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hdd issues

  1. EmilioCube

    Cube stuck on Boot Screen (takes 15 minutes to get there)

    When I try powering on my Cube, it chimes and after ~1 minute, the Apple logo appears and the circle spins. Until now it just seemed like a normal, but slow boot, but the Cube stays at that screen for 15 minutes, then the screen turns blue and the white box with Apple logo and "appears but the...
  2. F

    27" iMac (Late 2012) Blade SSD Upgrade Question

    So first things first I have already performed the upgrade and all is well with one exception. Prior to performing the upgrade I did not decouple the fusion drive. I've since read that was a good first step...now the machine doesn't detect the HDD. It only detects the new blade SSD. I've...
    • Flipme
    • Thread
    • blade ssd fusion upgrade hdd issues imac (27" late 2012) ssd
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iMac
  3. M

    New Hard Drive

    The hard drive in my old MacBook Pro died recently and so I replaced it with a brand-new 480 gig SSD. When I tried to boot the old darling back up again, it first of all started some sort of Internet download and then stopped after a while with an Error 501. I shut it down again and tried to...
  4. T

    'Macintosh HD' missing in internet recovery mode disk utility

    Hi, My Macbook Pro (2012 i think, it came with Lion OS) crashed last night. I've accessed the internet recovery mode (command option r) and entered the Disk Utility. Only "disk0" and a sub-item "Mac OS X Base System are present in the left panel. When i type "diskutil cs list" into terminal it...
  5. H

    Need Help: 4TB internal HDD not working inside iMac 24

    Hi. Anybody have experience with using a 4TB internal HDD in the iMac 24? If so, what brand and model drive did you use? I need help with a puzzling 4TB HDD issue in my early-2009 iMac 24 (iMac9,1; OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard; 8GB RAM). I'm trying to replace the original 1TB internal HDD with a...
    • HardBoiled92
    • Thread
    • 2009 imac hdd does not mount hdd issues imac 24 sata
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: iMac
  6. I

    Extremely slow data transfer speed on USB DASD after macOS update

    I have an older model of LaCie 2TB USB 2.0 desktop drive. The speed of data transfer to/from this drive dropped from about 12MB/sec to about 1MB/sec after (is this the reason?) macOS Sierra was updated from 10.12.5 to 10.12.6 version on my Mac. Some additional info: While transferring files...
  7. J

    IMAC internal hard drive cant partition

    I'm planning to reformat my imac but my pc's telling me that I can't partition it. Can someone help me fix this issue? Here is the screenshot of my error. Thanks.
    • jwlayug
    • Thread
    • hdd issues osx reformat update os
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: macOS
  8. C

    Hard Drive acting weird + login issue

    Hi, I have different questions that are probably linked to the same problem. Last night when turning on my laptop, i had an unusual login request where it asked my login and password, and couldn't recognize my usual password. I have then searched the forum to look for similar problems and...
  9. PliSsK

    Internal HDD ejects itself / 'disappears'

    The original 1TB HDD on my early 2008 8,1 iMac seems to be ejecting itself / disappearing when I am using Time Machine to save a large back up to it. The drive is about 8 years old and has been used daily for the first 6.5 years. It has spend 1.5 yrs in storage and was recently reinstalled into...
    • PliSsK
    • Thread
    • hdd issues internal drive for backup
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iMac
  10. jwatters579

    MacBook Pro (2012 Non Retina) running slow after swapping HDD

    Has anyone experienced this? I swapped the HD out of my iMac to my Macbook Pro. Both systems were running at a good speed prior. Once I did the swap, I noticed the Macbook was running slower (more color pinwheels, slower speeds trying to complete tasks, etc). Would it be a good thing to do a...
    • jwatters579
    • Thread
    • hdd issues macbook pro 13 non retina os sierra performance issue replacement
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  11. C

    Hard Drive diagnostics needed

    I have been noticing a slow down on my 2011 iMac also have had to force quit applications and reboot to stop the spinning ball. I am considering reloading but would like to verify I don't have a HDD failing. I am a PC tech and would usually just run sea tools for windows or other OEM test. I...
  12. M

    Could I have corrupted my HD during an OS install?

    Hi all, I just acquired a 2nd-hand Macbook Pro from 2012, and during setup it was v. slow, and kept freezing during spotlight indexing - disk utility told me the HD could not be repaired without formatting the drive. So I did this, and ran a repair which now said the HD was OK. I was able to...
  13. neasuciu

    iMac 20' early 2008 - HDD problem?

    Hi, guys! I have an issue with my oldest Apple Machine. About a week ago a few apps wont start. Also the booting time was about 3 to 5 minutes. And it had a noise, like something was forcing hardware up to the limit. Although Activity Monitor said that the Processor was at least 50% free and the...
    • neasuciu
    • Thread
    • hdd issues imac 2008
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: iMac
  14. MrAverigeUser

    A very good Video about ribbon cable issues….

    Instead of posting the url again and again for people having issues with it, I will post this here with the tags needed to automatically find it. Hope this is ok for the moderators. If not, just delete the Thread. (Disclaimer: I am neither the author of the video nor someone near to him. I just...
    • MrAverigeUser
    • Thread
    • beachball disk failure hdd failure hdd issues mbp mbp unstable ribbon cable ssd failure ssd issues
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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