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Can I connect a MacBook Air to a MacBook Pro?
The Thunderbolt ports in the current 24-inch iMac, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air work with USB-C devices, which have the same connector shape. If you want to use a USB-C device, you can just plug it into one of the Thunderbolt ports. No adapter necessary.
How do I get my MacBook air out of Target Disk Mode?
To exit Target Disk Mode, press and hold the power button on the Mac you used as a disk. Then disconnect the cable and return to normal operation.
How do I get my Mac to go into Target Disk Mode?
Connect your Macs via a Firewire or Thunderbolt cable. While in Target Disk Mode, your Mac will act as an external drive and appear in the Finder on your other Mac. All its internal partitions will appear if it has multiple partitions. Look for an external drive named “Macintosh HD.”
Can a MacBook Air be used as an external hard disk?
If you have two Mac computers with FireWire or Thunderbolt ports, you can connect them so that one of them appears as an external hard disk on the other. This is called target disk mode. Note: If either of the computers has macOS Big Sur installed, you must connect the two computers using a Thunderbolt cable.
Why is my target disk not working on my Mac?
It’s possible that Target Disk mode is working on your Mac but you can’t see it due to a problem with Finder. The first thing to do is to adjust your Finder preferences. But if that doesn’t work, you still might be able to find your Target Disk using Disk Utility instead.
Can a Mac boot from another external drive?
With Target Disk Mode, you can treat a Mac’s internal drive as an external drive and boot from it, just as you’d boot from a typical external drive. This actually lets you boot the OS X system from one Mac on another Mac. To do this, put one Mac into Target Disk Mode and connect it to a second Mac.