Questions tagged [apfs]
A filesystem developed by Apple Inc first introduced in macOS Sierra 10.12 Developer Release and for public use in macOS High Sierra 10.13.
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Sparse disk image error 'No space left on device' while limit not reached
I created a sparse disk image of 400 GB with hdiutil command on an empty 500 GB external drive.
After I have attached the disk image, I copy data to it. After about 17 GB of data I get an error ...
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APFS vs HFS+ which is better for storage and music/videos creating/editing? [closed]
MBP M1 Ventura.
I use multiple external HDDs for storage /editing videos, photos, original music.
Should I convert them APFS or stick with HFS+?
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Fresh OS install + Data restore
I need to upgrade my OS, as well as fix the formatting of my main HDD (APFS is not ideal for HDDs).
Is it advisable for me to completely start over with a fresh OS install (Sonoma), and then restore ...
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Snapshots are too big and constantly fills my SSD!
I keep getting out of space warnings, and the only way to reclaim that is using Daisy Disk. Disk Utility always shows "resource busy". Some thoughts:
perhaps it's possible to decrease the &...
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Leveraging APFS snapshots for custom backup tool
I manage a few Linux servers, and in a few of them, if I want to perform backups, I can leverage filesystem snapshots. I.e. I can create a snapshot and then clone it to a second machine, thus ensuring ...
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How to modify the macOS 14 volume UUID?
The image below is from version 10.12 of macOS, where the volume is in JHFS+ format.
This same UUID can be obtained by entering commands in a Terminal application window, as shown below.
$ diskutil ...
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Mistakenly launched, but did't carry out an OS upgrade (Monterey>Sonoma). How do I get rid of the macOS installer boot menu item?
I'm running Monterey (with OCLP) on a Late 2012 Mac mini "Core i7" (Intel Ivy Bridge). The model identifier is Macmini6,2. The macOS upgrade got mistakenly launched from macOS System ...
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Receiving error when copying files to external APFS drive
I'm trying to copy a film project from external drive A (formatted with ExFAT) to external drive B (formatted with APFS).
This always results in an error message saying: "the item "name"...
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Create a local snapshot of an external drive in macOS
I'd like to backup my external drives to my NAS using rsync and not Time Machine, because I occasionally want to actually use these files on the remote server.
I'd like to create an APFS snapshot ...
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How can I mount a TimeMachine Backup snapshot in the Terminal via mount_apfs?
I backup my Apple Silicon Mac (running macOS Sonoma) to an external, directly attached drive via Time Machine.
All backup snapshots on that external drive I can list via
$ ls -1 /Volumes/.timemachine/...
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Remount encrypted APFS volume without explicitly providing password
It is possible to remount an HFS+/CoreStorage Logical Volume using diskutil mount diskXsY if keychain stores the password for that volume, but trying to remount an APFS Volume even though the password ...
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Where are the TimeMachine Backup snapshots in Terminal on macOS Ventura?
I have set up a new Apple Silicon Mac and attached an external drive as Time Machine.
The Time Machine drive I can see in Terminal as
$ ls -1 /Volumes
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And in Finder I can in the ...
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Undeleteable (dataless?) folder in MacOS: Permission denied, compressed chflag
I'm having a problem deleting a folder that was previously managed by Microsoft OneDrive.
The folder is called "WP". I already tried: sudo, disabling SIP, removing chflags.
❯ csrutil status
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Overallocation warning in First Aid in Recovery Mode for mid 2015 Macbook Pro on High Sierra
I have a 15” Intel Macbook Pro(mid 2015) on High Sierra.
No operation issues with laptop, but one day I ran First Aid and got the error that a volume in Macintosh HD could not be unmounted so the ...
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What's wrong with my disk and apfs volumes?
I'm learning/trying diskutil, newfs_apfs and other disk command on macOS.
My idea is actually this:
a) Create a 1 GiB container
b) Add 5 volumes of 200 MiB size in the 1 GiB container
I run these ...
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