disk utility

Although I'm aware of a 2018 discussion thread on this topic with various solutions, it's so technical! And I'm not sure if it applies to my situation, which is... A preboot partition has been accidentally revealed on the desktop via Disk Utility on a backup Monterey drive I wasn’t using (I was...

Repair macOS Catalina EFI partition when from Disk Utility it is not possible to complete First Aid on the disk on which that partition is located with the message "The partition map needs to be repaired because there is a problem with the EFI partition's file system (-69766) ". Sometimes...

Hello, after trying to install Windows 10 as a partition of my disk (Dualboot) it gave me an error when installing it that I did not give much importance to because I do not necessarily need Windows. But when trying to get back to a single partition with Mac, the disk utility won't let me, and...

What's up guys, I hope you all are fine. I'm having some trouble while trying to mount my Sata HDD on the Disk Manager, before installing the OS (This disk was previously on my MacBook Pro, but I've swapped for a SSD). I've previously installed Windows on it, but have cleaned it to NTFS. At...

Hi, Sorry if this is in the wrong spot. I'm running Sierra so this seemed like the place. or should it be under "Bootloader"? Build: -Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170x ATX Gaming 5 (rev 1.1)(compatible with 6th and 7th gen. intel processors) -CPU: 7th Gen. Intel Core i7 4.2GHz 7700k -RAM: Ballistix...

Im currently doing a clean install of High Sierra and Clover. Still no success. I’m trying to wipe the harddrive to start again. The problem is that the harddrive no longer shows up in disk utility. I have attached a photo. How do I get them to show back up?

Hi everyone, Up until macOS Sierra I backed up my boot Drive via Disk Utility from the USB install stick and created a dmg file to an external storage. How can I do this with High Sierra and its apfs file system? I tried to do so by checking the list view option at the top left corner of Disk...

I used UniBeast 7 to make the bootable USB for Sierra, when i try to boot into the installer from clover, i get "could not allocate runtime area" error when using nv_disable=1 and dart=0, I managed to boot to the installer 1 time, when i used nv_disable=1 and slide=0 in boot args but it would...

Hi, I'm on Sierra 10.12.6 and am pretty much impressed by the capabilities of a Hackintosh. I have a major problem though : my second drive (HDD 4 TB WD Black) is some times recognized by the OS / Disk Utility, but sometimes it isn't.. When it's connected, it often disconnect itself all by...

I have an Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 motherboard. I created a Unibeast thumbdrive from my High Sierra iMac (2011) at work. I can boot to the installer but when I get to Disk Utility and try to erase the drive I get the following error: "Unable to write to the last block of the device!!" I tried two...

I have tried 2 USB HDDs with the High Sierra update. Neither show up. Both formatted in HFS+ format. Some of the posts i have read state that I need to convert it to apples new format with Disk Utilities. The only problem is, is that when I click on "Show All", all that shows is "Internal". No...

I've opened Disk Utility and noticed that all my internal disks connected via SATA III are visible as external drives (and two of them as connected by PCI). What could be a reason for that? Disk Utility by Marek89 posted Mar 3, 2018 at 1:45 AM

Hi there, I've recently finished my first Hackintosh build and I am having an issue getting my external hard drives to show up in Finder and Disk Utility. From posts I've read of people having similar problems to me, the common solution is to change XCHI Mode in the BIOS of the motherboard...

I've made a fully working USB Flash drive with Unibeast 7 and made it to Os X Sierra installer. Now the problem is that I can't see my SATA connected Ssd or even HDD with SATA connection in Disk Utility or Terminal. Tested with all possible SATA connectors in motherboard with no luck. Tried with...

Hi, I am having issues with the booting process of my first Hackintosh. Whilst running Disk Utility (step 4.6 of the installation guide) there is no option to choose my HDD (1Tb WD blue). I have made sure all bios settings are as what they should be (AHCI for the mobo and the SATA drives...

Hi all, I'm not sure if this is already well known, or where to put it, so I'll pop it here for now. I'm just installing High Sierra on a new build (i7 8700+RoG Strix-G, EVO960 M2 NVMe), and hit the snag where the (previously unused) M2 drive was not showing in Disk Utility so I couldn't...

How's it going everyone? I have a problem with High Sierra, I need to partition my HDD but i can't. It's a Hitachi HTS547575A9E384 750 GB 5400 rpm. When I use Disk Utility, I resize my boot volume and I create a new APFS volume. When I start the process everything works okay until the part that...

So I'am trying to instal Sierra on MY pc, but when i get to selecting the DRIVE it only shows the USB which i am installing from. I have a ROG MAXIMUS VII RANGER(Z97) motherboard. My SATA setting is set to ACHI. PLease HELP me

Hello folks. Running Sierra 10.12.3 I have a 2Tb Seagate usb 2/3 hard disk that is not showing up in the finder, or disk utility, or even the system report. Previously this same hard disk worked fine, I regularly use it for backups and large file transfers. When I plug it in now it spins up, and...

Hey Guys, I was wondering if anyone has experienced this. Almost every time I reboot, I notice a "Recovered Files" in my trash. Also, when I reboot, sometimes my Hackintosh needs to repair the OSX partition in recovery mode before I can even boot again. I've had to restore from a working Image...