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  1. purdnost

    Apple Notes Format Option Question

    I've just come across this formatting option in Apple Notes. Can anyone clarify what it's called and its purpose? When tapped, it applies a slight indentation to a line of text and adds a small gray vertical line to the left of it.
    • purdnost
    • Thread
    • box format gray indent line notes
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: iOS 17
  2. Alvin777

    Which APFS Do You Format Time Machine Disk With?

    Hi, which is the best APFS format is best for a Time Machine backup? Is it the: APFS, APFS (encrypted), APFS (case-sensitive), APFS (case-sensitive, encrypted)?
    • Alvin777
    • Thread
    • disk utility format time machine which apfs
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iMac
  3. L

    MacBook Air ‘15 formatted now can’t install OS

    i tried erasing my brother’s MacBook Ai, now it gives me the file with ? error when I turn it on, I go in recovery mode with cmd+R as it won’t let me do any of the other combinations. I then try to install Sierra and at -16 (or -360) seconds it gives me the error An error occurred while...
    • Liakos11
    • Thread
    • format format hd macbook air not installing
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  4. G

    Can't format ex. disk

    My old MBP crashed and I had to use a Mac air with a 128gb ssd. As I needed more space I opted for a 512 GB SD card (sands pro) I have my LR catalog of 92GB on this card. It always worked perfect and was reasonably fast. However about 4 days ago I could not open my LR catalog anymore as is said...
  5. C

    Unsure about which drives and volumes to format using Disk Utility

    Hello everyone, • I am using Disk Utility to format a brand new Toshiba external hard drive. • After selecting the option "Show All Devices", a new volume shows up just below the name of the disk, as if it was a sub-folder. • Which of the two is the one I should format? Both? Only one? Is...
  6. Alvin777

    How Do I Erase & Mount This Synthesized Drive?

    Hello, I have a Fusion Drive and run macOS Monterey. When I did a surface test on Windows BootCamp which was a mistake, I lost the SSD part of the Fusion Drive and I fresh installed macOS, I'm only running macOS on the Fusion Drive's 2TB hardisk. This was almost a year ago. I'm still trying to...
    • Alvin777
    • Thread
    • apple can't detect format fusion drive hardisk lost ssd won't mount
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: macOS
  7. M

    How to format a WD Red Plus 6TB NAS HDD drive as an external drive for Mac

    Hi. I just bought a WD Red Plus 6TB NAS drive. My intention is to use it as a normal storage disk with my MacBook Pro using an adapter to USB. I chose a NAS drive as they are supposed to have a superior build to "normal" drives. They for example include sensors to sense shaking in order to...
    • Max xk285
    • Thread
    • external drive format hdd does not mount hdd format nas nas drive not recognized wd nas wd red wd red plus
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  8. zastin17

    400K Floppy Drive Repair, Fails To Initialize 95% Of the Time! But IF successful, will boot from the disk reliably.

    So I recently Purchased a donor 400k drive to fix my Original 128K Macintosh Floppy drive. I transplanted the head, which the old ones 0 sensor arm got deformed by me, lol. Lubricated everything, and tried to format. Keep in mind, my zero sensors is wrong, I am not really focusing on that quiet...
  9. 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
  10. 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...
  11. P

    MAC OS cannot start up from this disk

    Hello nice people, Fisrt off forgive me if this is already a thread but i could not find any answers for this problem here. Now, I have an old macbook white 13" late 2009, I'm trying to reset it to factory settings because I want to give it away. I was running Mavericks 10.9.5 but I've already...
  12. A

    USB-Stick working under MacOS and Windows -> which Format? Help plz

    Hi guys, rookie to MacOS, coming from Windows. I am sittin in front of the new MBA and we bought a "SanDisk Dual Drive USB-C" 64GB from the Apple Store as well. It's got those two swivelling sides. I can't get it to work on both machines. Here's what we want to do: Put it into a...
    • AppleMango
    • Thread
    • format macos partition usb windows
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: macOS
  13. Chaitanya Goli

    How to Change The , Mac OS Extended ( external hard drive ) To NTFS format . WITHOUT LOSING THE DATA

    I have a hard drive with lot of important information in it . And i want to change the format from Mac OS Extended ( journaled ) to NTFS Without losing the data . and the datta is of 4tb . Can anyone help 😓😓
  14. Z

    best viewed specs on an iPad

    What is the optimal format and dimensions that must reencode a .dv format 720x576 video, in order to be viewed best on an iPad?
    • zoran
    • Thread
    • dimensions dv video format ipad specs
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Digital Video
  15. U

    iPhone Does DFU mode iOS install remove eSIM data plan?

    In iPhone XS and newer models having dual SIM (one eSIM), what happens to the data plan added to the eSIM if we format the iPhone and do a fresh install of iOS through DFU mode or other wise. Does the data plan installed on the eSIM go away and we have to install the data plan afresh.
    • uandme72
    • Thread
    • dfu mode esim format ios
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: iOS 13
  16. CocktailHour

    Format ext, Copy Files

    Hello! I'm running 10.13.6, and need to put my film on a Linux formatted drive so that a movie theater can play it. This means I need to format a thumbdrive for say, ext3, then mount it, and then use something like cp to copy the files over. Been searching all over, but only finding...
    • CocktailHour
    • Thread
    • dcp ext ext3 ext4 format format hd linux
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: macOS
  17. techno_telemann

    iPod How do I reformat a 6th gen iPod Classic to FAT32 on Mac?

    Trying to install Rockbox on my iPod using this guide for Mac. How can I accomplish this on Mac?
  18. L

    Hard drive format error on Macbook Pro 2012

    I have a mid 2012 Macbook pro, a few years ago I replaced the hard drive with an SSD and replaced the optical drive with the original hard drive that was in the computer using the OWC data doubler. It all worked well but then last week I started having problems with the secondary drive, whenever...
    • leonts2000
    • Thread
    • disk utility failure format hard drive macbook pro mid 2012 optical drive
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  19. M

    Machintosh HD is no longer APFS (Encrypted)

    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...
  20. tombarnes

    iPad Contacts: Phone Number format NIGHTMARE

    I've scoured the forums for an answer on this! My devices, MacBook Pro, iPhone and personal iPad have been all in harmony and working just fine for years. I've just started using iMessage and other iCloud functions on my separate work iPad. However, my work iPad formats all my phone numbers in...
    • tombarnes
    • Thread
    • contacts format icloud international ios ios 12 numbers phone number phone number change sync
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: iOS Apps and Apple Arcade
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