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So I have the fastest macbook pro late 2014 - it runs fast, but has poor graphics. I also have an imac mid 2013, where the SSD part of the fussion drive just broke down physically less than a month ago. I use both machines allot: The bigger screen the keyboard and the GPU is needed for some tasks on the imac. But I also work allot remotely on the macbook. NOW my thought was; is there a way to boot the imac from the macbook? (instead of buying a new ssd drive).

I use the same software on both and actually sync them with dropbox right now. But I would not mind if I could boot the imac on the macbook drive as long as I can still use the keyboard and the GPU from the imac. Is this possible in any way? Click to expand. I think you misunderstand target disk mode. It will just use the screen from your iMac it will not use any of the internals, it would just be the same as the MacBook pro with an external screen.

(you would be far better off just selling the imac and buying an external screen.) You now have a few choices. 1) Fix the iMac, a new PCIe ssd will be expensive but will be as new and there are even a few third party ones available now.

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Or you could just remove both drives and replace with a sata ssd where the HDD is cheaper but will probably lower storage capacity. 2) you could take the ssd from the MacBook pro and install that and use the imac until you can get the MacBook pro fixed. 3) Sell the imac as is and buy a cheap external 4k screen. Samuelsan: 0) Are you not confusing 'target disk mode' with 'target display mode'?

The two are not the same thing! As far as I know 'target disk mode' will just connect the disk in the macbook to all the internal in the imac trough thunderbolt.

I'm just not sure how that will work in terms of booting that way. 1) That means cutting it open since it's a late 2013 model. - I also have a small risk that it's the blade controller that is broken, since it's the SSD part of the hybrid that just physically stopped working. But it's probably the blade SSD. But sure replacing the HDD with a Sata SSD would be an option. => Not sure what the speed advantage is between the two?

=> Not sure what it takes to cut it open either, or how risky it is: but the guide I have seen do make it risky. - As for the sata 2) That suggestion makes no sense what so ever! Why would I mess with my macbook pro?!

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3) That makes even less sense! Then I could just as well use the imac as an expensive monitor in 'target display mode'! But the end point was that I want to be able to use the cpu and the gpu from the imac for certain tasks that is heavier in that department. 4) An alternative could be to buy an external SSD and boot from that. 5) Another alternative is just to live with the 5400 HDD in it now. Yeah I had my eye on a cheap thunderbolt ssd actually. Just talked to a repair place (right now) and they don't offer to change the blade drive sadly - because apprently that takes allot more work and the disk cost them more and is harder to get.

They can however put in a 500 gb ssd for about twice the price of an 256 gb external thunderbolt ssd. Not sure what the speed difrence between the SATA III port and thunderbolt will be. - Transcend 256GB Thunderbolt Solid State Drive StoreJet 500 => 1500 ddk here (on sale) - Repair with 250 gb SSD in the HDD SATA III port = 2100 ddk - Repair with 500 gb SSD in the HDD SATA III port = 2700 ddk But I'm in doubt if the SATA III port is faster than an external thunderbolt?

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Samuelsan: 0) Are you not confusing 'target disk mode' with 'target display mode'? The two are not the same thing! As far as I know 'target disk mode' will just connect the disk in the macbook to all the internal in the imac trough thunderbolt. I'm just not sure how that will work in terms of booting that way.

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1) That means cutting it open since it's a late 2013 model. - I also have a small risk that it's the blade controller that is broken, since it's the SSD part of the hybrid that just physically stopped working.