Re: Disk Utility Anomaly

2023-04-15 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
isionaries wrote: Strange one. While checking what Time Machine was backing up, I discovered that the folders on the TM backup drive were labeled "macOS Monterey". I'm running Ventura. Went into Disk Utility and there is a "macOS Monterey data" under the macOS Ventura v

Re: Disk Utility Anomaly

2023-04-15 Thread lenron brown
, I > discovered that the folders on the TM backup drive were labeled "macOS > Monterey". I'm running Ventura. > > Went into Disk Utility and there is a "macOS Monterey data" under > the macOS Ventura volume. There is no is a "macOS Ventura data" >

Disk Utility Anomaly

2023-04-15 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Strange one. While checking what Time Machine was backing up, I discovered that the folders on the TM backup drive were labeled "macOS Monterey". I'm running Ventura. Went into Disk Utility and there is a "macOS Monterey data" under the macOS Ventura volume. The

Re: Nasty bug with voice-over and disk utility in recovery finally solved in latest beta update

2021-01-22 Thread Brad Snyder
<mailto:bbssh...@icloud.com> > >> On Jan 21, 2021, at 10:38 PM, Michael Marshall > <mailto:mightymaggie...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> From memory, I don't think this problem was there in the beginning. At the >> start of the cycle, I'm quite sure I was a

Re: Nasty bug with voice-over and disk utility in recovery finally solved in latest beta update

2021-01-22 Thread 'Stur It Up Productions' via MacVisionaries
theblindrapper > Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com <mailto:bbssh...@icloud.com> > >> On Jan 21, 2021, at 10:38 PM, Michael Marshall > <mailto:mightymaggie...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> From memory, I don't think this problem was there in the beginning. At the &

Re: Nasty bug with voice-over and disk utility in recovery finally solved in latest beta update

2021-01-21 Thread Michael Marshall
.@icloud.com> > >> On Jan 21, 2021, at 10:38 PM, Michael Marshall > <mailto:mightymaggie...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> From memory, I don't think this problem was there in the beginning. At the >> start of the cycle, I'm quite sure I was able to go through Disk

Re: Nasty bug with voice-over and disk utility in recovery finally solved in latest beta update

2021-01-21 Thread 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries
: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > On Jan 21, 2021, at 10:38 PM, Michael Marshall > wrote: > > From memory, I don't think this problem was there in the beginning. At the > start of the cycle, I'm quite sure I was able to go through Disk Utility bu

Re: Nasty bug with voice-over and disk utility in recovery finally solved in latest beta update

2021-01-21 Thread Michael Marshall
>From memory, I don't think this problem was there in the beginning. At the >start of the cycle, I'm quite sure I was able to go through Disk Utility but >then again, maybe I was wrong. > On 22 Jan 2021, at 1:52 pm, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > Glad that is fixed, when I insta

Re: Nasty bug with voice-over and disk utility in recovery finally solved in latest beta update

2021-01-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
happy to report that in the latest beta of big Sur the very nasty bug > which would make voice-over crash whilst in the disk utility in recovery has > been resolved. > I can't tell you what a relief this is. > > Michael > > -- > The following information is important for all members of t

Re: Nasty bug with voice-over and disk utility in recovery finally solved in latest beta update

2021-01-21 Thread Danny Keys
beta of big Sur the very nasty bug > which would make voice-over crash whilst in the disk utility in recovery has > been resolved. > I can't tell you what a relief this is. > > Michael > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Nasty bug with voice-over and disk utility in recovery finally solved in latest beta update

2021-01-21 Thread Michael Marshall
hey all, Very happy to report that in the latest beta of big Sur the very nasty bug which would make voice-over crash whilst in the disk utility in recovery has been resolved. I can't tell you what a relief this is. Michael -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

Re: older disk utility question

2018-01-16 Thread Tim Kilburn
d apps in the app store I found a yosemity osx that I got I don't remember getting it but I made a bootable usb disk and it boots perfictly and I am able to get access to the older accessible disk utility. where do I go to resize my partition to the 250 gb there was a choice to rerace free space and

older disk utility question

2018-01-16 Thread The wolf
Hello when I was looking in my purchased apps in the app store I found a yosemity osx that I got I don't remember getting it but I made a bootable usb disk and it boots perfictly and I am able to get access to the older accessible disk utility. where do I go to resize my partition

Re: Related to my Installing fresh system, disk utility

2016-09-22 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Sep 21, 2016, at 18:32, Ramy Moustafa <ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello all: > > I still have my problem the same. and I read the online help in the > table that allow me to install the system etc. > now, I opened the disk utility, I have only 1 hd in the selected

Re: Related to my Installing fresh system, disk utility

2016-09-21 Thread Tim Kilburn
On Sep 21, 2016, at 18:32, Ramy Moustafa <ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com> wrote: Hello all: I still have my problem the same. and I read the online help in the table that allow me to install the system etc. now, I opened the disk utility, I have only 1 hd in the selected disks table. but I found

Related to my Installing fresh system, disk utility

2016-09-21 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Hello all: I still have my problem the same. and I read the online help in the table that allow me to install the system etc. now, I opened the disk utility, I have only 1 hd in the selected disks table. but I found many things to choose from in this table. 1tb apple hdd and it has all the size

Re: slightly OT: Disk Utility refusing to erase micro SD card

2016-06-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I'm pretty sure those cards also have a lock slide but perhaps, they just removed the cover so you couldn't make it right enabled. On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 11:58 PM Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > I have a micro SD card that came as part of my Raspberry Pi starter kit. I > want

slightly OT: Disk Utility refusing to erase micro SD card

2016-06-03 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I have a micro SD card that came as part of my Raspberry Pi starter kit. I want to erase whatever OS they put on here and load straight Raspian, and to do that I have to format the card. Oddly, though, when I do that, I get "erase process has failed". I've never seen that happen before,

Re: Disk Utility

2016-05-23 Thread E.T.
Stupid Windows is spot on! (smiles) I look at it this way. OS X is a helluva lot more flexible than Windows. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 5/23/2016 3:45 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote:

Re: Disk Utility

2016-05-23 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Windows can do GPT on hard disks, so why on earth it can’t on USB devices, God only knows. Stupid Windows. Both Windows and OS X support ExFAT nowadays. 200 MB is exactly the size of the FAT32 ESP (EFI System Partition) that OS X creates; I imagine that’s what you were seeing. And Windows is

RE: Disk Utility

2016-05-23 Thread Simon Fogarty
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Disk Utility Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh, yeah, if it's guid, then Windows won't see it, as far as I know. > Good point. Some versions of Windows won't, but recent 64-bit versions will, according to this page: https://en.wikipe

RE: Disk Utility

2016-05-23 Thread Simon Fogarty
- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Monday, 23 May 2016 11:01 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Disk Utility I wasn't even aware that Windows supported XFat. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS

RE: Disk Utility

2016-05-23 Thread Simon Fogarty
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Monday, 23 May 2016 5:34 AM To: MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Disk Utility I have a 16gig thumb drive that Windows only sees 200mb formatted with exFAT but t

Re: Disk Utility

2016-05-22 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > I wasn't even aware that Windows supported XFat. To the best of my knowledge, all versions of FAT were designed by Microsoft, starting with MS-DOS and extending from there to support longer file names, larger disks, etc. Then Windows NT

Re: Disk Utility

2016-05-22 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > Oh, yeah, if it's guid, then Windows won't see it, as far as I know. Good > point. Some versions of Windows won't, but recent 64-bit versions will, according to this page:

Re: Disk Utility

2016-05-22 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
16 7:09 PM Subject: Re: Disk Utility FYI- <http://www.howtogeek.com/235596/whats-the-difference-between-fat32-exfat-and-ntfs/> From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 5/22/2016 4:00 PM, Christ

Re: Disk Utility

2016-05-22 Thread E.T.
om> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 1:34 PM Subject: Disk Utility I have a 16gig thumb drive that Windows only sees 200mb formatted with exFAT but the Mac sees the full capacity as one partition. What do I need to do to fix this so I can share this thumb drive on both platforms? Window

Re: Disk Utility

2016-05-22 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 2:33 PM Subject: Re: Disk Utility Hi Anne, It took me a while to realize that I needed to change the partition scheme on the Mac to MBR. That took care of it. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe tha

Re: Disk Utility

2016-05-22 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
naries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 1:34 PM Subject: Disk Utility I have a 16gig thumb drive that Windows only sees 200mb formatted with exFAT but the Mac sees the full capacity as one partition. What do I need to do to fix this so I can share this thumb drive on both pl

Re: Disk Utility

2016-05-22 Thread E.T.
Hi Anne, It took me a while to realize that I needed to change the partition scheme on the Mac to MBR. That took care of it. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 5/22/2016 11:25 AM, Anne Robertson

Re: Disk Utility

2016-05-22 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello ET, With the thumb drive connected to your Mac, empty the trash. That should liberate the space. Cheers, Anne > On 22 May 2016, at 19:34, E.T. wrote: > > I have a 16gig thumb drive that Windows only sees 200mb formatted with > exFAT but the Mac sees the

Disk Utility

2016-05-22 Thread E.T.
I have a 16gig thumb drive that Windows only sees 200mb formatted with exFAT but the Mac sees the full capacity as one partition. What do I need to do to fix this so I can share this thumb drive on both platforms? Windows will not let me delete any partition and the Mac sees only one.

Re: Using the volt or disk utility

2015-10-18 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
If you’re talking about FileVault, yes it is possible to use it eyes-free. Apple has a system of beeps on older Macs and recorded voice prompts on newer Macs which allow you to use speech during the login process. Personally I prefer to avoid it entirely unless typing the password and enter

Using the volt or disk utility

2015-10-18 Thread Kim Crawford
Hi all can we use the disk utility vault with voiceover when I originally tried it with Yosemite I could not get past the login screen I was curious now with El Capiton if this was still the case thank you for your help and sorry for the spelling error -- You received this message because

Deleting a partition with VoiceOver on Maverick using Disk Utility?

2014-10-09 Thread Vic
Hello all. Just tried deleting a previously-created Mac OSX partition using VoiceOver on Maverick, however, am having serious difficulties. Here is what I do: 1. Open Disk Utility, click on the primary disk, then choose the partition tab. 2. In the partition selector area select the partition I

Re: Deleting a partition with VoiceOver on Maverick using Disk Utility?

2014-10-09 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Vic, I just had to remove a partition from disk utility the other day, but my issue became more complicated because 471 MB would not be removed. That's a different story. This is what I did and others can pipe in if I am incorrect. 1. Open Disk Utility. 2. Select your main drive

repartitioning with disk utility

2014-08-31 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I'm trying to split an external drive into two partitions. I selected two partitions in the partition tab but couldn't figure out what to do next. All the fields appeared to be dimmed. How do you specify the partition types and names for each partition with VO? TIA Chris -- You

Re: repartitioning with disk utility

2014-08-31 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Specify the type by clicking the options button. When specified click ok button then click apply button. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 31/08/2014 19:32, Chris Moore wrote: Hello, I'm trying to split an external drive into two partitions. I

Re: repartitioning with disk utility

2014-08-31 Thread Chris Moore
I must be missing something. When I click the options button, it only asks whether you want to use the disk on mac or windows. There are no separate options button s for each partition. Chris On Aug 31, 2014, at 2:50 PM, Christopher Hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com wrote: Specify the

Re: repartitioning with disk utility

2014-08-31 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
No you're not missing something. Guess you'll have to apply first then specify the types for each partition first by choosing current in the partition pop up button. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 31/08/2014 20:13, Chris Moore wrote: I

RE: repartitioning with disk utility

2014-08-31 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Chris, As it turns out, I just re-partitioned 4 physical drives with 8 partitions, each. First, let me say that the partitioning process in the Disk Utility is not exactly VoiceOver intuitive so don't beat yourself up over it. It took me about 30 minutes to figure out how it works

Re: repartitioning with disk utility

2014-08-31 Thread Kliphton Senior
It works much faster if you vo space bar on add first, then it will split your current drive in half. If youo want it different, then you will have to specify that. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and

Re: repartitioning with disk utility

2014-08-31 Thread Chris Moore
Thanks guys for all your help. I figured it out! 1. Select the disk in the table. 2. Select the partition tab with VO space 3. Select 2 from the pop up menu 4. Here's where it gets tricky. Interact with the scroll area 5. VO space on the first partition. The splitter allows you to adjust

Re: repartitioning with disk utility

2014-08-31 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Ar I see. See I only dealt with one partition so didn't realize. Glad you figured it out. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 31/08/2014 22:27, Chris Moore wrote: Thanks guys for all your help. I figured it out! 1. Select the disk in the table.

Making a copy of a DVD using disk utility

2013-12-29 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi Listers, I have an educational DVD which contains several folders, containing short video clips and software. I want to copy it in its entirety, first onto my hard drive and then eventually onto a blank DVD. I think I can use Disk Utility to accomplish this. I've inserted the disk

Re: Making a copy of a DVD using disk utility

2013-12-29 Thread Keith Watson
HI, Make sure that you change the type to CD/DVD Master in the pop-up. Then you can open the image in Disk Utility and burn it to a blank DVD. HTH On Dec 29, 2013, at 8:20 AM, Andrew Lamanche andrew.laman...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Listers, I have an educational DVD which contains several

Re: Hard Disk Utility Manager

2012-12-11 Thread Paul Erkens
:43 PM, Chris wrote: Open Disk Utility, make sure the correct disk is selected and the first aid tab is selected, then you can click either verify disk permissions and or repair disk permissions. Results will be shown in the appropriate table. Christopher Hallsworth On 17/10/2012 19:14

Re: Hard Disk Utility Manager

2012-12-11 Thread Chris Blouch
in list view with totals of space used for every folder in the list. That way you can spend your time where it will make the most difference. CB On 10/17/12 3:43 PM, Chris wrote: Open Disk Utility, make sure the correct disk is selected and the first aid tab is selected, then you can click

Hard Disk Utility Manager

2012-10-17 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, What kind of hard disk utility manager have users of this list found accessible? Unfortunately, Daisy Disk is not accessible. I have already completed the recommended tasks: emptying the trash, and deleting e-mail messages, but I have not yet moved things to an external disk

Re: Hard Disk Utility Manager

2012-10-17 Thread Chris
Open Disk Utility, make sure the correct disk is selected and the first aid tab is selected, then you can click either verify disk permissions and or repair disk permissions. Results will be shown in the appropriate table. Christopher Hallsworth On 17/10/2012 19:14, Emilio Hernandez wrote

Re: Hard Disk Utility Manager

2012-10-17 Thread Chris Blouch
in the list. That way you can spend your time where it will make the most difference. CB On 10/17/12 3:43 PM, Chris wrote: Open Disk Utility, make sure the correct disk is selected and the first aid tab is selected, then you can click either verify disk permissions and or repair disk

Restoring an image using disk utility with VoiceOver

2012-03-27 Thread Keith Hinton
not something I've heavily used-specificly within the restore tab of the disk utility application. Any tips/thoughts would be welcome from those who have experience in such situations. Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post

Selecting Destination For restoring on Disk Utility

2011-11-18 Thread James Lee
Hi, I'm trying to restore a partition from a CCC image using disk utility. When I go to the restore tab, I can click the image button and select the image file created by CCC, but I cannot drag the partition to a destination field. I wiped out my entire internal hard drive in order

opening iso files in disk utility?

2011-09-25 Thread trahern culver
hey all how do you open iso files in disk utility so you can burn them to cd or dvd? thanks for your help kind regards trahern. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries

Re: Disk Restore, drag and drop problem in Disk Utility

2011-09-24 Thread Paul Erkens
don't remember anymore how that worked. You can be sure that it can be done though. Hope Ricardo will be so kind to chime in to give the url of that podcast? Paul. On Sep 23, 2011, at 4:36 AM, Sunshine wrote: okay, now that drag and drop is great in Lion. But I have a small problem in Disk

Re: Disk Restore, drag and drop problem in Disk Utility

2011-09-23 Thread Paul Erkens
will be so kind to chime in to give the url of that podcast? Paul. On Sep 23, 2011, at 4:36 AM, Sunshine wrote: okay, now that drag and drop is great in Lion. But I have a small problem in Disk Utility Restore operation: I am trying to make my own Lion Installer USB disk using the Lion disk from

Re: Disk Restore, drag and drop problem in Disk Utility

2011-09-23 Thread Joseph Norton
wrote: okay, now that drag and drop is great in Lion. But I have a small problem in Disk Utility Restore operation: I am trying to make my own Lion Installer USB disk using the Lion disk from the App Store. The problem I am having has to do with dragging the USB disk to the destination

Disk Restore, drag and drop problem in Disk Utility

2011-09-22 Thread Sunshine
okay, now that drag and drop is great in Lion. But I have a small problem in Disk Utility Restore operation: I am trying to make my own Lion Installer USB disk using the Lion disk from the App Store. The problem I am having has to do with dragging the USB disk to the destination. First, I can do

Drag And Drop In Disk Utility.

2011-07-27 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Hi, I was trying to make a Mac OS X Lion flash memory and I managed to select the installesd.dmg file which is on the desktop from the source list, I have a usb flash drive plugged in but I don't know how to drag it to the destination, any help? Thanks. -- Georges Zeinoun Timmerv. 6A,

Erase rewritable CDs with Disk Utility [was Re: erasing and burning content to CDs]

2010-10-26 Thread Esther
Hi Donna, Erase your CD contents with Disk Utility, after you've inserted the rewritable CD or DVD. 1. Launch Disk Utility. From Finder, press Command-Shift-U to go to your utilities folder, type d i s to navigate to Disk Utility, and press Command-Down arrow to launch it. 2. Select your

Re: Erase rewritable CDs with Disk Utility [was Re: erasing and burning content to CDs]

2010-10-26 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Esther, Once again, you're wonderful. thanks! Donna On Oct 26, 2010, at 12:25 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Donna, Erase your CD contents with Disk Utility, after you've inserted the rewritable CD or DVD. 1. Launch Disk Utility. From Finder, press Command-Shift-U to go to your utilities

Re: Erase rewritable CDs with Disk Utility [was Re: erasing and burning content to CDs]

2010-10-26 Thread Donna Goodin
OK, so I hope I'm not dense. I've erased the CD, but can't find a way to burn the new content from itunes. Can someone tell me how I can do that? Thanks, Donna On Oct 26, 2010, at 12:25 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Donna, Erase your CD contents with Disk Utility, after you've inserted

Re: Erase rewritable CDs with Disk Utility [was Re: erasing and burning content to CDs]

2010-10-26 Thread Colin M
PM, Esther wrote: Hi Donna, Erase your CD contents with Disk Utility, after you've inserted the rewritable CD or DVD. 1. Launch Disk Utility. From Finder, press Command-Shift-U to go to your utilities folder, type d i s to navigate to Disk Utility, and press Command-Down arrow

Re: Erase rewritable CDs with Disk Utility [was Re: erasing and burning content to CDs]

2010-10-26 Thread Donna Goodin
I hope I'm not dense. I've erased the CD, but can't find a way to burn the new content from itunes. Can someone tell me how I can do that? Thanks, Donna On Oct 26, 2010, at 12:25 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Donna, Erase your CD contents with Disk Utility, after you've inserted the rewritable

disk utility and image creation problem

2009-12-23 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, I have a problem with the disk utility, and I was hoping to get some assistance. Long story short, I want to make images of some old program CDS I have in my collection. These disks date back to the nineties and are no longer sold. I want to make images I can use for my windows XP

disk utility question

2009-09-25 Thread Donal Fitzpatrick
Hi there, Ok I have two disks one of about 450 gig, the other 50. I want to: 1. remove the partition containing 50 gig 2. add this space to the larger disk. Can someone advise as to the best way to do this? Cheers Donal --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

burning dmg with disk utility?

2009-09-03 Thread hank smith
hello how do I burn a boottable dmg using disk utility? its conplaining that I cant run from this volume can I get instructions on how to burn this dmg file to make it bootable using disk utility? Hank --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you