I need information for recovering data from a dead iMac fusion drive

Hi, I had a late-2014 iMac 5k with a 1gb Fusion Drive. The power supply died and I was told by multiple repair persons (including Apple Genius Bar) that this could no longer be repaired as the parts are no longer made. I am trying to salvage the hard drive, but I have questions about how to do this effectively. (While I did make regular backups to an external hard drive while the computer was functioning, I’ve found that some of the most recent backup is missing some very valuable files and I’d like to try to retrieve those.)


First, I don’t have hardware specifications about the hard drive size to find a compatible enclosure (which I’d like to do before I crack open the dead iMac).


Second, as this is a Fusion Drive, my (admittedly fuzzy) understanding is that only the HDD portion of the hard drive is removable? How would one recover any data that was written to the SSD portion of the hard drive?


Alternatively, am I just doing this the wrong way? Is there an easier way to acquire the data from this computer?

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Posted on Nov 23, 2023 4:51 AM

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Nov 23, 2023 5:07 AM in response to Friend_impaired

it's a SATA harddisk like WD or hitachi

the SATA connector looks like this https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41QoGFp9ZCL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg

and the power connector like this https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS92x_fsqZpNQbkQTWfiPxxk_FIiOIcIJSiSrrmP-bxJlHtbMuzm-TpY1AQKLYMd6oGvy8&usqp=CAU


about the SSD part I don't know


about the enclosure then you can get docks which let you just pop in the hd they usually support all types of connectors

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSDZg9OB8Yk52wBnzEsJMgVhVKBzQjoTBQwkg&usqp=CAU

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