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I just made a mess. I got a new external DAS (Terramaster D4-320) for four disc drives connected to my Mac Mini. The four drives worked perfectly in another DAS before.
I don't know what I did, maybe the new DAS is crap, or maybe I accidently hot swapped the drives when troubleshooting some...
Hi folks.
I have an encrypted APFS volume in the same container as my startup disk and it's worked fine for months, but yesterday when I mounted it (via Disk Utility; I've disabled automount for it), it was mounted read-only. Reading works fine, I just can't write to it.
I've tried mounting it...
Im getting the following speeds with Samsung 1Tb T7 Shield SSD and M1 MacBook Air 8GB (Ventura 13.4.1) running BlackMagic tests:
APFS (encrypted):
Connected to MacBook: ~750/750 MB/s
Connected via USB C Hub: ~230/180 MB/s
APFS (no encryption):
Connected to MacBook: ~680/680 MB/s...
hi I have a 2TB ssd with 3 sections ones the main Mac_hd which I store my Mac files . I want to expand Mac_hd and use the 1TB space from Mac_hd2 .. disk2s3 (147gb) is a veracrypt volume I want to leave that alone.
how do I expand Mac_hd ?? Ive tried deleting Mac_hd2 and then creating a volume/...
I bought a brand new Samsung T7 SSD, and I used macOS's Disk Utility to format (erase) it in APFS(Encrypted), scheme: GUID Partition Map.
Before erasing (brand new), "Used" space was 108,5 MB.
After first erasing as APFS(Encrypted, scheme: GUID Partition Map), "Used" space was just 20 kb.
Then I...
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By mistake I just deleted folders (and empty trash on my Apfs encrypted drive with Big Sur 11.4 version
I tried to recover my files using this apps, but no one was able to find it
Wondershare Data Recover it 9.5
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard 12
iBoysoft Data Recovery
Restorer 4 for mac...
Was pleased that iPadOS 14 introduced the ability to access Encrypted APFS external drives, however while I can now see the drive, it will not unlock and cycles back to the unlock dialogue. Anyone else experiencing this?
I have tried the usual remedies - change cable; hard reset IPP; use a...
is the data on the disk at risk during conversion? should one trust the app to make the conversion? other options/methods? risk to data primary concern. another clone prior necessary? xternal disk encrypted, two partitions
Hi all, I have an external HD formatted APFS and encrypted with file vault 2. I never had any issues, once you plug the HD you type the FV2 password and works like it should. I used it yesterday and then again 5 hours later: this time I entered the password and I got asked again like I typed it...
I have a MacBook Pro with the T2 chip. It came with High Sierra preinstalled. When I Get Info the Macintosh HD on High Sierra, it says the Format is APFS (Encrypted). I have recently upgraded to Mojave and now it says the Format is APFS. It is no longer APFS (Encrypted).
I did not do a clean...