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Using another computer to read photos from a broken hard disk

Using advanced tools to read photos from a faulty disk

Oct. 15, 2020 -

This week I received a message from someone with a iMac that crashed. It contained more than 50.000 photos, covering two decades of personal history. As there was no backup, it was up to me to attempt to safe as much as I could. Could I possibly recover the personal photos?

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Running macOS “First Aid” from Disk Utility
Running macOS “First Aid” from Disk Utility
Connecting the salvaged disk to another Mac
Connecting the salvaged disk to another Mac
Ultimately I was able to rescue all other photos!
Ultimately I was able to rescue all other photos!
Ohhhh no! Trouble! Read errors while copying photos!
Ohhhh no! Trouble! Read errors while copying photos!
Connecting the disk to a SATA-to-USB convertor
Connecting the disk to a SATA-to-USB convertor
This chip is was originally part of a external USB disk drive - you might have one around that you can use for this
This chip is was originally part of a external USB disk drive - you might have one around that you can use for this

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