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  1. Timnerney

    Macbook pro mid-2012 sata replacement

    I recently replaced my Mac standard HD with a western digital, worked perfect for ~3 months. Last night I got a flashing ? On boot. I tried recovery and disk utility but my disk isn't showing up at all. I ordered a replacement data cable to try that before I go broke in the apple repair shop. My...
  2. Z

    ? VERY long Time Machine back-up ?

    Hi guys, How long should 600 GB of data take to backup on an external hard drive? My Time Machine says 22h, encrypted! Is this normal, or maybe my external hard drive is somehow slow? It's a new Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim 2Tb, USB 3.0. Curious to hear from you. I have a 2012...
  3. gareo1mac

    Not Enough Space iPhone Backup to iTunes

    I need to get a new iPhone, and I need to do a full iTunes backup to my computer (of my current iPhone) in order to restore everything correctly on my new phone (right?). But my laptop does not have enough storage space. How can I get around this issue and do a full backup to an external hard...
    • gareo1mac
    • Thread
    • backup cloud hard drive iphone itunes backup storage space
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iPhone
  4. Olivia23

    27" iMac Black Screen

    Today is the 2nd time my 27" imac has crashed to a black screen with just a cursor showing. Last time it crashed I was able to restore everything just fine. This time when I was trying to restore, somehow my hard drive went missing. I called apple support which I should have done from the...
    • Olivia23
    • Thread
    • 27 imac black screen hard drive missing
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iMac
  5. bboypwr07

    Help please! recovery hd locked and i cant reinstall or unmount the disks

    hello! please anyone can help me. I have the same problem! recovery HD its locked and I can't reinstall os. I try all the commands that you guys give. nothing work please help!! If it helps I have all my passwords!
    • bboypwr07
    • Thread
    • hard drive locked hd reinstall unable to boot from usb unable to unmount
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  6. F

    Thunderbolt only works after restart

    I've got a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) running 10.11.6 (El Capitan) and every time I need to use the thunderbolt ports on the mac I have to restart the computer Is this a new problem? Is there any way of solving this? I already tried with thunderbolt hard drives and thunderbolt to...
    • FranciscoPT
    • Thread
    • el capian hard drive macbook 13" peripherals restart thunderbolt thunderbolt 2
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  7. C

    I erased the wrong drive

    I want to sell my old iMac, so I tried to erase my hard drive. I started it using Internet Recovery. However, instead of selecting the SATA Internal Physical Volume, I selected the Internal Physical Disk and hit "Erase". It seems to have screwed things up. The SATA Volume is now grayed out and...
    • clauditorium
    • Thread
    • erase hard drive restore
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: iMac
  8. F

    chflags nohidden in USB Hard Drive

    Hi all, I've recently inherited an iPod classic with thousands of songs on it, and to make sure I didn't lose it's contents, I've moved all the hidden audio files onto my Seagate 1TB drive. I'd rather not have all the hidden files on my mac be showing, so I've looked towards the 'chflags...
  9. J

    HELP with Time Machine Backup Please!!

    I'm in dire need of some help. Is there anyway to get past having to enter my password to access my external hard drive that I have connected to Time Machine? I used it to backup some files last year and the password I use for everything isn't working to unlock the hard drive. Is there a way...
    • jrj23
    • Thread
    • external hard drive help macbook osx restore sierra time machine
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
  10. Taj Armstrong

    Using Thunderbolt storage as Windows startup disk

    Hi guys, I'm using a 2014 iMac Retina with a 1TB Fusion Drive. I like to upgrade my Mac to include more than 120GB of SSD storage, so at first I looked at replacing the internal hard drive. The 68-step iFixit guide mat it seem like a pretty risky procedure, and I'm now wondering if you can use...
  11. P

    iMac 14.2 clicking noise

    Hello MacRumors! I just purchased an used iMac 14.2; 27", i5 3.4 GHz quad core, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD and nVidia GTX 775m 2 GB. It came with Apple Care lasting till April of next year (2017) to a reasonable price. It makes a weird clicking noise but not like loud clicks but more like old modems...
    • pmouritz
    • Thread
    • clicking noise hard drive imac problem
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iMac
  12. beellllaa

    Help!! OS Sierra may have corrupted my HD??

    Hi everyone, I finally became so annoyed by the little notification telling me to update to sierra that I finally stopped binge watching doctor who and hit install. I seriously wish I hadn't at this point. This was last night, I figured, okay, click install, let it reboot while you're making...
  13. C

    Macbook can't recognize external HD after updating to OS Sierra

    I feel like this always happens. But every time I update to the most recent OS for the macbook, my macbook is unable to recognize my external HD. So my only choice is to go on my brother's windows computer and transfer all of my files and then reformat the whole HD so that my macbook can read it...
    • cireual510
    • Thread
    • editing external drive hard drive os sierra photo editing photo editor photo import photography update os video
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  14. T

    Incorrect Block Counts after deleting files

    Some weird hard drive issue I've noticed in the past few weeks. After I ran a disk utility check on my hard drive, the system reported incorrect block counts related to files I just deleted. I ran the repair feature of disk utility and it successfully repaired the volume. I ran another disk...
  15. A

    External Hard Drive shows in Disk Utility but cannot repair or verify

    I have a WD external HD. When I plug it in, i get the error message: "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer.", with only the options to ignore or eject, NO OPTION TO INITIALIZE. It doesn't show in desktop, but it does in Disk Utility. I have no options to verify or repair the...
  16. A

    iMac Fusion Drive Failure?! Data Recovery Help Needed!

    I have a BTO iMac 27" from late 2013. A few months ago I realised that it would always seem to crash and restart itself whenever I put it to sleep for periods longer than a few hours (I have since been told that this behaviour is inherent to a failing hard drive). And then two weeks ago, when I...
  17. aliyajade

    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...
  18. baryon

    External HDD only mounts after 20 minutes of whirring, is it dying?

    I'm using a 2TB Samsung (Model: HD204UI) 3.5 inch hard drive in a Sharkoon QuickPort Duo USB 3 dock, and most of the time it works fine, it's fast, no problems. I use it to back up another external drive with a little app called Backup Buddy, so it's not the end of the world if it dies. I just...
    • baryon
    • Thread
    • disk faliure disk utility fsck_hfs hard drive hdd hfs journaling mounting
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: macOS
  19. Floradora

    No entry sign at boot, no ideas left

    Hello, I was using chrome on my MacBook when it suddenly crashed and rebooted to a no entry sign. I've since tried to restart in safe and recovery mode, but I get the same again. I've searched the forums, and can't figure out how I could find out more. Do you have any ideas I could try...
  20. Harry Hobbs

    External hard drive Icons.

    Just bought a hard drive, when i first used it, both partitions had this icon: Then I had to format the partition, now it looks like a standard icon, Is there a way to make it go back to the original design? I know its petty but the difference between the two is annoying me.
    • Harry Hobbs
    • Thread
    • hard drive icon lacie drive
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
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