Target Disk Mode is a feature that allows a Mac to act as an external surd driving force . Until recently , you enable Target Disk Mode by connect two Macs together via FireWire . The newThunderboltport on the current iMac and MacBook Pro affirm Target Disk Mode , but up until this week , you could n’t do it because there was no Thunderbolt cable .
Apple has eventually released the Thunderbolt cable , so if you hap to have a dyad of Thunderbolt Macs , you may enable Target Disk Mode via Thunderbolt .
Remember , this is only potential with 2011 role model of the iMac and MacBook Pro ( and any other Thunderbolt Macs Apple may release in the future ) . You ’ll also demand the Thunderbolt cable , whichyou can get from Apple for $ 49 . Before you start , update OS X to the latest version and download and install theThunderbolt firmware updateon both of the calculator you plan to apply .
On the Mac you desire to use as the external drive , go to System Preferences > Startup Disk , and click the Target Disk Mode push at the bottom . Click Restart from a drop down carte du jour , and wait for it to reboot .
If the Mac you desire to habituate as the external cause is n’t powered on , declare down the MT clitoris on your keyboard while the system boots .
Connect one remnant of the Thunderbolt cable into the Thunderbolt larboard of the prey Mac ( the Mac you require to use as the external drive ) . Then connect the other last to the Thunderbolt port of the host Mac .
If you see both the FireWire and Thunderbolt icon displayed on a gray covert on the target Mac while it bring up , it ’s now in Target Disk Mode , which should be confirmed when you see the system show up as an outside drive on your server computer .
There are two differences when using Target Disk Mode with Thunderbolt rather of FireWire . You ’ll see the Thunderbolt icon instead of a FireWire icon flash on the screen of the target area Mac when it is connected to the server . On the host Mac , instead of seeing the target as a FireWire effort , you ’ll see a regular hard drive image .
Other that that , Target Disk Mode work just the same as before , so for those who are familiar with it , you should n’t pretermit a round .
