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  1. G

    want to update but ssd is not APFS

    Hey everybody after many years resisting, today I wanted to give in and update from OS X mojave to big spur. However even though I would instal on the same disk as Mojave is on, it says not formatted to APFS How is that possible that the one operating system is working for years and now a new...
  2. C

    APFS drive corrupts after one month.

    Cant find anything when searching the forums, maybe I am searching for the wrong thing. Two months ago I installed High Sierra over my Sierra on an old Mac Pro. Then one month ago, my computer started glitching, first it stopped connecting to the internet. And when all else failed, I rebooted...
  3. ylluminate

    APFS changes in Ventura (13) - especially any new compression updates?

    Anyone able to share changes/updates to APFS that have landed with Ventura (macOS 13)? I'm particularly interested to see if the compression landscape has changed (see: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/360124/13220).
  4. P

    APFS file read/open

    HI everyone, I have an APFS file (about 120GB) and i dont know how to open or read that file. It is very important for me because i have like 35-40GB of photos inside. That APFS file was from Mojave. Now I keep this file in a pendrive but no idea how to open or read. I just need to extract my...
  5. S

    Booting/Partition problem 2015 MacBook 2015

    Hi, I have a MacBook Pro 2015 that was running Mojave, and am having a boot problem. When I turn the computer on, I get the Mac logo, the progress bar makes it a third of the way across the screen, and then shuts off. I've tried a few things to fix this so far, but nothing's working so far. I...
    • Sean_Pail
    • Thread
    • apfs disk utility error -5101f error 99 first aid macbook pro 15" (mid 2015) macbook pro not booting mojave partition map permission denied
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  6. D

    APFS or HFS+ for TimeMachine and Clone Backup HDDs?

    I am moving from Sierra to a new Mac with Monterey and this is my first contact with APFS. Currently, I am setting up an 18TB Western Digital HDD for TimeMachine and an 12TB WD HDD for clone backups (will be using either SupderDuper! or CarbonCopyCloner). Which file system should I choose...
    • danqi
    • Thread
    • "macos extendend journaling apfs backup ccc hdd hfs journaled ssd superduper timemachine
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: macOS
  7. M

    APFS stupidity

    Hi everyone. I’m really new to Macs so please forgive my naivety. I recently bought a 2017 MacBook Air i5 (as I was getting fed up with windows), which came running High Sierra. I wanted it to run Monterey so I downloaded the update but got the message that the drive wasn’t formatted APFS. So…I...
  8. W

    How to delete a date from the Time Machine on my storage?

    Hi all I am on MacOS Monterey. I am trying to delete one particular date from the Time Machine on my SSD Storage. How exactly do I do this? I have read some people say I cannot do it if I am on APFS, only can do it on HFS. How do I know which one mine is? And if I am indeed on APFS, surely...
    • wirtandi
    • Thread
    • apfs hfs time machine
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: macOS
  9. bjrnptrsn

    TimeMachine over SMB (APFS) only with double-click

    Hi, I have the issue getting a APFS sparsebundle volume (copied to smb server) work with Time Machine by attaching the volume via "hdiutil attach /path/to/sparsebundle/" (for automated attach on startup). Time Machine starts up (prepare backup) but stops without copying any file. Instead, if I...
  10. mudflap

    Time Machine no longer working for me: replace with Carbon Copy Cloner or Chronosync or ?

    TLDR: I can no longer trust Time Machine and need a recommendation for a replacement that does the exact same thing; scheduled incremental backups of multiple volumes that keep as many older daily, weekly and monthly versions as the volume can hold, with automatic pruning, simple browsing of...
    • mudflap
    • Thread
    • apfs backup carbon copy cloner chronosync hfs incremental snapshots softraid time macine
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Mac Apps
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    Anyone else been getting apfs_iosd.cpu_resource logs since updating to iOS 15?

    The log seems to be generated about 15 minutes after I plug in my phone to charge, and has been consistently happening since i've updated. Just wanted to see if this was only me or if this is just something that is occurring now due to an update. You can find them under privacy> analytics data...
  12. S

    APFS on upgrading macbook

    Hi, I have purchased a new 2021 14 inch Macbook Pro. My old Macbook is the early 2016 12 inch Macbook on Mojave 10.14.3. The file system is Mac Os Extended (Journaled). You're meant to be able to, but I have never been able to update this to the new APFS as the option is greyed out. If I restore...
    • Sach160
    • Thread
    • apfs mac os extended journaled
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  13. K

    New M1 MacBook Pros will not format the SanDisk 4TB Extreme PRO Portable SSD drives

    I bought two of the SanDisk 4TB Extreme PRO Portable SSD drives (that are rated at up to 2000 MB/s) and tried to format them using Disk Utility in the latest MacBook Pro with the M1 Max chip running OS Monterey 12.0.1. They both would not format. I worked with Apple tech support and we...
    • KDLM
    • Thread
    • apfs disk utility error erase external drive extreme pro format mac sandisk speed ssd
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  14. adb1973

    How To?: install Big Sur (OCLP) on Mac mini 2012 server with 2 SSDs

    Hi. I have a Mac mini 2012 with 2 similar SSD’s inside. Under Catalina I used Rafal Lesniaks method to make it boot from RAID which worked great and had 1GB/s I/O speeds as a consequence. Apparently Big Sur broke this option. At least I couldn’t make it work and no one replied to my requests...
    • adb1973
    • Thread
    • apfs apple raid big sur 11.6 corestorage mac mini 2012 oclp
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS Big Sur (11)
  15. C

    How to make APFS with Mojave, while i have Big Sur?

    so I was thinking about downloading a fun game i play on another device, but steam informed me on the fact that my mac won't be able to run 32-bit games. big shame, so i searched the internet for a way to still be able to play it, and read that i should be able to make a APFS volume with Mojave...
    • crispyy
    • Thread
    • 32bit apfs bigsur mojave
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 11
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    installed high sierra on external SSD, formatted as APFS and it created a 2nd/intermediate container. is this right? also what is vm/swapfile0?

    greetings people. i have a late 2012 imac, and just did a clean install for high sierra on an external SSD. i formatted it as APFS (think it's recommended for SSDs) and installed OS. now when looking at disk utility, and select 'show all devices', the above is the internal HHD, currently not...
    • chestbox
    • Thread
    • apfs bootable ssd mac os extended journaled
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  17. Skeptical.me

    "This Disk is Locked" Reinstalling macOS

    "This Disk is Locked" Reinstalling macOS I have a 2017 iMac 27" 5K with a 1TB Fusion Drive. I have always used an external SSD for the boot drive. Now I am selling it, I am trying to install macOS on the Fusion Drive. When I boot into Recovery and try to install macOS I'm asked what drive I...
  18. M

    High Sierra to Mojave and need to keep HFS+ format

    I need to migrate from a 2012 Mac Mini to a 2018 Mini. The OS on the 2012 is High Sierra. I need to move to Mojave on the new Mini and, because of some 32-bit legacy software, need to remain in Mojave. Also that legacy app won't write to an APFS formatted HD, so ideally want to wind up with...
  19. haralds

    Networked TimeMachine backups can use APFS

    I just confirmed that networked TimeMachine backups use APFS in the same way as they would work on a local APFS disk. APFS TimeMachine protocol has been completely reworked to use snapshots instead of hard links - faster and much more reliable. TimeCapsule also works with this, since networked...
  20. T

    HELP: SSD's “Used” space growing after each Erasing / Formatting & ejecting!

    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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