Q: Transfer data from broken iMac
My 2010 27 inch iMac died this weekend with a fault with the OS. I have tried to reinstall on-line with no success and the only boot-up option that works is Command R where it boots to the OS X utilities screen but it will not restore from Time Machine or reinstall OS X so I decided to buy a new iMac yesterday. I would like to transfer the data from the old machine before trying to reformat the old hard drive and continuing to try and fix it. What is the best method of transferring the data to my new iMac? The old machine has a firewire but the new machine does not as it has thunderbolt, USB and ethernet. Is it possible to transfer data via the ethernet cable?
VIN,iMac (27-inch Late 2009), iOS 9.3.1
Posted on Apr 8, 2016 2:45 AM