posted on Feb 17, 2015 12:25 AM
Thank you jeffd55,
I followed the steps in the article you attached to your reply and it worked perfectly. I should add that I followed exactly these steps previously EXCEPT that I had a portable 2 Tb USB 3.0 external drive attached to my 2014 MacBook Pro previously, as my new MacBook Pro has a much smaller capacity than my old 2007 MacBook. But today I didn't attach the external drive and the 2007 MacBook's HDD appeared on the 2014 MacBook Pro's desktop as promised. I don't know if or why the external drive should make a difference; I'm just very pleased it worked!
Thank you.
Posted on Feb 19, 2015 8:05 PM
