

At this point you can connect the system to another Mac (or even a PC) and have its hard drives mount locally on the second system for quick access. This mode can be enabled by restarting the system with the T key held down, until you see the FireWire symbol displayed on the screen. On Apple computers, Target Disk Mode is a special boot option that allows the system's hard drives to be accessed with a FireWire cable (also with a Thunderbolt connection for newer systems).
