M1 Macbook Pro (Late 2020) fell out of car...

[sparke]

This laptop fell out of a car. Not really sure to what extent it was ran over, but it does have a large indent on the bottom side. With this being an M1 Late 2020 Macbook Pro, I cannot simply remove the drive to retrieve data. The logic board has a slight bend, particularly where the heat pipe is, as that is where the impact seemed to be made. Does anyone see any irregularities (aside from the obvious bend) that could help give me insight on the root issue? I do not see any definitive cracks or shattered components. Thanks.

 

[Bigwaff]

Does anyone see any irregularities (aside from the obvious bend) that could help give me insight on the root issue?

What’s the issue? Won’t boot?

 

[real_mon2]

You can purchase replacement bottom side case (with markings - share a clear picture of your original) from Asia. They will then laser mark with the same. Be sure to chat with the vendor and inform them that you want the markings otherwise the bottom case will be blank.

https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-bottom-case-macbook-2020.html?spm=a2g0o.best.search.0

 

[Fishrrman]

(sigh...)

Time for a new laptop.
(not much more can be said...)

 

[sparke]

What’s the issue? Won’t boot?

Yes. No boot & no sign of life. We do not need it to work for long, just long enough to get the data off of it.

 

[raythompsontn]

We do not need it to work for long, just long enough to get the data off of it.

Ah, the lesson of backups. Been there myself. I suspect you need to contact a data recovery service. If, the SSD is not damaged a good service may be able to recover the data. If the SSD is damaged you are probably out of luck. A data recovery service will not be cheap.

 

[sparke]

Ah, the lesson of backups. Been there myself. I suspect you need to contact a data recovery service. If, the SSD is not damaged a good service may be able to recover the data. If the SSD is damaged you are probably out of luck. A data recovery service will not be cheap.

Indeed, backups are great. For the record, I'm trying to recover this for a friend. A data recovery service would have to repair the logic board to get the data out if I'm not mistaken... good for security but would cost a lot of $.

 

[960design]

Yes. No boot & no sign of life. We do not need it to work for long, just long enough to get the data off of it.

First, I am sorry for your loss.

Hopefully you used the free (5GB) backup to iCloud for all files located within the documents folder! (x1)
-- Login into iCloud.com with your AppleID using any old computer, all of your data should be there.

And being a good steward of data you performed a local network backup every month or so (x2)
-- rsync -aEvz /path/to/source/ user@server:/path/to/destination/
-- rsync -aEvz ~/documents/ user@10.30.11.100:~/backup/

And going over the top you stored semi permanent files to a offsite cloud server (x3)

 

[MacCheetah3]

Ah, the lesson of backups. Been there myself. I suspect you need to contact a data recovery service. If, the SSD is not damaged a good service may be able to recover the data. If the SSD is damaged you are probably out of luck. A data recovery service will not be cheap.

Indeed, backups are great. For the record, I'm trying to recover this for a friend. A data recovery service would have to repair the logic board to get the data out if I'm not mistaken... good for security but would cost a lot of $.

Correct.

Secure Enclave

The Secure Enclave is a dedicated secure subsystem in the latest versions of iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and HomePod.

support.apple.com

The Secure Enclave includes a unique ID (UID) root cryptographic key. The UID is unique to each individual device and isn’t related to any other identifier on the device.

A randomly generated UID is fused into the SoC at manufacturing time.

sepOS uses the UID to protect device-specific secrets. The UID allows data to be cryptographically tied to a particular device. For example, the key hierarchy protecting the file system includes the UID, so if the internal SSD storage is physically moved from one device to another, the files are inaccessible.

Volume encryption with FileVault in macOS

In Mac OS X 10.3 or later, Mac computers provide FileVault, a built-in encryption capability to secure all data at rest.

support.apple.com

Internal storage with FileVault turned off​

If FileVault isn’t turned on in a Mac with Apple silicon or a Mac with the T2 chip during the initial Setup Assistant process, the volume is still encrypted but the volume encryption key is protected only by the hardware UID in the Secure Enclave.