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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How can I merge primary APFS partition with other empty/free space APFS partition?
I am using MacOS Mojave. Below is the diskutil output
There is 150 GB of free Space. After executing the resize command, I am seeing Error 69519. How do I merge the free space with disk0s2?
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Resize APFS partition in Mojave
I'm attempting to resize a partition that's too small for my needs. Here's the output from diskutil list:
~> diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal):
#: TYPE NAME ...
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200GB unused, but can't change APFS container size due to minimum requirement
I want to create a partition with a different filesystem but in order to do that I need to resize my APFS container.
This container has 292,4 GB used space. Its minimum size is 500,07 GB.
This ...
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External drive APFS encryption secure?
I just erased a newly purchased external USB disk using the Disk Utility program and set it to use the file system APFS Encrypted. I entered a strong password and the whole process took about a minute,...
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ERROR -69620 on APFS encrypted disk
I have an external hard disk encrypted by APFS
$ sudo diskutil apfs list
APFS Containers (2 found)
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+-- Container disk1 ...
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+-- Container ERROR -69808
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How do I fix hard disk “Error: -69845: File system verify or repair failed”
How can I resolve the Error: -69845: File system verify or repair failed error I'm getting when trying to verify my hard drive?
So far these are the steps I've taken:
In Terminal I ran:
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APFS Container corrupt after resizing Boot Camp partition from Windows
I have a bad problem. I shrunk my APFS volume from 850 GB to 750 GB so that I can expand my NTFS Boot Camp Volume from 150 GB to 250 GB. After shrinking everything worked fine.
Then I started Boot ...
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Yet another corrupted partition table on macOS Mojave
I've seen a couple of posts on here addressing similar issues. Since I don't have in-depth understanding of what went wrong I have to describe what happened in my case and hope you'll help me. Thanks.
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Mac startup drive vanished after hard reset
The machine in question is a 2015 model 5K iMac running Mojave. It has a fusion drive that had a partition for OS X and a partition for Bootcamp running Windows 7.
I went to restart and it seemed to ...
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Time Machine snapshots become dataless
Why are my Time Machine local snapshots appearing "healthy" in the Terminal window and then a few hours later, the same snapshots are suffixed with "dataless". Then, no more snapshots are added. I ...
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What data repair and recovery options exist for a missing APFS Volume?
I am using an OWC Envoy Pro enclosure with an Apple Samsung SSD out of a 2015 MacBook Air. It's plugged into a 2017 iMac 27".
The External SSD) randomly gets ejected and as a result of this random ...
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Has Apple finally included APFS support for traditional hard drives in the latest update for macOS 10.13.1?
macOS High Sierra comes with a new file system APFS, now according to official notes APFS for now only supports modern SSDs.
My Mac runs on a traditional rotational hard drive and according to Apple ...
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Mac randomly crashes, main boot volume disappears
Retina Macbook from 2017 running Mojave here.
Every few days, my mac suddenly and randomly freezes (sometimes at times without user input) and crashes. When it tries to boot again, it fails and ...
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How can I convert a case-sensitive APFS partition into a case-insensitive one?
I want to convert my case-sensitive partition to case-insensitive on MacOS Mojave
The only solutions I've found is iPartition (which is discontinued) and ideas on how to do this for HFS.
Does ...
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135GB of Hidden Space + Snapshot Metadata Tree Invalid error in Disk First Aid
I have a serious problem with "Hidden Space" eating up my hard drive.
I'm running High Sierra on a mid-2013 MacBook Air "Core i7" with a 500gb ssd.
The last few weeks, something has to been ...
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Macbook 260GB Missing, bootcamp broken after cloning drive
I'm having some serious problems after updating my SSD from 240GB to 500GB (2012 MBP). First of all, I've lost the size difference on the new disk - it's now only 240GB even though Disk Utility shows ...
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How to delete all local TimeMachine snapshots
I have automatic backup enabled and local TimeMachine snapshots take a large amount of disk space. This space is listed as purgeable in disk info, but cannot be actually used until the system decides ...
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How to rebuild a GUID partition table in a APFS file system SSD?
I looked at other answers for similar questions but not one works for me (maybe because the APFS).
I have an external 1 TB SSD with two APFS volumes. Somebody plug my hard drive into a Windows 10 PC ...
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Is it possible to roll back to the last saved version of a file in mojave?
I am not sure if I read that APFS functionality correctly but I have read that Mojave stores a kind of file time machine and that I could browse previous versions of files on the filesystem.
I was ...
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Recovering GPT from a failed Mojave upgrade
Background: My partner decided to upgrade her work iMac to Mojave. Apparently, towards the end of the process, it hung on a black screen, said an error had occurred and would try to recover. It cycled ...
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Mojave requires OS reinstall on restart or power on. MACH Reboot type 14 = page fault. Screenshot
SPECS:
Computer: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) MacBookPro11,3.
Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
HD: 1 TB APPLE SSD SM1024F Apple_APFS
GRAPHICS: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB Intel Iris Pro ...
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What is the correct way to eject a APFS dmg from the command line?
Create a APFS DMG using Apple's Disk Utility application and call it test_apfs.dmg.
One can mount it with:
hdiutil attach -plist ~/Desktop/test_apfs.dmg
which provides the following output:
<?...
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Cannot boot APFS Volume after time machine restore
First time i've seen this, but had a kernel panic from an installation, so booted into recovery, did a time machine restore. The log says it completed successfully, but upon boot I get the message: "...
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Repair Drive with Broken Partition Map
I recently had help repairing my APFS SSD after the format was set to FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF. The solution in this thread worked in the sense that I was able to access the contents of ...
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Mounting volume while in Recovery Mode keeps rebooting
My computer crashed while editing a video with Final Cut. I have been unable to boot up since then - the OS crashes immediately after typing my password at the login screen and reboots.
I’ve been ...
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Spotlight not finding folders, files, or apps in High Sierra
I can't be sure it's related but after I turned on File Encryption Spotlight just stopped working on files folders and apps. I tried all the advice I saw in this post on this forum and more, including ...
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How can I create an APFS fusion drive in Mojave using my SSD and HD?
Now that Mojave supports APFS in fusion drives, how can I create a fusion drive from scratch with my SSD and HD?
I have a Mac Mini with an 128 GB SSD and a 1TB HD, already updated to Mojave and using ...
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broken partition table after formatting drive with apple file system (apfs)
I wanted to try out apfs, therefore I formatted my external HDD with it. Now the partition table seems broken. How can I reinitialize the drive?
My goal is two create two HFS+ partitions, each 1TB on ...
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Failed attempt to fix macOS partition startup volume set to FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF
I attempted to fix an issue I encountered yesterday my MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) following instructions in the top answer of this thread. I'm afraid I may have inadvertently destroyed my data by ...
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Can I mount all volumes on the internal/boot APFS container before startup tasks run?
Programs that run on startup are either not starting (httpd) or are starting with the wrong preferences (Alfred). I suspect its because the APFS volumes on the container where I store some of the ...
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How to convert FusionDrive to APFS?
Backstory: Installation of MacOS Mojava failed on my late '12 iMac with exception: com.apple.DiskManagement error -69854. I can find few other questions with this problem, but the general consent is, ...
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200GB lost on APFS boot disk
Recently (last month) I upgraded from Sierra to High Sierra on one of my Macs. I now am confronted with 200GB of the 500GB 'lost'. That is, when running OmniDiskSweeper as root, I find 255GB files, ...
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Accidentally erased APFS partition while resizing Windows Bootcamp disk
This is my first post here. I recently wanted to add some more space to my windows' partition so I shrunk Mac HD by 60GB and rebooted.
I then used windows to join the unallocated space with its ...
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Is a firmware update required to read APFS volumes in Startup Manager in not so young Macs?
Last week I plugged an SSD with a bootable APFS volume with macOS into the USB port of a Macbook Pro 2010. It wasn’t seen in startup manager, as I had suspected. This macbook had never been used as ...
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Can ContainerToInvert file be safely deleted?
After previously upgrading to High Sierra and converting my boot drive to APFS, I recently migrated to a new (larger) SSD boot drive. While setting that up, Disk Utility gave me an error when ...
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Can I install both High Sierra and Mavericks on my Mac?
I have a 2013 MacBook Pro with both Mavericks and El Capitan installed (each on their own partition).
I now want to use Mavericks and High Sierra, each on their own partition.
Since High Sierra uses ...
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What Would Cause APFS Volumes to Show Up Under the Wrong Disk?
I’ve got a pretty interesting APFS problem. There are two volumes on one, internal drive, and two that were cloned from it, on an external. All four volumes show up under the internal drive, even ...
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Software that is functionally similar to Deep Freeze for MacOS 10.13
Faronics, the developers of Deep Freeze have stated that they have no intention of supporting APFS, and by extension 10.13.
I know the Apple Stores used to use Deep Freeze and are now using a utility ...
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How to fix my corrupted APFS container?
I'm using MBP late 11 running 10.13.2 on Samsung Evo 850 250GB internally.
Everything was fine for months but few days ago something horrible occurred. I'm so shocked and urgently need your help.
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Slow write speeds with APFS encryped external SSD
I bought an external SSD with a USB 3.1 gen 2 enclosure. I'm on macOS 10.13.6 with a MBP (late 2013).
Using APFS I get write speeds of around 390–405 MB/s. So far, so good.
However formatting the ...
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APFS Volume Total Shows Less Free Space Than Container and How Can I Reclaim Space
So I have a bootcamp volume which has windows installed on it. I used MiniTool partition wizard to shrink the bootcamp size from 60 GB to 40 GB to reclaim 20 GB for my Macintosh HD.
That operation ...
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Cannot create larger partitions with APFS filesystem
I am trying to use Boot Camp Assistant to create a partition for Windows that is 100 GB. However, I am unable to create a partition of that size.
Trying to create a 100 GB FAT32 partition (via the ...
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How often does the Recovery Volume mount itself?
From my understanding about the new APFS System for macOS High Sierra, the Recovery partition disk1s3 will shortly mount and unmount itself to check for updates in the background. Ive noticed from ...
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Missing space on GPT drive sharing FAT and APFS volumes
I have a 500GB SSD with a 280GB NTFS volume, and a 180GB APFS container. The output from diskutil and gdisk are below.
I resized the NTFS volume to 280GB from 300GB using the disk mgmt MMC in Win7. ...
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(High Sierra 10.13.6) Unable to convert main drive, APFS (encrypted) -> APFS
I bought a MacBook Pro 15" 2018, and have tried to convert the main drive from APFS (encrypted) to APFS, so that I can read it in Bootcamp Windows via APFS apps.
I followed decryption tutorial ...
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Remove macOS from a APFS container?
I'm interested in taking a look as macOS Mojave but am not willing to install it on my main production machine. However, I do not have another Mac to hand so have found myself upon this guide from ...
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Partition lost it's configurations after formatting a different partition on the same drive
A volume on my internal disk is showing "Owners Disabled" in Disk Utility app. I am not able to either mount the volume, or recover data from the volume. Can someone help me to change ownership ...
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Can't extend APFS after erasing old partition as free space [duplicate]
My problem is very similar to this one:
Extend main APFS partition fails with "target disk is too small for this operation"
I erased an unused 80 GB partition as free space, and I would ...
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How to fix APFS warning: invalid crypto_id?
This morning when I ran Disk Utility’s First Aid while booted from the Recovery Partition on my MacBook Pro mid-2015, I saw a number of warnings that looked like this:
warning: fe_val: object (oid ...
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How to convert internal boot SSD from HFS+ to APFS?
Many web pages claim that when you install 10.13 on an SSD, you have an option to convert to APFS. Many others claim that when you install 10.13 on an SSD, you will be converted to APFS whether you ...
