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    Unrecoverable Partition, Mac APFS Disk Unmounted

    Suddenly i am unable to login with my normal user id, i booted into recovery trying to repair the disk but the disk utility are not showing my container. I then managed to installed the OS again on another apfs volume, everything working great until i notice my memory pressure shooting up to...
    • pohkl
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    • apfs disk format macbook mojave pro recover
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  2. Opry99er

    Making a SCSI drive bootable

    Hello fine folks. My Mac Plus has been upgraded to 4MB, the old SCSI drives are now safely recovered and archived, I have a working LocalTalk network set up with my eMac, and all is well in the land. I wanted to accomplish all these things before I went on to my next task: Retiring my two SCSI...
    • Opry99er
    • Thread
    • 68000 bless boot format hard drive plus scsi system 6 system folder
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Apple Collectors
  3. F

    Can't erase Time Machine partition

    So I did something stupid, meaning that I've unplugged an external drive during a Time Machine backup causing the partition with the backup to be corrupted. I can't mount it, erase it, or do basically nothing with it. It's not encrypted, yet, I have no idea of what to do with it. How can I...
  4. Lyrik

    Disk Partition Problem

    I used this common in terminal (diskutil partitionDisk disk2 GPT HFS+ newdisk R) from another post here to try to get my 1TB Toshiba External USB HD to work on both PC and Mac. I was trying to do this WITHOUT erasing any files on the drive. Not only did it repartition, it erased everything and...
  5. AjTee

    Resolved Apple Watch 4 - battery format - is it necessary ?

    Hello Guys, I have a question. Are there any special requirements to format Apple Watch 4 battery or can I just charge it when I want? Thx for your replies. Jacob
    • AjTee
    • Thread
    • apple watch series 4 battery charging format requirements
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Apple Watch
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    Formatting OWC Aura Pro X

    Hi, I'm new to this forum so I hope this post is okay. I just upgraded my mid 2014 Macbook Pro's SSD to a 240gb OWC Aura Pro X. All fine so far, now I need to format the drive. I have booted my mac holding down cmd opt R and have chosen option 4, disk utility. My question is: which disk do I...
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    2010 MBP A1278 Unmounted Disk?

    Hi folks, My girlfriend is working on selling her 2010 MBP. She had an issue where it would randomly restart, so we figured we'd try to format it and then go from there. I followed Apple's instructions here. In that process, the disk was unmounted, and, with it being an older MBP, there's not...
    • TheSlip
    • Thread
    • 2010 a1278 erase format mbp mount drive unmount hard drive
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    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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    Mac Mini 2012 SSD reformat & OS install for Logic Pro X

    Hi to all the good folks of Mac rumors! I've been reading up on Macs for music for a couple of years and recently decided to make the leap from PC based music production to Logic Pro X, and of course Mac. I bought a Mac Mini 2012 (i7 2.3GHz/16GB/1TB) with 1TB SSD as the sole drive. The Mac...
    • Ben456
    • Thread
    • apfs format logic pro x mac mini ssd
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac mini
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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)
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    formatting/partitioning hard drive

    hi I have a segate expansion portable hard drive 4TB, which I need formatted into MS-DOS(FAT) I have tried formatting but it is saying I only have 1.8TB available (should be 4TB), I think it may have a partition? (see image) is it possible to have one 4TB partition? if not how do I make...
  12. rdyornot

    iWork Numbers: Need help creating custom cell data format for software version numbers

    I posted this in the apple support forums, but thought i'd try here as well. I have a spread sheet that tracks changes in various versions of a program. Because of the way software is assigned version numbers i'm having a hard time finding a cell format that will: a) sort by version number...
    • rdyornot
    • Thread
    • custom data format iwork numbers
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  13. robertcoogan

    Cannot format new external drive

    I have tried to reformat a new WD 4TB external USB - it arrived NTFS (shocker). I at first tried to reformat the drive to AFPS, and that failed. The drive wouldn't even mount, and only appeared grayed out in Disk Utility (as disk4 - I have 3 mounted). Then I tried to reformat it JHFS+, that...
  14. alizxm

    SSD Stopped Working, Now it says "Disk is not readable" Please help.

    This is the first time I'm writing at any forums online in my life! So you can tell how desperate I am to get this issue fixed. I am somewhat in at the outset of a lawsuit and my SDD drive just stopped working. Here's a summary of what happened and what I did: I have a macbook pro mid 2012 and...
  15. seitsme

    What APFS type format for HSierra & mcb late2009

    hello, i just replaced my old hdd with a plextor SSD px-128m6pro on my macbook late 2009 which was under osx 10.6.x. i made a bootable usb with high sierra on it and when in open disk utility to format the ssd, i get a variety of APFS options such as encrypted, case sensitive, non case...
  16. bb426

    iMac G3 help!!

    Here’s my problem: while booted into OS X Tiger install disk (1/4), I cannot get Disk Utility to successfully recognize the new SSD I installed. It hangs with a spinning wheel. At times, it might display the manufacturer name of the SSD (OWC Mercury), but hangs still. I have to power the iMac...
    • bb426
    • Thread
    • disk utilty format imac g3 installation os 9 ssd tiger
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  17. admbmb

    How to remove DRM from .wma files?

    Hello, About 15 years ago I recorded a bunch of songs with an old band of mine. I still have the files, but they are .wma format. The problem is that at some point, Microsoft put DRM protection on these files, even though they're my own songs. Now I'm trying to convert them because they're...
    • admbmb
    • Thread
    • audio drm format high sierra music wma
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Digital Audio
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    Problem installing: cant format disk

    Bought myself a SSD today and formatted it using my Windows computer to make the Mac recognise the drive. First the drive was configured as MBR. Therefor I could not select the disk, even not after erasing it using Disk Utility. Then I converted the drive to GPT instead of MBR. Now I’m...
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    Reformatting SD card - Permissions Denied

    Hello! I am trying to put music on there new micro SDs I bought yesterday, but it won't let me. I read online that I should reformat them with Disk Utility, so I did and it worked with one of them but won't work on the other. I checked the permissions lock on the SD card converter and is is...
  20. pedrogiro

    Macbook Pro mid 2012 Samsung SSD problem

    I have a mid 2012 13 inch Macbook Pro and installed a Smasung EVO 850 SSD 250 GB disk replacing the HDD. I was able to format it correctly and install the MacOs through the internet recovery with no problems. Everything was working perfectly when a few weeks ago after a seamingly normal hard...
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