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nelsl

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Feb 14, 2019
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I am running MacOS 11.0.1 and have corrupted files in

/System/Volumes/Data/Library/InstallerSandboxes/.PKInstallSandboxManager

Is there a way to repair these files?

I have gone into timeMachine and tried to restore but with no success.


Thanks for the help.
 

chrfr

macrumors G5
Jul 11, 2009
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I am running MacOS 11.0.1 and have corrupted files in

/System/Volumes/Data/Library/InstallerSandboxes/.PKInstallSandboxManager

Is there a way to repair these files?

I have gone into timeMachine and tried to restore but with no success.


Thanks for the help.
What's the symptom of the problem you're having and how did you determine these files are corrupt?
 

nelsl

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Feb 14, 2019
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What's the symptom of the problem you're having and how did you determine these files are corrupt?
Tried to run Carbon Copy Cloner and it wouldn't clone because of these files. Drilled down to the folder with "show hidden folders" and I can see the last folder is red. I did do a Data Copy with CCC excluding this file and was successful. I want to do a clone that will allow to boot from the cloned drive.
 

Realityck

macrumors G4
Nov 9, 2015
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17,129
Silicon Valley, CA
Tried to run Carbon Copy Cloner and it wouldn't clone because of these files. Drilled down to the folder with "show hidden folders" and I can see the last folder is red. I did do a Data Copy with CCC excluding this file and was successful. I want to do a clone that will allow to boot from the cloned drive.
CCC at 5.1.23? Are you intel or M1 based? If M1 then that can't backup system volume. It has to do with APFS utility not working for M1 Big Sur users yet.
 

nelsl

macrumors newbie
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Feb 14, 2019
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Running the latest CCC on Intel Mac which now works for cloning entire drive including the system.
 

chrfr

macrumors G5
Jul 11, 2009
13,702
7,265
Tried to run Carbon Copy Cloner and it wouldn't clone because of these files. Drilled down to the folder with "show hidden folders" and I can see the last folder is red. I did do a Data Copy with CCC excluding this file and was successful. I want to do a clone that will allow to boot from the cloned drive.
The two Macs I have here which are on Big Sur have no files in that directory. They are not likely required to make a bootable clone.
 

nelsl

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Feb 14, 2019
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The two Macs I have here which are on Big Sur have no files in that directory. They are not likely required to make a
 

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nelsl

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Feb 14, 2019
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I can't open that file either, but do see a red marked folder. When I run CCC this is what comes up. So I know that there are problems in that folder.
 

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HDFan

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Tried to run Carbon Copy Cloner and it wouldn't clone because of these files.

So what was the error in Carbon Copy Cloner?

Have you tried contacting their support? It is excellent.
 

Realityck

macrumors G4
Nov 9, 2015
11,331
17,129
Silicon Valley, CA
Running the latest CCC on Intel Mac which now works for cloning entire drive including the system.
I saw this apple.stackexchange.com post against the /System/Volumes/Data/Library/InstallerSandboxes/.PKInstallSandboxManager

.PKInstallSandboxManager: Used for software updates and sandboxing.

If for some reason you reboot the Mac and the temporary files and temp folders are still bloated with who knows what, you can reboot into Safe Mode by rebooting the Mac and holding down the Shift key, this performs additional measurements to get rid of temporary files and caches, when the Mac has finished booting into Safe Mode, rebooting back, as usual, should get things in check as expected.
 

nelsl

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Feb 14, 2019
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I saw this apple.stackexchange.com post against the /System/Volumes/Data/Library/InstallerSandboxes/.PKInstallSandboxManager

.PKInstallSandboxManager: Used for software updates and sandboxing.

If for some reason you reboot the Mac and the temporary files and temp folders are still bloated with who knows what, you can reboot into Safe Mode by rebooting the Mac and holding down the Shift key, this performs additional measurements to get rid of temporary files and caches, when the Mac has finished booting into Safe Mode, rebooting back, as usual, should get things in check as expected.
Did not work.
 

ThisIs🐵

macrumors member
Jul 20, 2021
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Have you managed to solve that problem? If so, how?
I have a similar issue… :confused:
But these files in my case are taking up 80 GB of storage!
Please answer
 
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