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MP 1,1-5,1 how many HDs in MP1,1
I have updated the firmware in my MP1,1 to 2,1 in prep to upgrade the procs to 2x X5365. I had already done the 64b firmware and installed an SSD, Mavs and a upgraded video card. Is it possible to mount more than 4 drives in the MP1,1? What is the largest single drive this update will recognize? -
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SSD showing incorrect usage
Hello on the board, Could someone cast some light on this situation on a Macbook Pro (2017) running Mojave. My drive is 1TB, my Apps use 60Gb, my Library is 231 GB, System is 10 GB and Users is 176GB. This totals 477GB, but my drive reads that 783GB is used. Have I missed something here or...- sunbambino
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- capacity drive ssd storage
- Replies: 11
- Forum: macOS Mojave (10.14)
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Replacement app for Drive Genius?
Since Drive Genius apparently won't work with OS 10.15, I'm looking for a good replacement for Drive Genius, if such a thing exists that will work on 10.15?- BasilFawlty
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- drive drive genius os 10.15
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Mac Apps
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"The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer"
Hello all, I have a 4TB drive that I have been using for about one year and half. It worked fine until this morning, when I unplugged it after selecting Force Eject and plugged it in again, it shows "The dish you inserted was not readable by this computer". Both my macbook and iMac indicated...- X_LIN
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- disk diskutility drive drive crashes mac hard drive initialize partition rstudio terminal unreadable
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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flash drive speeds
Is there any way to find out how fast are usb flash drives are? Perhaps there are apps that can benchmark read & write speeds etc? -
Can't eject drives as normal
Hey all, I'm having an issue with Catalina and using USB flash drives. When I have finished my work, I quit all apps and go to eject it as normal (drag to Bin etc) and usually this works. However since updating to Catalina, I am being FORCED to click 'Force Eject' because apparently an app is...- Sirious
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- catalina drive flash
- Replies: 18
- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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USB 3.1 Gen 2 External SSD as Boot Drive
Anyone here using a 10Gbps USB 3.1 Gen 2 SSD Enclosure with NVMe PCIe SSD as the Boot Drive? Is building a drive like this better than using a Samsung T5 you think? Will this be reliable for long term?- nemoryoliver
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- 3.1 boot drive enclosure gen 2 imac nvme pcie ssd usb
- Replies: 3
- Forum: iMac
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iPad Can't Use External Drive - Cable, power, or Beta?
I'm running iOS 13 public beta 2 on an iPad Pro (11" 2018). I want to be able to read and write to my WD Passport 1Tb drive (formatted NTFS). Plugging it in, I see the power light on the drive but nothing on the iPad. I have tested it with several cables - no effect. I assume it's getting... -
Windows 10 Install fail /BootCamp/ iMac 5k 27 2017 / Fusion Drive
Hi, I have a problem installing Windows 10 with BOOTCAMP, first the process was good, lowers the compatibility software, creates the partitions well and restarts to install windows. But when it arrives at the installation it does not detect my hard disk, it goes from accepting the terms of the... -
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All iPads All Things iPadOS File System Thread
What does everyone think? Some time back it was rumoured that we'd see enhanced functionality with the USB-C port, and many took that to mean we'll be able to use external storage. After Gurman's roundup of iOS 13 features, which made no mention of it, it seems talk of this feature (if we can... -
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HDD size limitation for 3,1? Should 6tb be okay?
Hello. The question is can I use a 6tb drive in my early 2008 3,1 mac pro? If not, what is the largest drive I can use? I have a 3,1 with an SSD boot drive in a pci slot and have a couple 2tb drives and a 1tb drive in 3 of the bays. I bought a 6tb drive without thinking there might be an issue... -
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What drive do I have? Got pics of the info but can't understand it!
Hi! I have a 2017 iMac 27 inch. I have been told (by the seller) that my drive is a 1TB fusion drive. I've tried to find out from clicking on things but I feel like I'm getting conflicting information. Here's what Disc Utility says: Here's what 'storage' says: That seems weird because...- Woodlandjustin
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- drive hdd imac 2017 ssd
- Replies: 3
- Forum: iMac
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I've messed up my Fusion Drive. What to do?
Hi Guys, When I bought my iMac last year, I wanted to run Linux, Windows and MacOS on my Mac. Some things worked, some things didn't work. I recently gave up. But now I just want to restore my Fusion Drive as if it came out of the factory. This is my diskutil list when in MacOS and logged in...- Sankel
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- drive fusion fusiondrive mac resetfusion
- Replies: 0
- Forum: macOS Mojave (10.14)
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External SSD issue: EFI partition missing after reformatting, now can't be read altogether
(MacBook Pro 13" late 2013, 8 GB RAM, i5 2.4 GHz) Hi all! I recently got a 1 TB Seagate Backup Plus external SSD and was planning to install Mojave on it. After plugging it in for the first time, I opened Disk Utility to change the partition map from MBR to GUID and then started up the...- iglaoftheninth
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- disk utility diskutil drive efi external partition ssd
- Replies: 1
- Forum: macOS
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External SSD issue: EFI partition missing after reformatting, now can't be read altogether
(MacBook Pro 13" late 2013, 8 GB RAM, i5 2.4 GHz) Hi all! I recently got a 1 TB Seagate Backup Plus external SSD and was planning to install Mojave on it. After plugging it in for the first time, I opened Disk Utility to change the partition map from MBR to GUID and then started up the...- iglaoftheninth
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- boot disk utility diskutil drive efi external partition ssd
- Replies: 4
- Forum: macOS Mojave (10.14)
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Internal SSD not showing while booted from external drive
Hello all, FACTS: I am trying to clone an external volume (located on a USB 3,5" 500GB HDD SATA drive) to an internal SSD flash drive of my A1398 15" Macbook Pro (mid-2014, 2.8 GHz i7, dedicated graphics). The problem that I am getting is that once booted from the external volume (a CCC clone...- dood_son
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- cloning disk utilty disk0s2 drive el capitan external internal invisible device mojave ssd
- Replies: 27
- Forum: MacBook Pro
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How to download full resolution photos from icloud drive?
Hello guys, I recently got the 200 GB icloud storage plan in order to make backups in the cloud and upload all of my photos there. All of my photos are already uploaded to the cloud its about 20 GB. I checked how much storage I used on my phone for photos its 20 GB as well. So I assume that all...- Karma_isA_8itch
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- download drive full resolution icloud photos storage
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Apple Music, Apple Pay/Card, iCloud, Fitness+
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Dual nvme drive pcie card on 2009/2010 Mac Pro
Hi there! I am planning on buying a 2009/2010 Mac Pro for my editing and color grading work. Since these computers now support nvme boot drives I have decided to go with a samsung evo 970. I have bought a pcie card that can hold two drives at once, hoping that I could raid 0 them to gain more...- josecarrillo
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- drive dual mac pro nvme pcie
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Mac Pro
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iPhone 7/Plus iCloud to iCloud drive data...?
Hey guys! Lately, I'm struggling with migrating my info from my iPhone 4, my current phone (yes, 2010 FTW...), to my 7+, that is my new one. With all the photos and videos I haven't had trouble since I connected the old phone to the PC and downloaded them in a moment. I also have other apps in... -
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Benefits of Separating OS/Applications drive from Media drive
I’m looking to purchase a new iMac 2017 5K with 1tb of ssd for 4K video editing. Because the source files of the projects I will be working on will be below 500gb for any given project, I would like to utilize the fast internal nvme as an active media drive AND OS/Application drive (I will...
