Difference between revisions of "Mac OSX"
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<pre>defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE | <pre>defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE | ||
killall Finder</pre> | killall Finder</pre> | ||
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| + | == Mount disk problem - exFAT == | ||
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| + | * go to terminal | ||
| + | * diskutil list -- for list of disks | ||
| + | * diskutil verifyVolume [disk_identifier] | ||
| + | * diskutil repairVolume [disk_identifier] | ||
| + | * diskutil mount [disk_identifier] | ||
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| + | * eg: diskutil | ||
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| + | THIS DID NOT SOLVE THINGS | ||
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| + | Usually in scenarios where the disk won't mount and you get that error message the computer is trying to run a fsck in the background, check activity monitor for a fsck_hfs or similarly named process and kill it, the disk will mount for you if you're lucky. | ||
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| + | there was fsck_exfat in activity monitor. killed it. mounted. | ||
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| + | * use chkdsk in windows on the partition | ||
| + | * chkdsk {drive}: /f | ||
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| + | * sudo fsck_exfat -d disk2s2 | ||
| + | * d for debug - all the files will flash past | ||
Latest revision as of 13:44, 9 December 2015
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE killall Finder
Mount disk problem - exFAT
- go to terminal
- diskutil list -- for list of disks
- diskutil verifyVolume [disk_identifier]
- diskutil repairVolume [disk_identifier]
- diskutil mount [disk_identifier]
- eg: diskutil
THIS DID NOT SOLVE THINGS
Usually in scenarios where the disk won't mount and you get that error message the computer is trying to run a fsck in the background, check activity monitor for a fsck_hfs or similarly named process and kill it, the disk will mount for you if you're lucky.
there was fsck_exfat in activity monitor. killed it. mounted.
- use chkdsk in windows on the partition
- chkdsk {drive}: /f
- sudo fsck_exfat -d disk2s2
- d for debug - all the files will flash past
