

it is a spinning disk it is most likely running HFS+. Drive formatĪfter you've got the drive out the next question is whether it was running APFS or HFS+ file systems.

This applies to all models of MacBook Pro prior to 2013. These are by far the easiest type of drive to remove and recover data from as they can be easily removed by following a take apart guide from for your model, and the drive can then be connected to an appropriate USB to SATA or IDE adapter available readily on eBay or Amazon. This applies to MacBook Pro models from 2013 to 2016. This type of SSD is a removable stick, this can be removed easily using a take apart guide from but would require a computer that supports this kind of SSD or a suitable adapter to read the data. Soldered SSDįirst consideration is that more modern MacBook Pros' drives are soldered onto the logic board of the computer and cannot be easily removed, only Apple or an Apple Authorised Service Provider can retrieve this data. The type of drive your MacBook Pro will dictate how you connect the old MacBook Pro drive to your PC. In the mean time this will give you some idea of what to do: Drive type

What model of MacBook Pro is it (which year and specification).If you can provide some more information I can tailor the answer to you a bit more: There are a number of variables we need to answer before we can answer the question around what kind of drive it is, and what format the drive was in.
