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I have an iMac with a broken motherboard. I got the HDD out of it and I now want to view my files on my Mac M1 device.

It shows my external device on Disk utility, but I'm unable to view the device through finder?

I know the old device is an HFS+ and my new Mac M1 is AFPS. It was a fusion disk, like I said, I can't use the motherboard any more.

The tool/cable etc to read the HDD works.

This is what I see in Disk utility enter image description here

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Not sure if it was encrypted. Disk Drill can scan the documents, so there must be a way that I can view them through other ways that don't require me to pay 300$.

I was also able to remove the PCIe SSD from the iMac and figuring out how to connect this to my Mac M1 via USB. If I where to attach them both to my MacOs would read them as a fusion drive through help of a software?

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  • Which iMac model is the disk from? Was it encrypted? How is the disk recognized in Disk Utility (screenshot)?
    – nohillside ♦
    Apr 23 at 17:01
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    Did the iMac also have an SSD in there… a fusion drive? If so, you need both to be able to read it. they will not operate independently. The new Mac is, of course, perfectly capable of reading HFS+ if nothing else is preventing it.
    – Tetsujin
    Apr 23 at 17:02
  • Thanks for the super edits @nohillside - always appreciated
    – bmike ♦
    Apr 23 at 20:25
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    The Fusion drive can be rebuilt - see support.apple.com/en-us/HT207584 and apple.stackexchange.com/questions/261154/… Both of these assume the drives are still in the original iMac, so you may have to modify the procedure [e.g. you may not have to be in Recovery to do it]. It's not something I've ever done personally, so idk the details.
    – Tetsujin
    Apr 24 at 7:57
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    Your latest edit changes the question from "how to access HFS+ from M1" to "How to rebuild a Fusion drive on a different Mac". This is totally fine, but please edit the whole question (including the subject line) to make this more easy to understand.
    – nohillside ♦
    Apr 24 at 12:43

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