Re: External SSD crashes Finder & Disk Utilities
Hi, As someone suggested, I used terminal to format the drive. Then Disk Utility saw it without crashing. I used recovery mode to reinstall Monterey, While in recovery mode, I also renamed the drive and the data drive was automatically renamed as well. So everything is good. Thanks, Rob > On Jul 10, 2022, at 12:02 PM, 'Tim J Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > First, you should not mess with the name of the Data drive related to the > system volume. Normally, this will not crash your system, although Disk > Utility may take a quite a while to determine what’s what. Try giving it a > five or ten minutes to resolve the drive, then see if you can manipulate it > from within Disk Utility. Terminal is also an option, but it may still give > you the spinning of death before it’s found in Terminal as well. > > Later… > > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jul 8, 2022, at 4:25 PM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> >>> On 8/7/22 17:26, mr.robertcole via MacVisionaries wrote: >>> So if I can’t rename or format the SSD, What do I do? >>> Please give me some advice! >>> It is my understanding that you can format storage devices from the shell >>> prompt in Mac OS. >> You should be able to look up the command syntax on the Web, then run >> Terminal and carefully use a command to reformat the device. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/cee30942-752c-9fbe-3042-4bac7ff7dca4%40jasonjgw.net. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/204F3808-8535-4C29-9EAE-03F3EFE4E1B5%40me.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/94F29F91-AF14-4D51-8979-931D8442C370%40icloud.com.
Re: External SSD crashes Finder & Disk Utilities
Hi, First, you should not mess with the name of the Data drive related to the system volume. Normally, this will not crash your system, although Disk Utility may take a quite a while to determine what’s what. Try giving it a five or ten minutes to resolve the drive, then see if you can manipulate it from within Disk Utility. Terminal is also an option, but it may still give you the spinning of death before it’s found in Terminal as well. Later… Sent from my iPad > On Jul 8, 2022, at 4:25 PM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > >> On 8/7/22 17:26, mr.robertcole via MacVisionaries wrote: >> So if I can’t rename or format the SSD, What do I do? >> Please give me some advice! >> It is my understanding that you can format storage devices from the shell >> prompt in Mac OS. > You should be able to look up the command syntax on the Web, then run > Terminal and carefully use a command to reformat the device. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/cee30942-752c-9fbe-3042-4bac7ff7dca4%40jasonjgw.net. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/204F3808-8535-4C29-9EAE-03F3EFE4E1B5%40me.com.
Re: External SSD crashes Finder & Disk Utilities
On 8/7/22 17:26, mr.robertcole via MacVisionaries wrote: So if I can’t rename or format the SSD, What do I do? Please give me some advice! It is my understanding that you can format storage devices from the shell prompt in Mac OS. You should be able to look up the command syntax on the Web, then run Terminal and carefully use a command to reformat the device. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/cee30942-752c-9fbe-3042-4bac7ff7dca4%40jasonjgw.net.
External SSD crashes Finder & Disk Utilities
Dear List, You know that saying, If its not broken, Don’t fix it. Well, I didn’t listen. I was running Big Sur on a external SSD, while Monterey was installed on the internal spindle drive. So today I decided to upgrade the SSD from Big Sur to Monterey. The upgrade seemed to go OK, So since the SSD drive was named Big Sur, I renamed it to Monterey SSD, and I also renamed the data drive to Monterey SSD-Data. Guess what! Yes, the Mac will not boot the SSD. I have to remove it in order to boot into recovery, but soon as I plug it in, Recovery disk utility stops responding. So again I unplugged it and restarted the Mac booting with the internal spindle drive running Monterey, But finder stops responding when I plug in the SSD. So if I can’t rename or format the SSD, What do I do? Please give me some advice! Thanks, Rob -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/F314C5F4-DE8B-48FC-BF97-10C6E384574B%40icloud.com.
