So, it's a quite reasonable step to recover such files before recovering the system. The Mac system provides a system recovery option, but such operation may permanently destroy user's files, such as family photos, music collections, important documents, as so on. Quite often that may happen after an unsuccessful system update or system crash. Its hardware seems to be functioning, but the computer isn't operable anymore. Note: If you need to recover files from the system disk of your operational Mac computer, read our article: The best way to recover files from a Mac system diskĮven a Mac user sometimes can find that his or her computer doesn't start anymore.
