I have a Mac mini "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 (Mid-2010) running OS X 10.10.2 that was given to me by a coworker and I want to give it to someone who has a particular desire for this older system. I need to wipe ...

Target Disk Mode isn’t a new technology, but the fact that you can now transfer files using Thunderbolt 3 is new. Target Disk Mode allows you to quickly share files between two MacBook Pros using ...

Apple computers have a unique boot option called Target Disk Mode which allows access to a system’s hard drives via Firewire cable in older Macs and a Thunderbolt cable in newer models. You access ...

Mac OS X only: If you need to transfer very large files from one Mac to another, instead of waiting for the copy to crawl over the network, turn one Mac into a FireWire drive using what's called ...

"This makes no sense. Holding down the T key on computers that support Target Disk Mode puts the computer into that mode before it tries to load an operating system; it should make no difference what ...

If you are planning on using Target Disk Mode to boot your Mac equipped with Thunderbolt ports you’ll need Apple’s special Thunderbolt cable in order for it to work. This is required even when ...

Reader Barry Wallack would like to take advantage of the wonder that is FireWire to use another Mac’s hard drive as a local volume. He writes: I am trying to connect two Macs together via a FireWire ...

We knew from previous reports that Thunderbolt would support Target Disk Mode but there was some doubt whether we would be able to boot from external drives using a Thunderbolt connection. Now, ...