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  1. M

    HELP! I'm stuck after failed attempt at clean install of MacOS Catalina

    Over the years I've installed so much crapware on my computer that it just felt sluggish and contaminated to me, and I finally got up the nerve to do a clean install to start over again more 'minimalistically'. I've done clean installs many times in the past, but never on MacOS Catalina. After...
  2. 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?
  3. xxeyes

    Reformat iMac with OSX 10.6.8 and no disk / broken disk drive

    Our iMac running OSX 10.6.8 is extremely slow and out of storage space. Furthermore, newer web browsers and programs won't run on our very outdated operating system anymore. I don't have the original install disks and even if I could find them, the disk drive has been broken for years. Would...
    • xxeyes
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    • imac os x 10.6.8 reformat
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  4. E

    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...
  5. motulist

    Clean install Android OS?

    I switched to Android about a year ago and it's been great, but I did lots of noob things to it along the way. Now Android 7.0 is available for my device and I'd like to start the device all over from scratch. How do I completly reformat my storage and clean install the new OS?
  6. LillaK

    How can I reformat my external hard drive without losing data?

    Hi all :), With my previous laptops (PCs), I've always stored my data on an external hard drive. Now, I have a new MacBook Pro and all my data is still on that external HD. I realized soon that there's a little problem: can't move files from MacBook to external HD. Read about it and found that...
    • LillaK
    • Thread
    • data external hard drive macbook pro (13" late 2016) reformat time machine
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  7. fbx1989

    Screwed up 1TB Fusion drive 2017 iMac

    I was cleaning up the iMac (2017 27" 1 TB Fusion drive running Sierra) and somehow barfed the Fusion drive. I erased the partition (Macintosh HD). I tried to repartition the drive as 2 partitions and got never-ending beachball and had to shut down machine to get out. Now the Fusion drive shows...
    • fbx1989
    • Thread
    • 1 tb fusion fusion drive imac locked fusion drive reformat
    • Replies: 42
    • Forum: iMac
  8. 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
  9. KieranDotW

    Reformatting External HDD when Disk Utility does not respond?

    Hi, I have a 2tb Seagate External HDD divided into two 1tb expansions for backups and external storage, respectively. As of a few days ago I have been able to mount and access the external storage partition; however the backup partition does not mount. As a last ditch effort I'm considering...
  10. Sparky2012

    Reformatting Hard Drive, help please (without recovery disk)

    So I have done this before on my iMac but I am trying to help my sister do it as she is having several issues with her Macbook Pro 2011. What you do is you hold Cmd + R until the Apple Logo appears. Then click Disk Utility and then on the left, click the Macintosh HD Volume and click Erase...
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