

Since thunderbolt is far faster than gigabit ethernet, it’s preferred due to speed as mentioned in the comments below.Īny MacBook Air that have Thunderbolt 3 or 2 support target disk mode.įor all devices - regardless of ability to boot to target disk mode, an additional supported option for transferring data between two Macs is using a wired connection and Migration Assistant. The Mini DisplayPort is purely a video out port, and cannot be used for data transfer, despite the identical connector. Target Disk Mode is not supported on older Macbook Air that lack a Thunderbolt port. Many vintage and obsolete Air still support target disk mode as well. All non-vintage MacBook Air support target disk mode, including the Apple Silicon based MacBook Air released in 2020.
