storage

I am running BigSur 11.4 and noticed I have a huge amount (160GB) of "Other" under manage Storage. As it is greyed out I am unable to identify what this would entail and all guides that I found on internet did not not help. If I search by file size there is nothing that stands out which could...

Hi, I've got at weird problem. My hackintosh refuses to recognise mass storage USB-devices. Mouse, keyboard and external audio card works fine, but it refuses to mount storage devices. Every once in a while I can get a flashdrive to mount, but never a HDD/SSD. I've tried disabling XHCI in UEFI...

I have both MacBook Pro and Hackintosh (Alienware R7 - with SMBIOS Mac mini 8.1) Recently I have noticed the "other" storage is keep increase in an unbelievable amount, originally I thought it was an issue with my Hackintosh, but later I found out, it is also happening on my Macbook Pro. In my...

I have T5500 with motherboard 0CRH6C. I tried to follow the procedure in https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/success-dell-precision-t5500-quadro4000-xeon-x5680-macos10-12-x.215070/ to install hackintosh high sierra. I had a spare laptop hard drive and I tried to install high sierra on it. I...

I have my machine dualbooted on separate SSD's (both 250gb) & I just bought a 2tb hdd for mass storage. While i am okay with just adding it to windows (i need a place for my steam library); i would love to partition it such that i can have some extra space on MacOS too. I DO NOT need the files...

I have recently purchased a Samsung 850 EVO 512GB SSD and want to replace my existing slow SSD with this one. But I read High Sierra will have native NVMe SSD support, making Hackintosh easier to install. I'm contemplating whether I should return the Samsung EVO and wait for few months to...

Hey guys! Been using my Hackintosh for a few years with minimal issues. I decided to add a 4TB Seagate Barracuda Iron Wolf for media storage and Im stuck. If I unplug it, everything works as it always has. No issues. Plug it in, internally or externally through an enclosure, I get stuck at the...

HI, I'm not sure whats best section for my question. I'm looking for opinions on my new elitebook hackintosh ssd configuration. The laptop has a m.2 ssd slot so i will be installing a 500gb m.2 ssd along with a 2.5 500gb ssd in the regular sata slot. What i wanted advice on is my...

Hi guys, I'm back its been a long time since my last build. I have a Macbook air, I like to have a desktop because I mainly use it for school and is not very powerful. I want to build something small the two small MB are Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 mini-ITX Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI ill be gaming...

Hi... I have Western Digital Passport 1 TB external Hard disk. It has got corrupted. When I connect to my Window 7 machine, my external hard disk rotates but my machine does not recognize it.I have checked External hard disk with other working cable as well but still it is not working . I have...

Hey guys! I just built my first hackintosh earlier this fall (parts on my profile). This whole process has been awesome, and this is the first time I've had a question that wasn't addressed in this EXTREMELY helpful forum. I built this to be an audio production workhorse that I could eventually...

basically I want to triple boot Linux, Windows, and OS X Yosemite. I already have three different boot drives but I want to be able use my WD Red 2 TB as a hard drive that is readable across all three Operating Systems. Is this possible in any way? I understand certain files such as .dmgs...

Hello, I have a working Yosemite hackintosh on my external drive, and Windows 8 on my internal storage on my HP pavilion dv6 laptop. But i wanted to join them both in my internal storage so i can dual boot Windows 10 later on and Yosemite (preferably El Capitan when it releases), for more...

One of the last things to buy for my Hackintosh build is to get a large drive to store pictures and videos. I was thinking I would get a 2TB drive. I've been trying to follow the buying guide here as close as possible, trying to avoid as many issues as possible. So I notice the only large drives...

I have an older Gigabit z68-UD3H-B3. I have used it for FCPX with a Samsung 512SSD, I7 Quad, 16 GB DDR-3 at stock speed and a GTX670 2G Asus for over 2 years now but I would like to add Thunderbolt 2 support. After a bit of research this seems to the only good card available for my system...

So I successfully got Mavericks to install on my rig, which is an EX58-UD3R rev 1, with an x5650 xeon. Anyways when my install was done I decided to plug in the drive that windows was installed on, and now the only way I can even get to anything that looks like a boot menu, is through the USB...

Hey! I'm searching for solutions for mac video production storage. The current setup is using many thunderbolt external disks and software raid. It is a bit messy and expensive solution and doesn't come with any type of cooling. I thought of building a hackintosh might be a cleaner solution to...

I've been building computers for decades, but one peripheral I've never really had an opportunity to use is a NAS box. I'm interested in getting a 4 or 5 bay box and looking for advice. The big players seem to be Netgear, QNAP, Drobo and Synology. I'd be using AFP shares and Time Machine. I'm...

I wanted to take a quick timeout to remind anyone dual booting between Windows and OS X how to easily share a hard drive between operating systems. Say you have a hard drive that you want to set up for sharing your MP3 library or videos but need to have the ability to not only read the drive...

Hi all, short question and probably a quick answer here. I've decided to temporarily put my Hackintosh partition into cold storage and go full Windows on my desktop, troubleshooting was taking up too much time =(. I would, however, like to save it as-is for a later date. I already have it backed...