Well, this is odd. Absolutely everything in the partition tab is dimmed, including the all-important “add” button. I don’t know if I did something, or if this is more evidence of drive problems, but I’m unable to add a partition. Did I miss a step, like erasing both existing partitions first? On Jun 6, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > What I’m asking you to do is, in Disk Utility, select your drive. That is, > the thing that reads 1 TB Hitachi blah blah or whatever make your HD is, not > the already partitioned volumes. Then, go to the Partition tab and partition > your HD with one partition, MacOS Extended (Journaled) with name Macintosh > HD. As well, press the Options button in this window and ensure that your HD > will have the GUID schema. Apply this change and you’ll have one volume on > your drive with name “Macintosh HD”. When you run the Mavericks Installer > from your thumb drive, the Recovery Partition will be automatically created. > > Hope this is clearer. Sorry for any confusion. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jun 6, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sorry, I just want to clarify one point. All the “clean install Mavericks” >> articles I’ve found say to format your disk/partition. They seem to imply >> that you will magically have a Macintosh HD partition, even if it is the >> only partition on an otherwise blank drive, or that you simply don’t erase >> that partition at all. In your email, did you mean that the installer will >> automatically create a partition of the proper size and name if one does not >> already exist? I’d rather not go through this multiple times, so I want to >> do everything right on the first try if I can. Thanks for your patience. >> On Jun 6, 2014, at 12:25 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Alex, >>> >>> Yes, I’m saying that you should totally wipe the HD. That is, after >>> starting up from the thumb drive, go to Disk Utility and re-partition your >>> drive to one partition named Macintosh HD. Any subsequent partitions >>> should be done later on the live drive. This will ensure that the Recovery >>> Partition is created properly. Not sure where the other individual got >>> there info but this is sound practice. If you used DiskMaker X to create >>> your bootable Mavericks Installer, on the thumb drive or the built-in >>> “Create Install Media” utility of the Mavericks Installer, then a proper >>> Recovery Partition will be automatically created. If you used the Disk >>> Utility method, then the Recovery Partition must have already existed in >>> order to create a proper installation. The problem in your case is that >>> you need to do a total re-format, so, using the existing Recovery Partition >>> is not of any benefit. Refer to >>> >>> http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install-drive.html >>> >>> for info on these limitations. In addition, if you didn’t perform a >>> complete wipe during your last clean install, these errors may have carried >>> over thus any disk structure issues would have persisted. >>> >>> Hope this makes sense. >>> >>> Later… >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On Jun 6, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks. I’m in the beta partition now, copying a few files over to my >>>> external hard drive. The problem is here too: Finder just hung for about >>>> thirty seconds, while my Mac’s HD made the sound I’ve come to dread. >>>> Still, it’s working, thankfully; my main partition won’t even boot. >>>> >>>> As to wiping, I’m still not sure what to do. I mean, I know how to format >>>> the drive from the OS X on my thumb drive and then install, the question >>>> is, what do I do with my partitions? I have two, one Macintosh HD and one >>>> OS X Beta Partition. When I did a clean install back in March, I had only >>>> the Macintosh HD partition and so didn’t need to worry. I reformatted that >>>> partition, but didn’t actually erase it, as people I asked told me that >>>> completely erasing the Macintosh HD partition could turn out badly. Are >>>> you saying that I should format the entire drive, wiping out both >>>> partitions? If I do that, won’t it affect the installation of the OS, or >>>> will the installer partition as necessary? >>>> On Jun 6, 2014, at 12:43 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> For expediency purposes, I wouldn’t worry about re-mapping partitions >>>>> etc., you’re just going to wipe the drive and re-partition anyway. >>>>> Regarding grabbing those files, if you startup from your thumb drive, >>>>> then go under it’s Apple menu to Startup Disk, you should be able to >>>>> select the 10.9.3 beta partition as your startup disk. if things are OK >>>>> in that area of the HD. Once you’ve started with that version of the OS, >>>>> you could quickly get the files you want and place them onto whatever >>>>> media you want. You could then go ahead and do the total >>>>> wipe/re-partition and re-install from your 10.9.3 thumb drive. It’s best >>>>> to do it from there since it needs to be done from a external source in >>>>> order to completely reformat the drive. >>>>> >>>>> If you’re unable to startup from your beta partition, then the drive is >>>>> in fairly rough shape and you’d either need to use Terminal commands to >>>>> grab those files or just give up on them. >>>>> >>>>> HTH. >>>>> >>>>> Later… >>>>> >>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 5, 2014, at 9:51 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks guys. I have a thumb drive with Mavericsk that I’ve used before, >>>>>> and that I keep around now that we have a couple Macs in the house. I’ll >>>>>> use that. Before I do though, is there any way to copy off any other >>>>>> files I’d like to keep, ones I could recover but that it’d be easier >>>>>> just to have if I can get them? I could probably boot into that beta >>>>>> partition and copy, but I don’t know if I’ll have the permissions to do >>>>>> that. I’ll also need a way to erase the beta partition, if that is >>>>>> indeed the problem. I only tested one OS, the 10.9.3 beta a month ago, >>>>>> but I suppose it could have caused the problem. Anyway, can I erase that >>>>>> from Disk Utility on the recovery HD, and if so, how would I do that and >>>>>> merge its space back to Macintosh HD? >>>>>> On Jun 5, 2014, at 11:11 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I agree with Chris that it could very likely be a software thing. So, >>>>>>> since you have a Time Machine backup that is fairly up-to-date and you >>>>>>> say that you have your important files backed up, I’d go for the >>>>>>> reformat and reinstall option. If you don’t have an external HD or the >>>>>>> cables that I mentioned earlier, there is a neat little utility within >>>>>>> the Mavericks Installer that allows you to build a bootable Mavericks >>>>>>> installer on a flash drive that is at least 8 GB in size. If you wish >>>>>>> to go that way, I can share instructions with you. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Later… >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jun 5, 2014, at 9:00 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You mentioned a 50GB partition for OSX betas. So were you running beta >>>>>>>> OSes on this box? If so, it's at least plausible that the beta OSX had >>>>>>>> some kind of bug which mangled data structures on the drive and, since >>>>>>>> it had access to your non-beta partition, it could have mangled your >>>>>>>> regular OSX boot drive as well. In other words, this could still have >>>>>>>> been a software issue. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> CB >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 6/5/14, 9:17 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>>> So, here's the status of my Mac Mini's hard drive. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> * Two repairs from the Recovery HD resulted in an error telling me to >>>>>>>>> format ad re-install. >>>>>>>>> * I did just that at the end of March, and given that two repairs >>>>>>>>> couldn't fix whatever errors have accumulated after three months, it >>>>>>>>> seems like the drive itself is having problems. >>>>>>>>> * The SMART status of the drive is "verified", not "failing", which >>>>>>>>> seems odd given the previous points. >>>>>>>>> * The drive is partitioned into two: 450gb for OS X, and 50gb for OS >>>>>>>>> X betas. I don't yet know if the beta partition works, but both share >>>>>>>>> a drive so I'm not optimistic. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Any ideas? I looked at replacing the drive, but the iFixIt >>>>>>>>> instructions are scary and require special tools. The Mini is not >>>>>>>>> under Apple Care protection, and my nearest Genius bar is almost >>>>>>>>> three hours away. Am I just doomed, or is there a >>>>>>>>> check/repair/miracle program I could run? 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