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External SSD Space Disappearing - Ghost Volumes?
Monterey 12.6 iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020) 3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7 72 GB 2133 MHz DDR4 I have two external USB-C M.2 SSDs. They are 2 Tb each. Both have the same issue -- They have approx. 1 TB of space missing. See the first image below. To clarify, I've never partitioned these...- ItsAShaunParty
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- external ssd formatting
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- Forum: macOS Monterey (12)
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Wiping external HDD's with Apple Disk Utility not working
I've been trying to wipe several HFS+ formatted external HDD's with Apple Disk Utility, but it's not working. The drives were in working order before attempting erasure (in preparation to donate the drives to a non-profit). They still mount, but they began the erase procedure for about an...- bear_in_mind
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- big sur 11.7 disk utility external drive formatting hfs+ security & privacy
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- Forum: macOS
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Is there any way to stop auto-formatting in Numbers?
This has been driving me nuts for a while: I have a sheet with a whole column set to the Data Format "Currency". But whenever I actually enter any amount it automatically changes the Data Format to "Number". This really quite ridiculous. Is there any way to make the Data Format stick? -
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MacBook Air A2179. PDF loses formatting when converted from .docx
So I-m working from the OneDrive, then I saved it, then exported as pdf but when exported the images get all messed up. The font doesn't change. What can I do? I don't see where to change settings to this bs. help -
Secure formatting takes centuries
Hello, I am formatting some old 2Tb USB drives by Disk Utility on max. security. Well, it takes more than 24h a piece .... Any idea if this is better than formatting to the minimum and then filling up with trash-text (meaningless data)? ;JOOP!- Sciuriware
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- disk-utility formatting
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- Forum: macOS Big Sur (11)
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Formatting memory card alternative method
I read around that formatting your memory card will shorten its life. When I transfer my photos to Photos (or to any other program I use) and I choose to delete after transferring, it does not completely delete the photos on the card and on my camera it leaves a ghost file unreadable . I figured...- katbel
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- formatting memory card sony a6400
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- Forum: Photography
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How To Make Footnote Spill Over To Next Page (Pages.app)
Originally asked on StackExchange: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/431822/how-to-continue-footnote-across-multiple-pages-in-a-pages-document (TLDR: Basically I just want to figure out how to make a footnote carry over / spill over to the next page in Pages.app. Read below for...- slylandro_probe
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- formatting pages app word processing
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- Forum: Mac Apps
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Hack Apple Mail to modify the default text formatting?
Hello, Longtime reader, first post here. Niche question! I’m sure the answer is no, but please think about it for a second :) I’ve been wondering for years: is it possible to edit the default formatting in Mail? I hate the way Mail formats bulleted lists and I’d like to change that. Can we... -
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Unable to encrypt MicroSD card
I have a Sandisk Extreme 128GB, my intention is to use for my music library on Macbook Pro (Mojave). I would prefer to use it encrypted but have run into issues with disk utility. The option to partition is greyed out in disc utility and the option to encrypt in Finder is not there at all...- 123jsc
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- disc utility formatting micro sd
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Possible to re-format APFS to HFS+?
I formatted an SSD destined to become my new High Sierra boot disk as APFS, not realizing that HFS would have been fine. Is there any way I can re-format this drive to HFS+? They ought to issue a warning before formatting a drive as APFS, to the effect that Disk Util can re-format HFS as APFS... -
Disk Utility 10.14.2 can not umount
Since installing 10.14.2, I can no longer format volumes to APFS: Disk Utility fails to umount the volume. Even after stopping each and every thinkable process, it hangs in the umount phase. Quickly trying on my 10.14.1 MacBook was successful. Bug? Waiting for 10.14.3 etc. etc. .......... ;JOOP!- Sciuriware
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- apfs disk utility formatting
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- Forum: macOS Mojave (10.14)
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Half of my HD disappeared after formatting
I have a late 2013 Mac Book pro with a 500GB HD. I needed to downgrade my OS from High Sierra to El Capitan. After doing this, I began installing all the software I use back on it an noticed my hard drive was now 250GB. diskutil cs list returned this drive as being 250GB and another partition... -
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2008 iMac with unformatted Evo 860
A friend of mine who is a Pc repair guy with not much Mac experience replaced my dead HD in an early 08 iMac with a Samsung Evo 860 SSD. We did not format the disc. When I try to boot from old install discs I just get the folder with ? mark. I tried to boot from a bootable drive I made by... -
Trying to create a backup from External Drive A (exFAT) to External Drive B (Mac OS ExtendJournaled)
Hi! I need some help in deciding on how to go about in creating a back up of my hard drive. I would REALLY appreciate any help!! Scenario: -I have a desktop external HD WD MyBook 4TB (Let's call this HD-A) that I used to store all of my work and images -This drive is formatted as an exFAT...- Kento726
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- exfat external hard drive formatting partitioning timemachine
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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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...- emilyrae
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- deny format formatting ms-dos music reformat sd card sd card reader
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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what format for secondary harddrive Mac Os High Sierra Beta Macbook Pro
hie there i would like to know regarding format on my secondary harddrive on my macbook pro.At this moment my main ssd drive is on APFS format & my secondary drive im using 2TB Seagate Firecuda SSHD...should i format the SSHD into APFS too like my main ssd drive or just leave it as it is Mac...- khaidir77
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- apfs formatting mac os high sierra mac os journaled macbook pro partitioning ssd sshd
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- Forum: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
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ExFAT formatted SD card not recognizing space
I'm trying to Homebrew my Nintendo Wii, and a 2 GB or under SD card is required. However, the Wii will also recognize 4 GB cards if enough junk is put on it. I'm attempting to do this with my Optima 4GB SD Card on Mac OS X, El Capitan (v. 10.11.6). After formatting it to ExFAT, I put a 1.28 GB... -
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Word 2011 for Mac Question
I run Word 2011 on a MacBook Pro (OS X Yosemite). In a .docx file, I want to begin page numbering with page 1 starting on the third page of the document. While I have had partial success by inserting a section break following the second page of the document, I cannot remove the page numbering... -
Cannot install Snow Leopard on a certain HD
Hello, I really hope you can help a newbie! I have two internal hard drives on my ancient Mac pro 2008. One I want to keep with Yosemite, but the other I want to reinstall Snow Leopard on, so i can run FCP 7 without the problems I have running it with Yosemite. I have erased the drive, so there...- aliyajade
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- disk utility formatting hard drive partition partitioning snow leopard
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Revitalize 2011 HDD by formatting?
The 2TB HDD in my 2011 iMac has been spinning for 5 years now and I am very aware that the chances of failure are increasing. Since some months I am booting from an external SSD via Thunderbolt which works great. The HDD was 99% filled with pictures in Aperture libraries (which were back up-ed...
