Mac computer is less vulnerable to system crash compared to Windows computer. However, it does not mean the Mac crash will never happen. To recover data from a crashed or unbootable Mac, you need to boot it up at first.
Step 1: Preparations for Mac Crash Recovery
A blank USB flash drive
A new computer that is working normally
Connect the bootable media to the new computer
Step 2: Create a bootable media
To recover lost data on a crashed Mac, you have to use Wondershare Recoverit to create a bootable drive for starting the Mac up. The below steps can help you do that.
1 Select Mac Crash Recovery
The first step is to launch the Wondershare Recoverit software on the new computer and choose System Crashed Computer. Click Start to go on.
2 Start creating a bootable drive
Wondershare Recoverit can be used to create a bootable media to help you extract data from a crashed system. Create a bootable drive to recover data when the Mac system is unable to launch. Click the Start button to get started.
3 Select a USB drive
Please insert a USB drive to create a bootable media drive. Once you connect it to your working computer, it will show beside the Bootable Media Drive tab. If Inserted more than one external drive, click the arrow to view the drop-down menu and choose a blank one. Click Start to go on.
4 Backup and format data
To ensure the enough space on the USB drive, it will be formatted, and thus, all the data present on it will be wiped. So back up important files in advance. Click Format and the next interface will show you the procedure of formatting the USB drive.
5 Creating the bootable media
After the drive formatting, Wondershare Recoverit starts creating the bootable media drive on Mac. During the process, do not remove the USB flash drive from your Mac computer.
6 Finish creating bootable media
Usually, a few minutes later, the bootable USB flash drive will be created.
7 Boot crashed Mac from USB flash drive
Plugin the bootable media drive to the unbootable Mac. Press and hold the Option key when restarting the computer. Select Wondershare Recoverit Bootable Media Drive when it appears.
Step 3: Recover data from crashed Mac
After finishing the above steps, select files to copy. Connect a good hard drive to the crashed Mac. For the destination, choose the hard drive you connect, and click “Start Copy” button. Then the screen shows the process of copying data from the crashed Mac to the hard drive. When the copying process is finished, it will show “Copy files completed!”.