Backup in Recovery Mode with Disk Utility | MacOS Backup Work Around | No SATA-USB or ThunderBolt
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- No SATA-USB or ThunderBolt No problem =D
The process could take a while so keep that in mind.
Equipment:
External Storage (that you can plug into Mac that has Nothing on it and enough space for your data)
Your Mac
1. Recovery Mode: Hold ⌘R turn on Mac and continue holding ⌘R
2. Go to Disk Utility
3. File -\ New Image -\ Image from Folder... OR ⇧⌘N
4. Select the scope that you want to backup (whole disk, a single directory, etc.)
5. Select empty and clean external backup under 'Where' image away!
6. Eject yada yada just watch the video it's less than 4 minutes!
Recovery mode didn’t work? Try Internet Recovery Mode, link below.
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You freaking rock!! I asked soo many technicians, IT professionals, watched many videos and not one person could help me out until I stumbled upon your page. Thank you soo much for helping me save my files.
Thank you. I’m glad it worked! 😁
Which Mac did you have?
@@ATH-camChannelwithNoName an old iMac for this tutorial, it was mid 2011 I believe. It should work on all modern Macs unless they removed this feature.
BLESSINGS BRO ! I think this is exactly what I needed 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Great, lmk if it works!
It worked 😭🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hey man, I just wanted to let you know I just attempted backing up my data through your method and it works 100%! Thanks a lot man I seriously don’t know what I would do if I had to lose all my data. Keep up the good work :)
That's great to hear! Thank you for letting me know.
I am doing exactly this right now from Recovery Mode, as I cannot access my Macbook normally anymore. Hopefully the data will be copied to the external disk so I don't lose it. Fingers crossed for this 🤞🏾 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾
Let me know how it goes! If you have any questions feel free to ask.
Dude you saved me 80 euros. I owe you a favor
That’s great! I’m so glad it worked for you
Hello -I just wanted to let you know you saved my life lol. My MacBook wouldn’t boot and I had work, family pics etc. I spent 3 days (I’m savvy enough) trying to fix the issue and trying to retrieve my files. I watched “big budget, high sub” channels and none of them worked or got to the exact point. Finally I stumbled upon this video, about to give up - and it worked! Thank you so much, I just subbed and I think you should release more content because this simple 4 minute video saved my life 😂😊❤
I’m so glad that I was able to help you! Thank you, I will, I’ve been writing down as many ideas as I can for future videos, I’m always open to requests as well.
Out of all the videos, this one did the trick. Working with a MacBook Pro that won’t boot, and you helped me recover important files on my harddrive. I had previous backups on the external hard drive that I didn’t delete beforehand but they remained intact. You’re a lifesaver thank you so much!!
I’m so glad it worked for you!
Like everyone else, your method was the only one that worked! Thank you so much.
Hi! Im trying to transfer files from my mac to a new windows pc. Are there any specific steps that I should take before or after following the steps in the video? I have a Macbook Air 2015 that's stuck in a loading bootloop.
@@Bolifum hello! It’s been a while since I’ve rewatched, and longer since I made this video. If I remember correctly I walk through everything necessary. One thing to keep in mind is whatever is on the external drive will be wiped, so make sure nothing is on the external drive before you transfer the data you wish to recover onto it.
Macintosh HD is not showing in the locations when i click Image Folder From😢 wtd?
It’s possible the disk is not physically connected or it’s broken. Does the external show up in there?
The same with me! I sent you an e-mail. Thanks!
Took me 3 days of watching various videos and lost hope to no solution, but you were the light at the end of the tunnel cause when I found your video and it worked for me I don’t even know how to express myself man you’re a literal God 💯🖤🖤🖤
I am humbled. I’m glad it worked for you!
You beautiful man you! THANK YOU!!! So grateful for this simple information. Not even seen any of your other content and I am subscirbing!
@@BillyFrankieFilms I’m glad this information was helpful!
Hey how are you. My computer froze and can only enter utility mode. I’m trying to create an image of SSD but I get “Unable to create "SSD SM0128G Media.dmg." (Input/ output error) any ideas as to what may help ? Will reinstall of OSX from utilities menu erase all data on SSD or just reinstall OSX ? Any ideas/help would be appreciated thank you !
@@billiteinjoh2198 I’m assuming the SSD you’re referring to is the external drive you’re trying to recover your data to. If so, it’s possible you need to reformat that external drive to journaled so that Mac can read it.
Hopefully you're still answering comments on a 3-year old video. I'm doing this right now, copying over my Users folder to an external HDD. It says 'Creating "Users.dmg"... but nothing is happening. The progress bar hasn't moved and nothing is showing in the details pane. It has been like this for about 15-20 minutes. Does it normally take that long to get started?
It depends on where the progress is hanging also the size of what is in that user directory; downloads, documents, desktop, etc. If it’s several GB then depending on the speed of your computers processor, and the speed of the SATA to USB connector if that’s what your using. The speed for the SATA connection could be 1.5-6GB/s theoretically. If it continue to do that I would try the process with a smaller file or directory to test that the external drive is working, you could try using a thumb drive to make sure that it’s not an issue with the externals cable or the external itself.
@@DemetrideSkepsi Thank you for the video and replying to my comment. It hung up at the very beginning, essentially never started. I'm trying it with just my user folder this time. Hopefully it works. If not, I'll try with an even smaller file tomorrow.
@@mijomoore of course, lmk how it goes!
Thanks bro! Your method is straight forward and 💯 works-I appreciate you continue with the good work!
I'm so glad to hear that. Thank you, I'll keep grinding.
I am an IT guy and this video helped me save 3 computers. Thank you
Excellent, I’m glad it worked!
I need to do this but don't have an external or USB that I don't need. I have a 2012 macbook pro that I upgraded by removing the disc drive to add another HDD. I have a half TB SSD as the primary and 2TB HDD as the secondary. Could I back up my primary onto the secondary drive without having to erase everything on it?
As long as it’s the correct format, which if they’re all used for Mac they should be, then it should be fine. I only say use a blank drive because I want to remove any risk. As long as you don’t get prompted to format or erase during the process then you’re good, if you see anything that says to format or erase, stop. You can get 2tb+ drives for pretty cheap last I checked, about $70.
I have a problem where it is showing my external drive on the disk utility screen, but it wont show up as a location to save the image to in the drop down menu. Any ideas?
@@drawthecrowds maybe the file formatting wrong. The file system could be the problem unless it gets formatted during the process. I believe Mac uses the file system Journaled or Journaled+ on older systems, like the MacBook 2015 (like in the video), or for newer Macs, APFS. I would just reformat your external drive to whatever your OS requires. Just remember you’re wiping out your external drive. Reformat it and everything that was on that external drive will be deleted during reformatting.
I got a problem, if I have a backup on a different macOS operating system version(Ventura to Catalina)(I used OpenCore Legacy Patcher) will it work? And when I tried to created an image from file, my SSD is encrypted and it never showed in Finder. What can I do?
If it’s not showing up that may be another issue, try reseating the ssd. I think you’d just be greater by and authentication screen so you can put your creds in and verify it’s your disk. OS to OS version shouldn’t matter. Did you already try booting in safe mode, that could be a better way to extract the data.
@@DemetrideSkepsi because I use opencore legacy patcher, safemode simply don’t work because I’ve installed Sonoma/Ventura on an unsupported version
@@olivertzeng ooo, well you could see if you have a warranty that covers data recovery from apple. Also, is any of it backed up to iCloud?
@@DemetrideSkepsi nope it’s a MacBook Pro 2012, and the only backup I have is photos. I really hope that I can recover my data. Maybe it is because of that disk is encrypted. I know the password, but I don’t know how I can decrypt it in Finder. Oh yeah is you’re local time 0:43
@@olivertzeng I’d reseat the hard drive then, you could replace the data cable too. It sounds like a hardware issue.
Thank you very much for this.
You're very welcome!
Thank you soo much!! you saved my project
im using a external hard drive (2tb) with important info on it that i cant delete,
will transferring my mac harddrive to it put the info in danger of being deleted?
Yes, the way I did it will erase what is on your external, there may be another way, you should use another external that doesn't have anything on it.
@@DemetrideSkepsi Why do we need to clear the external disk? Is there any problem with storing the generated disk image in an external drive with some data?
@@imprakrut the way I set it up, I believe, the dmg file is put on the external drive by flashing it to the drive so it overwrites the data blocks. I don’t remember since I made this a while back and I don’t remember if I tested if it writes over data or not. Someone else had a question I didn’t know off hand so hopefully after work today I can dig into both and give y’all a better answer.
@@DemetrideSkepsi Thanks man! 👍
I got a problem installing El Capitan from my bootable drive (usb) onto MacBook Pro Mid 2012 (laptop). You think you could help?
@@AB_Deloaded sure, I think I have a video on imaging Mac’s. Check that one out.
What is the issue?
@@DemetrideSkepsi I created a bootable drive, and erased with the right Mac format. But, the issue is when I go to install El Capitan from my Mac to my laptop. I have to choose the bootable drive or the hard drive, I tried both, for not knowing which one. However, I get the same message trying to install on both: “This copy of the Install OS X El Capitan application can't be verified. It may have been corrupted or tampered with during downloading.” As soon the remaining time show. Note: I didn’t erase the main drive not knowing will it delete all my mini projects.
I really appreciate your help 🤙🏾
@@DemetrideSkepsi I have a MacBook Catalina OS X El Capital Mid 2012 13” screen Intel Hd Graphic 4000
Worked PERFECT!!! Thanks for the video dude!
That’s great to hear!
Let me try this, thank you, this should work hopefully :)
Let me know if it works for you!
When I connect the external drive it's running slow.
Hi just wondering can I use a usb flash drive
Yes, just make sure nothing you need is on the drive.
My Mac shows both a Macintosh HD and a Macintosh HD - Data. Will saving them one at a time to an external drive cause any issues? Thank you!
It shouldn’t, just copy the data over. If you know where it’s stored, like pictures, documents, etc. it’s best to transfer just that since cloning the whole disk could take some time, and with two that’s a lot of time but if not it’s not a big deal, just make sure you keep the computer and external powered and connected during transfer.
@@DemetrideSkepsi thank you so much!
@@maryjanegarcia8149 you’re welcome, lmk how it goes!
Genius! U saved my college projects! 🥂
You’re very kind, thank you. I’m so glad it worked for you!
I’m doing this but I’m getting an error 49168, any idea what it might be?
I found discussions.apple.com/thread/266770, but I haven’t had a chance to do proper research on it. Might be Norton antivirus or another app that does something similar. The Mac might be locked down from your anti virus.
@@DemetrideSkepsi Thank you for your effort, what I did as a work around was that instead of backing up my specific user folder, I backed up whole folder for users and it worked :)!!!
@@sphinixLike glad to hear that!
Thank-you very mu8ch more
You are most welcome :)
Legend!
helped a lot. thanks
Glad to hear!
I tried to do. Some small has been transferred but large data like desktop always shows i/o error status 5. Please tell me how can i backup my data as my laptop is not bootable. It is a 2012 macbook pro model
I would target the files on your desktop not the desktop. Could you send the exact error message though, I can see if there is anything I can find on it
Firstly, thank you for the video. Keep up the good and helpful work.
But i got a problem. When I tried to do a backup of the whole user folder it said it failed and showed the message: 'resource deadlock avoided'. I think it‘s because of the iClould folder which is also in the User folder.
So is it a problem if i do a backup of the files in the folder indivually except the iCloud one?
Thank you!
Yeah, you can individually copy the files, there is also a way to copy from the terminal which you may need to do, something like ‘cp /path/to/file /copy/to/here’ it should have a force flag.
You may be right that’s it’s stuck because it’s being used by iCloud, maybe even attempting to sync. You can also log into iCloud and grab those files there, assuming it synced all the way, double cover your bases.
My macmini data is in macintosh-data but when I go to file->new image->image from macintosh-data(can’t access this option) why?? Please help me with this.
Sounds like a permission issue. Why can’t you access it? Is it greyed out, is it not their? You you follow these steps it should work just fine. Also what year is your Mac Mini?
hi! do you have to erase your external backup or can you keep what’s on there if there’s space? thanks in advance :)
No, unfortunately this process erases everything on the external drive. Make sure to back up your data somewhere else like a cloud storage, there are some free options out there, or if you have another external drive transfer the data there.
Hey man… I tried doing this but it says the operation failed …what should I do next please help !!
Is there an option to see the error code and more details about why it failed?
Hey man, just wanted to say a big big thank you. This works perfectly and saved all my data ❤
I’m so glad to hear that!
so once you get all the data you need do you just reboot the whole computer? How do you add the files back on the computer like photos
You need to open the .dmg and drag/drop them onto your computer.
Can i use ExFat instead of Mac OS ext journaled?
It should be fine but I'd test it with a small file first to be sure.
Very much appreciated sir!
Hello, my macbook cannot boot and I’m trying to find a way to back up and save my files. I found your solution very useful, so I tried to find my data via your process but I cannot find my files. The hard disc is encrypted through file vault, I think this is the reason. The question is: If I make a new disc image of the whole hard drive, my files would be also backed up? Could I retrieve them afterwards? I tried also to decrypt the hard disc via disk utility but I found no options on the menu…I would appreciate your response because I have to be sure of what I am doing before I back up and format my computer. Thank you in advance
Have you already tried to decrypt via the System Preferences/Settings > Security & Privacy from the Apple Menu but that wasn't available? Also have you tried booting in Safe Mode (press and hold Shift key on boot).
It does look like there is a way to decrypt via Disk Utility but you need the recovery key. I can try doing some experiments tonight or this weekend to see what'll work. Give those things a try in the mean time.
@@DemetrideSkepsi I tried both of them. I have only access to Recovery Mode. Safe Mode doesn’t work. I don’t have access to System Preferences because the computer does not boot. I tried to disable FileVault via Terminal but when I gave the password, it was not accepted. I am now trying to install iOS on a new Volume that I made from Disk Utility and boot the computer from there
Finally something that actually works! Thank you so much!
I’m so glad to hear it worked for you. You’re very welcome.
Youre Goated man thanks for the tutorial
Thank you! I'm glad this was helpful for you.
For me it didn’t work.. it says “operation not permitted”… like I did the exact same steps as you and it didn’t work… I rlly need to
Save my data because I don’t wanna loose my data and I have to erase my MacBook in order to work again…
Is it possible the external drive you are trying to copy to isn’t working or maybe it needs to be reformatted to journaled?
@@DemetrideSkepsi i did.. but it didn’t work
@@its.s.brinnaa7474 was the source drive encrypted?
I have the same issue, I have one folder which is encrypted on my drive. Any way to exclude just that folder and maybe it will work? Thanks
@@elipagnani4553 try selecting the all the root folders that don’t have that encrypted sub folder in it. Then try to drag and drop the unencrypted sub folders inside the root folder that has the encrypted sub folder up to the root level folder above.
Hey Man I Just wanna say no amount of words will express my gratitude to you, this will save my ass
I’m glad it helped! Thanks for letting me know.
@@DemetrideSkepsi Well Turns out there is something wrong with my disk, so i can't create disk image only for my macos partition, however I can backup my windows partition. But Still Thanks!
genuinely a beast. thank you
Thank you, I’m glad it helped!
thank you for this tip.saved the day
You are most welcome
Hey there, wonder if you may know.. i followed the steps and things were smooth until i got the message about the .dmg file i was copying to my drive "operation failed: no such file or directory" could i have missed something here?
Are you saying during the copying process to your external drive you got that error? If so you could test to make sure the drive can be written to from another computer, preferably a Mac. It could be in a file format that isn’t compatible and needs to be reformatted but I think that happens during the process
@@DemetrideSkepsi thanks for your response! I will try to check my drive next 👍
@@LadyHulkX sounds good, lmk what you find!
Thanks, it works
Glad to hear it
I JUST DID THIS AND THE EXTERNAL USB I USED LOST ALL ITS MEMORY T_T IM CRYING SO MUCH BECAUSE IT HAS SO MANY PHOTOS FROM THE PAST.... I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD DELETE EVERYTHING.... DO YOU KNOW ANY WAY TO RESTORE DELETED DATA FROM USBS? PLEASE MY MOM IS KILLING ME T_T
I’m sorry to hear that. If you have a Mac check your iCloud. If that doesn’t have your data you will have to ask a data expert, they may be able to recover the files. Honestly your best bet is to check if it’s been saved elsewhere. Also it is possible you partitioned the external drive so it could be in another partition although I doubt it.
@@DemetrideSkepsi I found some apps that can restore data from USBs!! Thank you so much for a detailed answer though!!
Hi, I tried this and the issue is, it doesn’t let me choose anything when selecting an image from disk
Are you seeing the disk but it’s greyed out or not selectable, or does the disk not show up?
@@DemetrideSkepsimine does not even show up
@@gottafindacoolname it’s possible the cable connecting to the external is not plugged in all the way or needs to be unplugged and plugged back in on both ends, needs to be replaced, or the external drive is broken, or not formatted correctly.
On your video it shows machintosh hd’s available under devices and mine shows none other than my external hard drive. I’m stuck at this point. Why is my internal hard drive not showing up? That’s what preventing me from being able to transfer the data.
My best guess is that the internal HD isn’t fully seated to the data connector, or the power to the drive. There is a safe mode and a diagnostic for Mac. I can’t remember off hand, when I get home I can look and link them here.
Looks like for the diagnostic you hold CMD+D at boot; support.apple.com/en-us/HT202731
For safe boot it's hold shift on boot, if it doesn't boot in safe mode I'm betting there is a physical issue with the drive.
I am had the same issue, but I realized after trying diagnostic mode that the computers hard drive was not mounted for some reason. So I figured out how to mount it in disk utility, then your method worked. Thank you so much!!
I have this issue, diagnostic showed: reference code VDH002
some of my files are greyed out & not selectable. please help!
Did that happen after you transferred them or are you still trying to put them on your external drive?
@@DemetrideSkepsi still trying to save them on the hard drive
@@irinakra6737 Have you tried dragging and dropping the greyed out files?
Thank you! Hoping this works
I’ll be curious as to if it does work. Let me know if you’re so inclined.
I tried doing this, when I plug my usb in I get error with : ‘no mountable file systems’ I erased my laptop after I backed up thinking it was good to go, what do I do???
It sounds like the usb drive is corrupt, or you selected the wrong file system. If you have a computer with Linux on it, it’s worth putting the usb drive on it to see of its readable.
@@DemetrideSkepsi I done step by step, the right format. Though when selector disk image from folder, there was two drivers the same name but one had ( - data ) next to it which had the all capacity so I chose that one. Sigh I lost everything 😔
@@benjaminhelms2104 its worth trying that usb stick in another computer
@@DemetrideSkepsi I tried on my friends macbook and that’s why I get that error but my mac is updated higher than his OS I believe. Could that be the issue ?
@@benjaminhelms2104 I don’t think so. I would try a Linux machine. The file system could be incorrect. You coups install virtual box on the Mac and install Ubuntu then check the drive from there.
My internal there are apple hdd and apple ssd and it's nothing when i view files. there's no Machintosh HD. How to show up the Machintosh HD?
It’s probably in one of those, did you check inside of both Apple HDD and Apple SSD, to see if the files are in there?
There are no files in there
@@devinjapiter1978 you could try booting in safe mode, then use an external to extract the files that way. You could also try to look at the disk utility to see if it’s hidden, if so you may be able to use ‘cp’ to copy the files. You could use terminal and run ‘diskutil list’ to view all drives and their mount points.
Do u have tutorials on those steps? Why i want to back up my macintosh hd is my imac shows blinking with question mark folder.
@@devinjapiter1978 I don’t but I can. It may take a little time. Message or email me with the readout you’re getting.
Hey I’m trying this method right now but when I check Macintosh hd it doesn’t have anything in users. Is my data gone??
It could be, not knowing your particular system it’s hard to tell. Have you looked at other folders to see if it’s in there? If your user account was removed that w you’d explain why nothing it there, again I’d check other folders to see if the data is somewhere else.
@@DemetrideSkepsi I checked a bunch of folders and I can’t seem to find it. I’m using a 2020 m1 MacBook pro 13 inch. What do you mean if my user account was removed?
@@ReblazeGaming if you followed what I show you land in the Users directory, from there if nothing is displayed there are no user accounts, or it’s possible they have been encrypted. Did you use firevault?
@@DemetrideSkepsi It’s fine now I was able to access my files using another method where I connected my MacBook to another MacBook (my sister’s) and shared my disk so I could back my files up to hers.
@@ReblazeGaming great, if you try this method again I am curious if it just needed to be restarted or something. If you do please let me know the result. Glad you fixed your problem.
Does anyone know if this will work with Time machine?
How do you mean?
- work by extracting a time machine in a macs hd
- onto a time machine partition
- or something else?
@@DemetrideSkepsi How would one created a time machine backup of their entire system if it won't boot up I guess. Or maybe just a time machine backup of MacHD
@@coltonwilliams3176 I may not understand what you asking. Are you saying you have only one external drive that has time machine on it? If you have another one without time machine on it I’d use that to extract. If you only have one and it presently has time machine It won’t work. This method wipes the entire external hard drive.
@@DemetrideSkepsi I think he’s talking about the method of back up you used. You didn’t do a time machine back up in this video, you just transferred the data onto the external hard drive using disk utility. But what he (and also I) am wondering if it’s possible to do a time machine back up from recovery mode.
Like you’d usually have to access the time machine app to do that back up, but if the Mac can’t start up and you’re in recovery mode, is it possible to do a time machine back up. Then is it possible to select the “restore from time machine backup” option in recovery mode to get your data back.
@@ReblazeGaming that’s a great point. I’ll take some time and if it is I’ll make another video for that purpose.
In history of TH-cam its the first video who help mac user very much love u bro❤i have a confusion if i do same thing with that folder which have only read access by the user can i backup them or it gonna create me a problem when I extract it later?
Thank you! That’s a great question. I’m not sure if the permissions making a file read only would carry over. Theoretically, or at least I believe, the new host you move those files to should be able to do anything you want to those files, assuming you have root on the new host. Of course if the files are encrypted you won’t be able to access it without the key.
So you’ll need to change the perms as a root user on the new host to to read/write for your user. I’m curious to know your results. Please let me know!
@@DemetrideSkepsi file is not encrypted i change the permissions to read only when I create a folder so that it cannot get deleted mistakenly now i backup this file using same method as you mentioned in video so i am in confusion that if i erase my mac and later this file will readable or not
@@Ashishkumar-br4jq if you have another computer you can put that data onto to test I recommend doing that first. Otherwise just make the permissions read/write. It should be fine but I like testing before I make decisions.
@@DemetrideSkepsi i dont have another computer sadly,how can I change the permissions to read and write if i am in recovery mode due to my system does not has mac os now
@@Ashishkumar-br4jq if you are able to connect the external device with your backed up data to your old computer, and you can open the desktop in recovery mode you can modify it from there, if you can’t then use he recovery mode terminal while the external is connected and use chmod to modify the permissions, you may need to go sudo. Do you know how to use command line tools?
bro.... HOW??? it worked, i thought i wasnt gonna be able to access it cause it would be encrypted or something, lol
Molto bene!
I want to let people know this WORKS!
Had updated to MacOS Monterey and my macbook pro stopped working. I did a bit differently because my recovery mode wouldn’t show disk utility. (That’s how much Monterey destroyed my mac) It would not boot or anything.
I had to make a bootable USB drive with high sierra so I could use the disk utility from there. As well as mount a internal HD named “Macbook - Data”. But once I had that option everything worked exactly as the video explained.
I literally don’t know why Monterey destroyed so my laptop. Not even Apple support could help me.
So from the bottom of my heart, thank you kind person for saving so many terabytes of data.
I’m so glad it worked! Thanks for letting me know.