Help with iMac and external drive
Nov 15, 2022 14:06:56 #
First, I am not swift when it comes to computers. Some thing went really awry with my machine and my internal drive (SSD/HDD) are empty -- in disk utility it shows they are not mounted. I did a work around and was able to establish MacOS and OS Mac Data on an external HDD. There is a partition on the internal drive that hosts Bootcamp Windows and that works fine. My question is how do I move Mac OS back onto the SSD internal drive. From what I can deduce, all of my photos exist on OS Mac Data on the external drive. I have attached a picture of the What Disk Utility Shows. FYI, I live a quite a distance from an Apple Store and my town is quite small.
Nov 15, 2022 14:13:00 #
First off, are your external drives SSD or HDD?
--Bob
--Bob
bonjac wrote:
First, I am not swift when it comes to computers. ... (show quote)
Nov 15, 2022 21:49:06 #
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Nov 16, 2022 06:54:15 #
Nov 16, 2022 07:20:25 #
In that case, don't use the Apple File System (APFS) for HDD. This is per Apple Tech Support. Use one of the Mac OS Extended choices. APFS is for SSD drives. I just went through this about a week ago.
Now, getting to and copying the OS to the "home" drive is another issue that Apple support would be best to contact.
--Bob
Now, getting to and copying the OS to the "home" drive is another issue that Apple support would be best to contact.
--Bob
bonjac wrote:
HDD
Nov 16, 2022 09:27:12 #
Keep your life simple. Just contact Apple support. They will be pleased to assist you to resolve this issue. There is no charge for this service.
Nov 16, 2022 10:32:14 #
Nov 16, 2022 10:52:37 #
Ednsb
Loc: Santa Barbara
I live in Santa Barbara. First I would do as said, call apple support. If you continue to have issues dm me and I’ll give you the name of someone that can help.
Nov 16, 2022 13:09:49 #
bonjac wrote:
First, I am not swift when it comes to computers. ... (show quote)
This might help How to reinstall macOS.
Nov 17, 2022 07:37:30 #
BobHartung wrote:
This might help How to reinstall macOS.
That's one thing that's very nice about the Macs.
Nov 17, 2022 09:18:12 #
jerryc41 wrote:
That's one thing that's very nice about the Macs.
There's a lot more than that, Jerry.
Nov 17, 2022 09:39:07 #
foathog wrote:
There's a lot more than that, Jerry.
Well...
I did say "one thing." Yes, there are other things to like, but I'm more comfortable doing things on Windows.
Nov 17, 2022 14:36:02 #
bonjac wrote:
First, I am not swift when it comes to computers. ... (show quote)
I may just be a simple case of clicking on the Disk02 at the top of disk manager and then see if it lets you mount it (top right) also check system settings, startup disk, and make sure the mounted disk is set there.
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