Apple's 2018 MacBook Pros lack a data recovery option if the logic board is borked

guest · Jul 23, 2018

Apple's 2018 MacBook Pros lack a data recovery option if the logic board is borked
Best back your data up... or buy a Windows machine
July 23, 2018
https://www.theinquirer.net/inquire...-recovery-option-if-the-logic-board-is-borked

Normally, when a logic board on a MacBook Pro fails, data on the machine can be extracted via a gizmo at the Apple Store's Genius Bar, providing the laptop's solid state drive is intact, thanks to a data recovery port on the logic board.

But according to iFixit's teardown, the 2018 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is lacking the data recovery connector, meaning the last ditch attempt to get data off a borked MacBook Pro simply isn't an option any more.

According to MacRumors, there's nothing in Apple's internal documentation to suggest alternative ways to get data of a dying MacBook Pro, though there may be third-party data recovery specialists who could sort such a problem, though that's not guaranteed.

But really it looks like if the logic board fails then its pretty much farewell to your data; that's unless you've been sensible and backed it up in the cloud.
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mirimir · Jul 24, 2018

Apple's obsession with thinness and lightness just keeps biting their whatevers, doesn't it?

__Nikopol · Jul 24, 2018

I don't think that that is the reason. The connector looks like it costs a few cents and offering this service probably costs them in employee training

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