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I have some pictures lying on an Mac I had 15 years ago. It is broken, I can not charge it, so I can’t copy the pictures. Is it possible to find the for a professional?

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Posted on Feb 26, 2024 8:06 AM

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Posted on Feb 26, 2024 8:20 AM

The old Mac has a hard drive in it that's a completely separate component. You (or someone else) can open the Mac up and pull the hard drive out, and then it can be connected to another computer to read all its data. Connection isn't a USB plug like we usually use, but you can buy a box that this old hard drive would fit in that would have a USB connector, and you can keep it and use it as an external hard drive. 15 years old, though, it may not be worth keeping.


It's not really a hard thing to do, but if you're not comfortable with it, someone else can do it for you pretty easily.

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Feb 26, 2024 8:20 AM in response to terese232

The old Mac has a hard drive in it that's a completely separate component. You (or someone else) can open the Mac up and pull the hard drive out, and then it can be connected to another computer to read all its data. Connection isn't a USB plug like we usually use, but you can buy a box that this old hard drive would fit in that would have a USB connector, and you can keep it and use it as an external hard drive. 15 years old, though, it may not be worth keeping.


It's not really a hard thing to do, but if you're not comfortable with it, someone else can do it for you pretty easily.

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