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I have decided I don't want to deal with the bugs of linux and would like to go back to OS X. Sadly no matter what I do I cannot seem to get OS X to read the file system that linux uses. I tried formatting it but could not get it to work. After loads of googling I ave up and decided I would ask here.

Any ideas?

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  • What are you asking? Where is the linux volume? Did you format this volume? If so, what format did you use? You appear to have formatted a linux volume and now are trying to read the files? If so, the files are gone.
    – David Anderson
    Commented Jan 29, 2018 at 19:52
  • Like I said I tried formatting it and partitioning it but no matter what I did OS X refused to read the hard drive. It won't even show up in disk utility
    – Lilwiggy
    Commented Jan 29, 2018 at 19:55
  • Volumes are stored in partitions. Changing partitioning can destroy volumes. Formatting a partition creates a new volume with no files. All previous files will be removed. At this point are you just trying to reuse the drive?
    – David Anderson
    Commented Jan 29, 2018 at 20:04
  • Yes I am. I just wanna reinstall OS X.
    – Lilwiggy
    Commented Jan 29, 2018 at 20:18
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    Check out Apple's Support Article first, if you continue to have issues, please modify your question accordingly. You'll want to follow the directions under Or install from macOS Recovery
    – Scot
    Commented Jan 29, 2018 at 20:55

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Assuming your internal drive is not a Fusion drive, the following Terminal application command should setup your internal drive for an installation of macOS. You will need to run this command from macOS Internet Recovery. Or, if you are booted from an external drive.

diskutil  partitionDisk  disk0  1  GPT  JHFS+  "Macintosh HD"  R
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