Old Mac is damaged. How to access files?
My Airbook is dead from water damage. How can I transfer data from the dead laptop to the new Airbook?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
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You may research the possibility of using an 'external enclosure' to access the MacBook Air's
internal SSD; as an external storage. With some of these, that's possible. OWC has enclosures.
Sometimes a 'kit' has an enclosure; either -with or without- a replacement SSD included.
However these SSDs use proprietary connectors and most third-party enclosures won't work.
So that's one path; depending on the 'build version year' and technology involved.
An example of this situation, is described here (a main idea is search OWC for possible match)
• External Enclosure for MacBook Air SSD - Apple Community
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251250838
Ideally all important backups would already be saved on external drive devices; ahead of time.
(such as 'Time Machine' provides the Mac user, with external USB)
Good luck & happy trails!
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