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  1. U

    SATA cable, HDD or worse?

    Hello folks, been a while! This is a long one but I feel the detail is required to hopefully determine the problem. I very recently upgraded my late 2011 MBP 13" from Mavericks to Sierra. It went fine, seemed to run well for a day... then it slowed down, and my apps stopped opening. Naturally...
  2. nerdymama

    late 2009 iMac HD wont erase, caused by human error

    Hello everyone. Sorry to waste you guys time but I hate to sound slow, or retarded but I'm just ill informed about Apple products. My husband made us all switch and it has really been great up until I tried to reset my iMac and do it the wrong way. I have to be thorough in my description of my...
    • nerdymama
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    • 2009 imac disk utility erase failed error hd restore imac
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iMac
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    Moving Entire Windows Partition to Another Mac

    I have Windows 7 installed via Boot Camp on my MacBook 4,1 which still runs Lion. I recently purchased a MacBook Pro 15" (Mid 2010) which runs High Sierra. I'd like to transfer my Windows partition (just as it is) from my MacBook 4,1 to my new MacBook Pro. I am not looking to re-install...
  4. memsrw

    Bootcamp partition failed, 2 apple corestorage

    I ran bootcamp assistant partitioning the disk into 2 tb for windows and 1 tb for macos, but it crashed during the partitioning stage leaving me with 1 tb of usable space. I tried deleting the partition in Disk Utility but it wouldn't let me saying that, "You can not remove the first volume on...
  5. Ishmam-ul-Haque

    Removing Ubuntu from Dual Boot on Mac

    Hey, I signed up today and this is my very first post. I hope I'll get help; which I desperately need right now. I just tried to uninstall and remove ubuntu from dual boot on Mac by just deleting the partition. Basically, I went to the 'Partition' tab and clicked both the partition and removed...
  6. C

    Disk Utility won’t let me install MacOS

    For the past few days I’ve been looking for a way to reset my MacBook Air and I thought it would be simple and so I looked it up and I forgot to backup but I didn’t think it mattered so I deleted my old Macintosh HD in disk utility and then tried to reinstall MacOS but it keeps giving the “Could...
    • CyberGobbed
    • Thread
    • disk utility macbook macbook air macos os high sierra os sierra reinstall mac os x
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  7. S

    Disk Utility Formatting Mojave Drive

    After installing beta 2, I started having most of my built in MacOS applications crash with minimal use (without any obvious reason). Upon running disk utility, I found that my drive had been corrupted by the new install. I attempted a repair with no success. But... no big deal, it’s time to...
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    Can't Install Photoshop CC on my case-insensitive SSD

    Hello Everyone! So i've been trying to install Photoshop CC Trial and my AutoCAD 2018 Student version. The problem is that these need to be on case insensitive partition. My actual SSD is on an APSF volume, where from when I googled it should be case-insensitive and is the default option on...
    • IntensityFilms
    • Thread
    • autocad autodesk case-insensitive case-sensitive disk utility format high sierra mac os x parititon photoshop cc
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
  9. Jane8798

    Issues copying MacHD to external drive

    So my Mac will not start since I installed the latest sierra update- it only shows the loading start-up screen for HOURS. It won’t start in safe mode or cmd v mode either. I’ve managed to get it in recovery mode and reinstalled sierra and it’s still the same, I’ve also used first aid on disk...
    • Jane8798
    • Thread
    • disk utility hard disk hard drive hard drive advice imac mac recovery mode start up issues
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iMac
  10. C

    Dead 2013 rMBP, trying to fresh install from bootable USB but getting stuck in Disk Utility

    My 2013 rMBP wouldn't boot, so I'm trying to fresh install. I made a bootable USB with a separate disk, and before install I'm trying to erase and partition my internal drive for the new OS. I get to the screen where I get to choose whether to install the OS or use Disk Utility. I choose Disk...
    • circa7
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    • dead disk utility macbook pro
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    Can not format drive with GUID

    I want to delete my external 1TB USB Drive and format it with "Mac OS Extended (journaled)" and GUID Partition Scheme but the button for partitioning the drive is greyed out and non clickable. I can delete the Drive but the option to choose the Partition Scheme is not there and it automatically...
    • meilon24
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    • disk utility drive external drive guid partition partition usb
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
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    Missing disk space after deleting bootcamp windows partition?

    Hi guys, I recently tried to create a windows partition on my mid-2011 Mac but made the mistake of trying to install from USB. I decided to delete the Bootcamp partition I created but DiskUtil now tells me that 200+GB of data are missing somewhere. I looked up some solutions but they all seemed...
  13. jimcoey

    All data easily recoverable after disk utility erase on SSD

    Hello everyone, really hoping someone can help me out, i'd be very very grateful! Its come to the time to upgrade and therefore sell my old laptop. Its a mid-2012 13" macbook pro with an intel core i5 and 4gb ram. Originally it came with a 500GB hard drive but I have upgraded this myself to a...
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    Image Problems in High Sierra

    I know I'm not alone with this frustration about Disk Utility imaging in High Sierra. With Apple trying to move away from Disk Utility as a supported way of disk imaging, many admins are left in limbo. For years I have been able to use disk utility (via Target disk or recovery mode) to take and...
  15. Q

    Does Time Machine back up the files stored in an encrypted .dmg?

    Hey everyone, In order to hide my sensitive documents I've created an encrypted .dmg with Disk Utility and I've put them all in. Those documents exist nowhere else on my hard drive. When I use Time Machine to backup my HD, does TM automatically detect changes within that encrypted .dmg and...
    • qqurioustiger8945
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    • backup carbon copy cloner disk utility dmg encrypted time machine veracrypt
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: macOS
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    Adding Fat32 partition to startup volume

    Hi everyody, I am currently in the process of creating a 30gb Fat32 partition on my macbook pro. And it has been running for two hours already, which is making me quite anxious, as the screen is frozen at the same time. The mouse cursor can still be moved, however everything else is frozen...
  17. dtrimble

    Unable to delete partition

    I have a 2 TB internal SSD in my Mac Pro 3,1 (early 2008). It's run on a PCIe controller. The drive is an OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G. The SSD had been split into two different partitions -- let's call them NEWSSD and OLDSSD. Space was split 50/50. My objective: 1. Delete the OLDSSD partition...
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    Accidentally deleted my Macs internal harddrive!!! HELP!!

    So I was trying to install Windows 10 via Bootcamp on my MacBook Pro (2011). I made a new partition in Disk Utility and called it BOOTCAMP (For my Windows) As I'm planning to use Windows a lot from now on, I decided to make it take up a lot of the space. I resized the partition where my OSX High...
    • SpyroTheSavage
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    • delete deleted disk utility free space hard drive macbook pro (13" early 2011) partition partition macbook pro mac os recover recovery
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  19. D.Anki

    something wrong with disk utility... please help

    this following screen shot is of my disk utility screen after i made a partition and decided to delete it later, but couldn't, so i found a way using terminal with some commands and it worked. now look what happened, please help i only have 2 gb left to work with.
    • D.Anki
    • Thread
    • 1.10.11 apple disk utility diskutility fix help help needed mac macboook pro
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
  20. S

    Cannot mount external drive in Sierra

    I have a WD My Book that is setup as my time machine backup drive. Normally, it is connected to my Airport Extreme base station, and backs up wirelessly. Recently, my mac keeps telling me that the back drive is full. I have checked, and the backup bundle takes up about 1.1 TB of the 2 TB...
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