I've numbered each point – as there are a lot – in the hope it makes it easier to reply or ask me for further info. Thanks! 1. The Problem 2. What I've Tried So Far... 3. Next Steps? 4. Screenshots The Problem -------------- 2. 2018 MBP Will not boot using Internet Recovery, nor any other type of Recovery thus far. 3. Get variety of errors - 1008f, 2300f, 2100f. 4. 2018 MBP is running Big Sur (*possibly* a recent beta version, icr) 5. Have updated 2011 iMac to **High Sierra 10.13.6**. It's moving slowly, but it's definitely moving. It's a 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3, plenty of free disk space - 1.76TB. 6. I have *most* important stuff on the MBP backed up, but concerned due to medical reasons that vital things may not have been backed up in recent times - my eye has been off the ball somewhat... 7. I really want to access the Data on the MBP if I *possibly* can. 8. I fear the Logic Board *might* be on it's way, but hope I can salvage something. What I've Tried Already -------------------------- 9. Updated iMac to HS, to create **bootable installer of High Sierra** using Terminal commands. It's Extended Volume, not AFPS. Can make another in AFPS if it will remotely help. 10. MBP did not boot to it. Still brings up Network prompt which ultimately seems to cause the fail each time. 11. MBP *appears* to process connecting the MBP to WiFi Network each time, but then produces variety of error codes at the end, even when using bootable installer and Option key. 12 Have even put entire High Sierra OS on external drive, endeavouring to effectively use external drive as a Mac Mini with ailing MBP just the screen. Nope. Still wants to connect to to Network (this is for the Firmware, afaik?) 13. Have today connected MBP to iMac using Thunderbolt 3 cable and USB-C to Thunderbolt adaptor. 14. Endeavouring to boot using **Target Disk Mode**. 15. Can see **MBP Macintosh HD - Data** in Disk Utility, but cannot perform **First Aid**, nor **Mount** it. **IMAGE BELOW** 16. Also have a Drive titled **Update** in externals, which seems to show the Data and ?(Big Sur beta update?) maybe? (I haven't called it Update, and I'm not quite sure what it is) **IMAGE BELOW** 17. Tried Terminal commands to Verify **Data**, getting a variety of **Permission Denied** errors. **IMAGE BELOW** 18. Tried \\\ diskutil verifyDisk disk2 \\\ which gives: *Unable to verify this whole disk: A GUID Partition Table (GPT) partitioning scheme is required (-69773)* 19. Tried \\\ diskutil verifyDisk disk2s1 \\\ (that's the volume(?) with the data on) which gives: *"A whole disk must be specified"* 20. 21. Downloaded iBoysoft to try and recover data. 22. It can see the Data, but there's a padlock on the Drive and it's asking: *"Please enter the password of your encrypted APFS partition"* **IMAGE BELOW** 23. Wondering if this is a FireVault thing? I'm not sure if it's switched on, on the MBP or not. If it is, I have absolutely no idea what the **encrypted partition password** is, nor where I'd find such information. 24. Apparently, I can run iBoysoft Data Recovery in *macOS Recovery mode*. 25. I'm not sure if this will be complicated because I am also using **Target Disk Mode**, rather than running iBoysoft directly on the affected MBP, because I can't. A search of the iBoysoft FAQs fails to offer an answer to this query. Next Steps ---------- 26. Is there any point in creating *another* **Bootable Installer**, this time as APFS, rather than Extended Volume? 27. Where can I find the **encrypted APFS password** info? (I'm not convinced I have one, but it may have switched on by default?) I am a devil for recording passwords so if I was aware this existed, I absolutely would have made a note of it. What would it look like format-wise? 28. And where would I enter it for the Disk Utility or Terminal to be able to access *'MBP Macintosh HD - Data'*? 29. Would entering the command prompt \\\ sudo Fsck_APFS /dev/disk2s1 \\\ do anything helpful? 30. I have a 2019 MBP running Big Sur which thoughtfully simultaneously fell over. This happened while I was awaiting delivery of the super-fast Thunderbolt 3 cable to do the data transfer. It has refused to switch on since, so I am pretty much stuck with the 2011 iMac as rescuer for now. (And yes, I've tried all the usual suspects NVRAM, SMC on the dead second MBP etc) I am an absolute novice at all of this, so please speak ** s l o w l y ** to me in simple terms. This is my first post and I'm doing my best... Screenshots --------------

It seems like I’ve used up all space on my MBP, and when I rebooted it it became corrupted/inoperable (when I go into disk utilities, Macintosh HD is “unmounted”, and when I press “mount”, nothing happens. On internet recovery, the same thing gives me “Alert: couldn’t mount disk”. Clicking “Repair” gives me “Alert: Partition map repair failed while adjusting structures to fit current whole disk size.”) I was wondering if it’s possible to recover any data from it? I have some sensitive documents that haven’t backed up due to poor internet connection. On disk utility it says the drive could not be mounted and I can’t find the drive via the terminal. Thank you!

I know there have been various questions asked on this topic before, but I haven't seen a question that focused specifically on whether data from a factory reset iPhone could be recovered if **a passcode** was not used. Apple states on their website "Setting a passcode also **turns on data protection**, which encrypts your iPhone data with 256-bit AES encryption". (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph14a867ae/ios) Therefore, if someone decided to not set a passcode on their iPhone and then reset their iPhone at a later date, would the data on their phone then be unencrypted and thus recoverable by a third party?

One of my laptops (MacBook pro with apple silicon) went kaput recently, and I'm trying to back up the files before I reinstall the OS. I can get it to enter disk sharing mode, but I can't get it to show up in the finder of the other mac (2019 MacBook Pro). The "Network" folder is just empty. I've tried checking finder settings to make sure network stuff is visible, but no dice. And the plist files discussed in https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/148649/shared-devices-not-appearing-in-network don't seem to exist on my version of macOS. I have the same problem when connecting to my partner's *really* old mac laptop (like 8 years old), but I was briefly able to connect via someone else's mac (don't know what version it was, didn't have time to go into depth or do a proper backup and now they're not around) and access files on my broken computer, so I think the issue exists with the other computers? What I'm trying to do is [Transfer files between a Mac with Apple silicon and another Mac](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/transfer-files-a-mac-apple-silicon-mchlb37e8ca7/mac) .

I'm looking at photos on a memory stick and the mac has frozen a couple of times - when it unfreezes the file has changed and I can't access the folder again. Please can someone help get the photos back as they're of my kids... ![Screenshot of new file type ][1] This is what it shows on Terminal when I try to open it: ![Screenshot of terminal output ][2]

I have an USB stick which can't be mounted anymore. In fact it is worse since it doesn't appear in Disk Utility. Nevertheless, it seems to be detected as an USB device but not as a storage device... Here are the logs from the Console app which contains USB in it:

error	20:13:28.917730+0200	kernel	AppleUSBXHCIDevice: AppleUSBXHCIDevice::transferEvent: no endpoint 1 for event 0x0000000000200d00 1b000000 0e018001
default	20:13:28.920350+0200	kernel	HS08@14300000: AppleUSBHostPort::enumerateDeviceComplete_block_invoke: enumerated 0xffff/1201/0000 (IOUSBHostDevice / 14) at 480 Mbps
error	20:13:28.920366+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCallback: controller  (XHC1) usbServiceArray (count 1) options 0x00000000
error	20:13:28.920371+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCallback:  
error	20:13:28.920372+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCall: controller  (XHC1) usbService  (IOUSBHostDevice) options 0x00000000
error	20:13:28.920388+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::getOrCreateLegacyControllerGated: located existing AppleUSBController@14000000
error	20:13:28.920392+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCallGated: IOUSBHostDevice  (IOUSBHostDevice)
error	20:13:28.920402+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::addDeviceToUsbPlane:
error	20:13:28.920658+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCall: usbServiceCallbackGated completed with 0x00000000 and service 
error	20:13:28.920665+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCall: registering IOUSBHostDevice@14300000 () for matching
default	20:13:28.982536+0200	kernel	IOUSBHostDevice@14300000: IOUSBHostDevice::setConfigurationGated: AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice selected configuration 1
error	20:13:28.982693+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCallback: controller  (XHC1) usbServiceArray (count 1) options 0x00000000
error	20:13:28.982698+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCallback:  
error	20:13:28.982702+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCall: controller  (XHC1) usbService  (IOUSBHostInterface) options 0x00000000
error	20:13:28.982990+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::getOrCreateLegacyControllerGated: located existing AppleUSBController@14000000
error	20:13:28.983000+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCallGated: IOUSBHostInterface  (IOUSBHostInterface)
default	20:13:28.983040+0200	kernel	USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 0xffff 0x1201 0x0
error	20:13:28.983302+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCall: usbServiceCallbackGated completed with 0x00000000 and service 
error	20:13:28.983412+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCall: registering AppleUSBInterface@0 () for matching
error	20:13:28.986315+0200	com.apple.ifdreader	Failed to find AppleUSBAlternateServiceRegistryID.
error	20:13:28.987839+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::getOrCreateLegacyControllerGated: located existing AppleUSBController@14000000
default	20:13:28.992888+0200	kernel	PMRD: kIOMessageSystemCapabilityChange to com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageDriver
default	20:13:29.082493+0200	icdd	               Added | 0x10000058 - [USB][     IOUSBHostDevice ] ( 0, 0, 0) @ 0x14300000 |
default	20:13:29.097088+0200	icdd	            Inferior | 0x10000059 - [USB][     IOUSBHostDevice ] ( 8, 6,50) @ 0x14300000 |
default	20:13:29.199131+0200	airportd	SC:  airportdProcessSystemConfigurationEvent: Processing 'State:/Network/Interface/en0/AirPort/SmartCCADesenseUSBPresence'

It tried to compare the logs from this USB stick and another working one. Here are the logs from a working USB stick:

error	20:21:12.618896+0200	kernel	AppleUSBXHCIDevice: AppleUSBXHCIDevice::transferEvent: no endpoint 1 for event 0x0000000000200000 1b000000 10018000
default	20:21:12.632163+0200	kernel	HS08@14300000: AppleUSBHostPort::enumerateDeviceComplete_block_invoke: enumerated 0x058f/6387/0105 (GOODRAM 2GB / 16) at 480 Mbps
error	20:21:12.632183+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCallback: controller  (XHC1) usbServiceArray (count 1) options 0x00000000
error	20:21:12.632186+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCallback:  
error	20:21:12.632189+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCall: controller  (XHC1) usbService  (GOODRAM 2GB) options 0x00000000
error	20:21:12.632204+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::getOrCreateLegacyControllerGated: located existing AppleUSBController@14000000
error	20:21:12.632206+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCallGated: IOUSBHostDevice  (GOODRAM 2GB)
error	20:21:12.632217+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::addDeviceToUsbPlane:
error	20:21:12.632565+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCall: usbServiceCallbackGated completed with 0x00000000 and service 
error	20:21:12.632575+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCall: registering GOODRAM 2GB@14300000 () for matching
default	20:21:12.701512+0200	kernel	GOODRAM 2GB@14300000: IOUSBHostDevice::setConfigurationGated: AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice selected configuration 1
error	20:21:12.701756+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCallback: controller  (XHC1) usbServiceArray (count 1) options 0x00000000
error	20:21:12.701764+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCallback:  
error	20:21:12.701772+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCall: controller  (XHC1) usbService  (IOUSBHostInterface) options 0x00000000
error	20:21:12.701792+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::getOrCreateLegacyControllerGated: located existing AppleUSBController@14000000
error	20:21:12.701797+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCallGated: IOUSBHostInterface  (IOUSBHostInterface)
default	20:21:12.701834+0200	kernel	USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 15030356004103 0x58f 0x6387 0x105, 2
error	20:21:12.702518+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCall: usbServiceCallbackGated completed with 0x00000000 and service 
error	20:21:12.702550+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::usbServiceCall: registering AppleUSBInterface@0 () for matching
error	20:21:12.705179+0200	com.apple.ifdreader	Failed to find AppleUSBAlternateServiceRegistryID.
error	20:21:12.708615+0200	kernel	AppleUSBLegacyRoot@(null): AppleUSBLegacyRoot::getOrCreateLegacyControllerGated: located existing AppleUSBController@14000000
default	20:21:12.715265+0200	kernel	PMRD: kIOMessageSystemCapabilityChange to com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageDriver
default	20:21:12.833878+0200	icdd	               Added | 0x10000061 - [USB][         GOODRAM 2GB ] ( 0, 0, 0) @ 0x14300000 |
default	20:21:12.835072+0200	icdd	            Inferior | 0x10000062 - [USB][         GOODRAM 2GB ] ( 8, 6,50) @ 0x14300000 |
default	20:21:12.897186+0200	airportd	SC:  airportdProcessSystemConfigurationEvent: Processing 'State:/Network/Interface/en0/AirPort/SmartCCADesenseUSBPresence'
default	20:21:14.450107+0200	Finder	<<

Notice that the first 25 lines are the same (the names and the hex numbers are the only differences). Therefore there is no error message telling why it failed.. Do you have any idea of the health of this USB stick according to the logs ? Is it only the flash part which is dead (because my computer and the stick seems to manage to talk in USB) ? Do you have any idea of how to recover it (maybe with a physical intervention) ?