How to tansfer data from Mac to PC

Mac data backup

To retrieve data from Mac and transfer it to Mac or PC

Start up old Mac while pressing and holding down the T key until the FireWire mac dataicon appears
Connect your old Mac to the new one with FireWire cable.
An icon of your old Mac just as if it was an external hard drive should appear on the desktop.
Copy data across same way as you do from an external hard drive.

- Apple calls it 'FireWire target disk mode':
You can even transfer data from dead (not booting up) Mac to PC this way.
It works with almost all Macs made after year 2000.

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