Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Computer Help and Support

(1,948 posts)

6. Various options ...

Fri Sep 2, 2022, 11:51 AM

Sep 2022

Some instructions on transferring files between iPhone and a Mac (not just sync'ing):

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/transfer-files-iphone-computer-iphf2d851b9/ios

Some more instructions:

https://mobiletrans.wondershare.com/mac/transfer-files-from-iphone-to-mac.html

Also a decent tech can pull the disk drive from your failed Mac and put it in an external disk
drive enclosure, so you can plug it into your new computer and see all the files. Something
in your desktop mac failed, but it might have a working disk drive ... if you can get to it.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

9 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Mac, iPhone assistance please: [View all] ret5hd Sep 2022 OP

Have you gone to the Apple website? edbermac Sep 2022 #1

May i ask what city you are in. Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #3

Good idea. Genius Bar. Here's a list of all Apple Store Locations emulatorloo Sep 2022 #5

Raton at the moment! Population ret5hd Sep 2022 #7

Various options ... CloudWatcher Sep 2022 #6

i will advise 1. call Applecare. 2. buy a backup 1 terabyte disk Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #8

My suspicion. usonian Sep 2022 #9