Recently my old MacBook Air M1 has had a range of problems from faulty screen to not charging etc, and I decided to get an upgrade anyway. However since the old Mac won’t charge I can’t transfer my info to the new one. What should I do?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.7
If your old Mac is completely dead, there is really no way practical to recover the data. If it's just the display or keyboard, you can connect to external versions of those. But if the Mac cannot be powered up, the data are effectively lost because the SSDs are integrated into the logic board and power is required to access them.
If you don't have a backup to use as BobTheFisherman suggests, you'll have to start over. This time, best to maintain a backup. Apple provides an excellent utility for doing so, the recommendation is an external drive that's 2-3x the size of your internal storage. A 1 TB SSD is fast and <$100.
Back up your Mac with Time Machine - Apple Support
If your old Mac is completely dead, there is really no way practical to recover the data. If it's just the display or keyboard, you can connect to external versions of those. But if the Mac cannot be powered up, the data are effectively lost because the SSDs are integrated into the logic board and power is required to access them.
If you don't have a backup to use as BobTheFisherman suggests, you'll have to start over. This time, best to maintain a backup. Apple provides an excellent utility for doing so, the recommendation is an external drive that's 2-3x the size of your internal storage. A 1 TB SSD is fast and <$100.
Back up your Mac with Time Machine - Apple Support
Max_username wrote:
Recently my old MacBook Air M1 has had a range of problems from faulty screen to not charging etc, and I decided to get an upgrade anyway. However since the old Mac won’t charge I can’t transfer my info to the new one. What should I do?
Restore your data to the new computer from your backup.
Do a fresh install of your apps onto the new computer.
How would I do that from the set up screen?
Mac won’t charge but need to transfer info
