My dad is not in great health and has been writing his life stories on an old mac book (white) he plugged in the charger and wispy smoke started to come from the keyboard he switched it off but now laptop wont switch on, no back up done, has he lost this information forever 😞
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..Corryj1971..
A type of adapter to use on removed drive, with other devices; such as
the HDD from failed MacBook white series, may be available. One might
get lucky to find a product like this one, locally? ..Or be able to order one.
Example:
•Newer Technology USB Universal Drive Adapter
Bare Drive Adapter compatible with 2.5”, 3.5” or 5.25” Optical, IDE, ATA, ATAPI or SATA drive
Mfr P/N: U3NV2SPATA OWC SKU: NWTU3NV2SPATA ($28+ S&H) NewerTech Drive Adapter
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/U3NV2SPATA/ (+see i-fix-site for instructions)
..Also shows online pages of drives and enclosures; both with and without anything in them..
[if Shipping? ⇞ OWC shows Other Addresses they ship, & outside USA. ~ Contact them.]
..Corryj1971..
A type of adapter to use on removed drive, with other devices; such as
the HDD from failed MacBook white series, may be available. One might
get lucky to find a product like this one, locally? ..Or be able to order one.
Example:
•Newer Technology USB Universal Drive Adapter
Bare Drive Adapter compatible with 2.5”, 3.5” or 5.25” Optical, IDE, ATA, ATAPI or SATA drive
Mfr P/N: U3NV2SPATA OWC SKU: NWTU3NV2SPATA ($28+ S&H) NewerTech Drive Adapter
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/U3NV2SPATA/ (+see i-fix-site for instructions)
..Also shows online pages of drives and enclosures; both with and without anything in them..
[if Shipping? ⇞ OWC shows Other Addresses they ship, & outside USA. ~ Contact them.]
The one thing about that old MacBook, is the hard drive is removable so if the drive was not damaged, the data is still on it. So, it could be removed and possibly be placed in an enclosure or plugged into an adapter and then could be connected to another computer to recover the files.
If there is smoke coming from the keyboard there are severe hardware issues going on. Doesn't your dad had a backup to prevent data loss?
You can try and Contact - Official Apple Support to set up hardware service for the device. but if the MacBook is indeed that old the question is if it is repairable or that there are no parts for it as the MacBook is obsolete
Is it possible to retrieve data from a MacBook without backup?
