Alternatives to Disk Utility - MacRumors Forums
Oct 23, 2013 · My question is this: "Doesn't `diskutil` share the same code base with `Disk Utility`?" And if that's true, why would one expect `diskutil` to perform any more reliably than `Disk Utility`? Not all …
Secure Erase option in Big Sur Recovery Mode? - MacRumors Forums
Dec 17, 2014 · In recovery, open terminal and use the diskutil command. ‘diskutil list’ gives you a list of the disks attached. ‘diskutil secureErase 0 /dev/diskx’ where x is the number representing the disk …
Can't delete a partition in Disk Utility. | MacRumors Forums
Apr 30, 2016 · However, when I restarted in Internet Recovery Mode, I can't erase the Fusion Drive (Erase is grayed out) and it's telling me that the Fusion Drive is only 1.3 TB (unless I choose Partition …
How Do I Erase & Mount This Synthesized Drive? - MacRumors Forums
Jun 11, 2022 · This was almost a year ago. I'm still trying to revive my 128GB Apple SSD drive built-in (part of the Fusion Drive). Whenever I type 'diskutil list' I see a disk1 but it's synthsized. It's not …
How to backup HDD using Terminal in recovery mode
Feb 22, 2020 · This will duplicate the directory on the external drive with a recursive copy (-R) of all directories and files copied by cp, doing all the directories beneath the username one. With the …
Fail to reallocate free space in diskutil - MacRumors Forums
Jan 15, 2024 · Hi there, I installed Asahi Linux on my MBA M2. No problems at installation or using both systems. At uninstalling I made a mistake and recovered macOS to reset both systems via system …
diskutil resetUserPermissions / `id -u` | MacRumors Forums
Apr 23, 2007 · Semi educated guess: / is the root volume of your internal disk, the "id -u" part, run the id command with the -u switch to get the id number of your account. And you do need the tick marks …
Diskutil alternative - MacRumors Forums
Jul 21, 2014 · I've had it with the multi-minute mount times, high fragmentation and poor performance of spinning disks on encrypted APFS. Apple removing the option to do HFS+ encrypted drives has to …
Terminal "Ownership of the affected disk is required"
Jul 9, 2011 · Hi, I'm currently trying to repair my External HD using Terminal as the "First Aid" option is greyed out in Disk Util (See Image Below) without losing any data on the drive itself. Whenever I try …
Looking to reformat or erase your M1 Mac? - MacRumors Forums
Aug 3, 2007 · I've seen a number of posts where people have had challenges on their M1 Mac when reinstalling the OS from scratch or reformatting and reinstalling the OS or erasing their M1 Mac to …