Questions tagged [disk-utility]
Commonly used to refer to Disk Utility.app, an application included with OS X.
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macOS: How do I find which file on an APFS disk is associated with a specific `doc-id` and/or `file-id`?
I am on macOS 14.5 with APFS formatted SSD. Disk Utility always reports the same error: error: doc-id tree: record exists for doc-id 1341220, file-id 8567077 but no inode references this doc-id.
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Missing partition on disk utility for Mac. How to find it and revert it back to Mac?
A while back, I partitioned my Mac SSD, but never got around to installing an OS. Now when I go to disk utility, I cannot find the partition. Has anyone faced this before and what can I do?
There is ...
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free space not appearing in disk utility + multiple free spaces showing up in diskutil
I recently tried to install asahi linux on my mac, but I installed the wrong version, so I used disk utility and wiped the partition, I then did a series of actions which i do not remember the ...
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Average/General RAID 0 "Chunk Size"?
EDIT: this got closed as being "opinion based". i disagree! the facts are, i have to choose one of five Chunk Size options when creating a RAID on Mac. i don't know which size to choose for ...
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How to make APFS snapshot tidemark smaller?
I want to install Windows on another partition, so I want to shrink it, but Disk Utility says that I can't resize, because of the snapshot tidemark, but I have more than 100GB free space, and the ...
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How to make recognise an improperly ejected disk?
Earlier, the external backup disk was not mounting on my Macbook automatically after plugging in to USB-C port via an adaptor for USB. It wasn't in the disk list in Finder.
I succeeded to mount from ...
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Unable to Launch Partition
I have deleted Linux partition from my drive and now I cannot see it, only empty drive.
After typing diskutil list:
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
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How does modern disk image software make accurate images of drives in use?
In the old days, if I wanted to image a drive in Windows, in it needed to be unmounted. Which for the system drive usually meant using a boot disk or rebooting into a "stub" that loaded ...
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diskgenuis shows two partitions sized 450MB on a 500GB disk that is unreadable
I have a 500GB external disk that suddenly stopped working with error "the disk structure is corrupted and unreadable". chkdsk can't continue. IN disk genuis, i see the following:
I am ...
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Is it possible to check for bad sectors (read error) for a disk with unknown partitions?
Windows shows that the partition style is GPT, but of course, it does not recognise the partitions because it has Linux partitions. In this case, can I check the disk for physical read errors? I mean ...
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Why I have multiple PFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data and how to deal with it
I own MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) with macOS Catalina version 10.15.7 (19H15).
The device underwent two liquid split repair services, after each I setup it from what looked to me as factory settings ...
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Does Linux; Does Windows 10? XP? DOS? auto write-to/modify a second drive when connected/mounted?
Have HDDs in vintage computers, and in PVRs etc. And use/have Mac/Linux/Windows machines.
On occasion would like to use various drive utilities or SMART reporting tools only available to me on one OS, ...
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How to convert HFS+ partition to APFS on Mac?
After struggling with deleting Ubuntu from my Mac alongside with macOS, after deleting EFI volume it became free and unused. How can I convert it to APFS again and include that in my HD storage?
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USB flash drive not formatting
I'm currently trying to format a usb drive to be used as a Win10 home boot drive.
It has previously been a Fedora workstation and Fedora Server boot drive.
I used the DISKPART utility in the windows ...
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Brand new SDcard not formatting (Mac)
Been pulling my hair out on this one.
Have a brand new Sandisk 32GB Extreme Plus SDCard. I've been trying to get an image on it to work (for my Raspberry Pi 4). When I bought it, I used balenaEtcher ...
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