My MacBook Pro 2013 internal OS drive failed but I managed to take the drive out from the MacBook. Now, should I give this drive to a data recovery expert or can I recover data on my own? Is there some guide for this? My concern is to recover pictures and videos and then move them to another drive (SSD). I will be using a friend's iMac for operating on this storage drive.
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I would try to gain access to your data from your system. The easiest way is leveraging Target Disk Mode were you place your system into it and then use a cable to inter-connect to the other Mac. Basically treating the system as a external drive. macOS Sierra: Transfer files between two computers using target disk mode
Your other option is to take the SSD out of the system and place it into a special case which then you can attach to the other Mac via USB. We will need to know what your exact system is so we aim you to the correct one
Here’s a good reference on the different custom Apple SSD’s The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs on getting a replacement SSD or you can go with a OWC or Transcend SSD designed for your system so you can replace it.
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I'd like to add that we're not sure here if the OS is corrupt or the drive has failed. If the OS is corrupt, the chances of DIY data recovery is much higher than if the disk failed.
So my question would be: how did you determine that the disk failed? How is/was the Mac acting?
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This will depend on what the actual problem is with the hard disk. for example, if the drive will not spin at all then you will probably need to send it in to a shop for data retrieval. (the one exception to this is, sometimes you can lay the drive on on a clean flat surface - carefully spin the drive and then stop it being careful not to bang it hard. sometimes this will brake the platters free that are inside the drive so they start spinning again). If you try this you will need to make sure you have a place to copy all the files you want as the drives don't last long after doing this usually.
The other possibility is that the Boot sectors on the drive have gone bad thus causing your machine not to boot. If this is the case then you will be able to connect the failing drive to another mac and you should be able to read the data on the bad drive from the other mac. If this works, again you want to have a place you can copy those files off and save them asap as there is no telling how long the drive will last.
In order to do this you will need to get your hands on a USB drive caddy - the are cheap https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-External-...
you simply place your bad drive in it and plug the caddy in to another mac and if your in luck the mac should see it as another drive.
With all that said, there are many ways a hard disk can go bad so these two options might not address the issue but its worth a try. Neither option will preclude you from sending the drive to a data retrieval service.
One last comment, I am very paranoid about loosing any data so I always back up my data several ways. I use a local flashdrive to backup just my data files (you can always re install apps) and on top of that I have used both Carbonite and iDrive to backup my data to the cloud. At the very least use a cloud based backup so your data is constantly protected in case you lose the laptop or whatever happens.
P.S. Mac's have an outstanding backup program called time machine, just make sure you use it with some other external kind of drive.
I hope that helps
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I'd recommend getting an external caddy for your drive so that you can plug your SSD into another windows machine via usb and then run the program Photorec.
Photorec: https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
You can choose to recovery all data or specific files, in your case probably just JPG, PNG, MOV, etc. and then run it, it may take days but will find and recover all the data it physically can.
You will have to spend some time sorting through all the files, as it will also recover all stock photos, but it should get what you need off if it.
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This is a Mac so unless you have the needed drivers to access a mac drive this won't work. To add to this Apple updated the file system and so far I haven't found any Windows drivers that support it.
Oh interesting, thanks for the update! I have done this in the past with a spinning disk a while ago and it worked with no issues. I'll have to look into it more with the new APFS.
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Can you tell us a bit more here what is the size of the system 13 or 15" and is it an early or late 2013 as Apple changed things between them.
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