
- #ERASE MAC OS EXTENDED JOURNALED ENCRYPTED MAC OS#
- #ERASE MAC OS EXTENDED JOURNALED ENCRYPTED WINDOWS#
I'm running Disk Utility 13 on an iMac (2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) running OSX 10.8.5Īny suggestions for what to try next would be appreciated. I was able to verify and repair this other partition. It's divided into two partitions, one of which (2.2 TB) holds only Time Machine backups of my desktop and laptop and the other of which (800GB) is formatted similarly with some files stored on it.
#ERASE MAC OS EXTENDED JOURNALED ENCRYPTED MAC OS#
The drive in question is a 3TB USB Seagate Backup + Desk Media, formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
#ERASE MAC OS EXTENDED JOURNALED ENCRYPTED WINDOWS#
I am not sure what else to try at this point and could not find any similar questions here. Both APFS and Mac OS Extended offer an Encrypted option, Encrypted) this option is no longer available in the disk utility in 10, The Mac succeeds for me where it provides greater utility than Windows or Linux, you must first erase it as Extended (Journaled), 2) Mac OS Extended (Journaled, unencrypted disk, So you either need to a. So I tried to erase the disk with Disk Utility only to get the error message "Volume erase failed: Media kit reports not enough space on this device for requested operation". I tried to repair the disk only to get an error message that Disk Utility could not repair the disk and it needed to be reformatted. I ran Disk Utility and tried to verify the disk, which told me the disk needed to be repaired. I was having problems with the external drive where I store my Time Machine backups, so I tried plugging and unplugging the drive (per earlier advice, and something that had worked in the past), but could not mount the drive.
