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Did the target disk mode ever work with USB? I’m also not sure whether that means anything, I think you have been able to boot from a plethora of devices includ

by ugh 16y ago

Did the target disk mode ever work with USB? I’m also not sure whether that means anything, I think you have been able to boot from a plethora of devices including USB sticks for ages. Target disk mode for USB sure would be nice, though.

malandrew 16y ago
I may be remembering incorrectly, but I thought booting worked from USB, then Apple removed that option for some reason, probably technical, and now it looks like it came back.
- semanticist 16y ago
  My 2007 iMac boots from USB - in fact, since its internal drive died it's running permanently from an external drive. PowerPC Macs couldn't boot from USB (but could from FireWire), but as far as I'm aware all Intel Macs can. Target Disk Mode is something else, and wouldn't really work over USB since it has a host/device model which FireWire doesn't.