HT1661: How to use and troubleshoot FireWire target disk mode

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chezpoole

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Q: transferring from ibook to macbook pro w/ firewire

I have the target disk mode running on old mac, but disc icon is not showing up in host. Ideas?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5), target disk is ibookg4

Posted on Oct 15, 2012 5:45 PM

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by BGreg,

BGreg Oct 16, 2012 12:07 PM in response to chezpoole
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Oct 16, 2012 12:07 PM in response to chezpoole

On your MacBook Pro, click Finder on the menu bar, preferences, and see that external disks is checked (on the general tab).

If you haven't read it, this article has some good tips for migrating from a PowerPC to Intel system.
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