Recovery data from dead macbook

[unkinkedash]

Hey guys, I just got the miserable news that my Macbook Pro mid 2012 has a major problem with its motherboard. How can I take back the data that was in its SSD and HDD? Please tell me it is possible. Thanks!

 

[Howard2k]

Pull them out, buy the relevant enclosures, and plug them into a newer Mac.
Check amazon for 2.5” USB enclosures.

You can then use one or both of the drives for a backup when you get our new machine, thereby saving you some pain next time this happens

 

[Anarchy99]

Or if it's the retina MBP 2012 OWC makes there envoy enclosures for apple's blade SSDs
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MAU3ENVOYPRO/




Count yourself lucky you dont have a 2016 or newer those things are near impossible to get data from (thanks to Apple's stupidity/user hostile behavior) you need a special cable to connect to the lifeboat connector only apple and AASPs officially get access to despite apple not doing data recovery as a service

Rant over

 

[unkinkedash]

Pull them out, buy the relevant enclosures, and plug them into a newer Mac.
Check amazon for 2.5” USB enclosures.

You can then use one or both of the drives for a backup when you get our new machine, thereby saving you some pain next time this happens

If I plug into anothe machine wich is not a Mac it wont work?

 

[Howard2k]

If I plug into anothe machine wich is not a Mac it wont work?

Not without third party software. Paragon Software has Windows utilities that will read AFPS or HFS+. So you can get your data back through a Windows machine in theory, but I haven't tried it.

I've never used it and not sure if it works with FileVault.

https://www.paragon-software.com/home/hfs-windows/#faq

 

[Anarchy99]

Not without third party software. Paragon Software has Windows utilities that will read AFPS or HFS+. So you can get your data back through a Windows machine in theory, but I haven't tried it.

I've never used it and not sure if it works with FileVault.

https://www.paragon-software.com/home/hfs-windows/#faq

This will work so would alternatives like macdrive or hfsexplorer the 1st 2 have free trials so it's good enough for data recovery, the latter is free but has horrible UI

None of these can touch a filevault drive, for that you need either another mac or if that's not possible linux can do it but it's not for the feint of heart.
You can use libfvde if you have the passkey
https://github.com/libyal/libfvde

 

[Fishrrman]

OP:

If you have a non-retina MacBook Pro, you can easily open the back and take the drives OUT.

You'll need a Phillips #00 and a TORX T-6 (the latter to remove the "bosses" on the side of the drive).

You'll also need something like this to connect to another computer (even a PC):
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B011M8YACM/ref=nosim/macintouchcom-20?&tag=macintouchcom-20

Be aware that if you connect these to a PC running Windows, Windows cannot "see" the drives unless you install some 3rd-party software that provides the ability to read Mac-formatted drives. I don't touch Windows, so I'm unfamiliar with this side of things.

Don't make a mistake on a PC and accidentally wipe the drives out!

Seems to me I did some test boots using various versions of Linux, and once running, Linux DID "see" my Mac-formatted drives without problems...