not working here, Mac mini Server (Mid 2011)
To those who use Mojave on APFS file system, I have managed to "fix" the APFS Recovery Volume to make it bootable with CMD+R and mainly with USB input devices responsive, working wifi and everything else, just follow next steps, boot from a Mojave APFS Volume, launch Terminal and type:
diskutil apfs list
{locate your "APFS Recovery Volume" diskXs3 [for an internal "APFS Container" is typically mounted on disk1s3]}
diskutil mount diskXs3
open /Volumes/Recovery
landing on Finder, double tap on the "random-numbers-letters" folder, once inside rename these files:
prelinkedkernel into prelinkedkernelbackup
immutablekernel into immutablekernelbackup
PlatformSupport.plist into PlatformSupportbackup
Don't close Finder yet, once you renamed those 3 files, press CMD+N, then from this new Finder Window press CMD+SHIFT+G (or use "Go to Folder"): /System/Library/PrelinkedKernels/
while inside this path copy the file prelinkedkernel into the previous Finder Window, exactly were you renamed those 3 files, lastly rename this fresh copied file from prelinkedkernel to immutablekernel
Now you have a working APFS Recovery Volume.
edit:
On APFS scheme the "APFS Recovery Volume" is always on the 3rd (hidden) partition.
THANKS !
But not working here too on Imac 10,1.
yet all my partition shema is APFS ( 2 Internal SSD)
My boot drive is
Samsung SSD
Any idea ?
diskutil apfs list
APFS Containers (2 found)
|
+-- Container disk2 37D8A16C-697A-445F-A036-25581E864153
| ====================================================
| APFS Container Reference: disk2
| Size (Capacity Ceiling): 249849593856 B (249.8 GB)
| Capacity In Use By Volumes: 141923258368 B (141.9 GB) (56.8% used)
| Capacity Not Allocated: 107926335488 B (107.9 GB) (43.2% free)
| |
| +-< Physical Store disk0s2 59811FB6-09E0-4ABB-96FA-B24C99000F06
| | -----------------------------------------------------------
| | APFS Physical Store Disk: disk0s2
| | Size: 249849593856 B (249.8 GB)
| |
| +-> Volume disk2s1 0608AF9E-CDC3-4D01-8520-ED1DD50C8D22
| | ---------------------------------------------------
| | APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s1 (No specific role)
| | Name: Samsung SSD (Case-insensitive)
| | Mount Point: /
| | Capacity Consumed: 141238292480 B (141.2 GB)
| | FileVault: No
| |
| +-> Volume disk2s2 2768D573-F7CB-4089-8450-0AF0E07058BA
| | ---------------------------------------------------
| | APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s2 (Preboot)
| | Name: Preboot (Case-insensitive)
| | Mount Point: Not Mounted
| | Capacity Consumed: 9732096 B (9.7 MB)
| | FileVault: No
| |
| +-> Volume disk2s3 1A6041BE-D1BB-4B21-A42E-2C4C529E6326
| | ---------------------------------------------------
| | APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s3 (Recovery)
| | Name: Recovery (Case-insensitive)
| | Mount Point: Not Mounted
| | Capacity Consumed: 536891392 B (536.9 MB)
| | FileVault: No
| |
| +-> Volume disk2s4 5EB78781-79AA-4109-BDC4-E2F7002ED7F2
| ---------------------------------------------------
| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s4 (VM)
| Name: VM (Case-insensitive)
| Mount Point: /private/var/vm
| Capacity Consumed: 20480 B (20.5 KB)
| FileVault: No
|
+-- Container disk3 794C6862-5095-48D6-9A13-C6AF119FD8F0
====================================================
APFS Container Reference: disk3
Size (Capacity Ceiling): 274854445056 B (274.9 GB)
Capacity In Use By Volumes: 221975134208 B (222.0 GB) (80.8% used)
Capacity Not Allocated: 52879310848 B (52.9 GB) (19.2% free)
|
+-< Physical Store disk1s2 57542241-EAB8-4161-BF14-E2AA86016E7C
| -----------------------------------------------------------
| APFS Physical Store Disk: disk1s2
| Size: 274854445056 B (274.9 GB)
|
+-> Volume disk3s1 3C5707EA-6F54-4F63-9CE4-620850C228FB
| ---------------------------------------------------
| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk3s1 (No specific role)
| Name: Macintosh SSD (Case-insensitive)
| Mount Point: /Volumes/Macintosh SSD
| Capacity Consumed: 221286653952 B (221.3 GB)
| FileVault: No
|
+-> Volume disk3s2 F4D7A65C-1A04-4071-9EBD-D618F5235772
| ---------------------------------------------------
| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk3s2 (Preboot)
| Name: Preboot (Case-insensitive)
| Mount Point: Not Mounted
| Capacity Consumed: 18886656 B (18.9 MB)
| FileVault: No
|
+-> Volume disk3s3 38311B91-9E09-427F-9DA6-B13E6E996C24
| ---------------------------------------------------
| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk3s3 (Recovery)
| Name: Recovery (Case-insensitive)
| Mount Point: Not Mounted
| Capacity Consumed: 528928768 B (528.9 MB)
| FileVault: No
|
+-> Volume disk3s4 322BFAB2-8E8F-4AEE-9630-1ABC6B49AC8A
---------------------------------------------------
APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk3s4 (VM)
Name: VM (Case-insensitive)
Mount Point: Not Mounted
Capacity Consumed: 20480 B (20.5 KB)
FileVault: No
