It's a bit embarrassing to be called sir appleot I have to ask others why a hard drive (in my case an external SSD) cannot be formatted in the APFS file system - but hey, I'm not omniscient either. :)
My problem was that I wanted to format the USB-C external hard drive in the Disk Utility on my MacBook Pro in the AFPS system because - like most hard drives - it came in the ExFAT file system. This is useful for USB sticks that you want to use on Windows PCs and Macs alike, but not if you want to install macOS Mojave on them.
Chapter in this post:
No APFS to choose from
I didn't get a real error when formatting, but in the selection menu for the file systems that you can use in the Disk Utility unfortunately only these appeared:
- Mac OS Extended (journaled)
- Mac OS Extended (case sensitive, journaled)
- MS-DOS file system (FAT)
- exFAT
I erased and tried the hard drive in various ways, but no APFS was added to the selection.
The tragic thing: my friend, with whom I sat at the Mac regulars' table more than 20 years ago, unfortunately also had no idea and after my description of the problem only said "It works for me!". At some point, after much googling and trying, I gave up and actually mentally checked the whole thing off, but then I came up with the solution by accident.
macOS Mojave only accepts hard drives with a GUID partition table scheme
I finally formatted the SSD in “Mac OS Extended, journaled” format and then wanted to use the macOS Mojave Installer to put the new system on the disk. When I tried this I got this error message:
This hard drive does not use the GUID partition table scheme. Use Disk Utility to change the partition scheme. [...]
When I read that, it suddenly “clicked”:
In Disk Utility, you must first select “GUID Partition Table” under “Scheme” and then look at “Format” in the upper selection field. Then there are significantly more options:
- APFS
- APFS (encrypted)
- APFS (upper / lower case)
- APFS (upper / lower case, encrypted)
- Mac OS Extended (journaled)
- Mac OS Extended (journaled, encrypted)
- Mac OS Extended (case sensitive, journaled)
- Mac OS Extended (case sensitive, journaled, encrypted)
- MS-DOS file system (FAT)
- exFAT
I used the "pure" APFS because I didn't want to encrypt the data carrier and I didn't have to distinguish between upper and lower case. After clicking "Erase", it only took a few seconds until the volume was in APFS format and macOS Mojave could be installed on it without a murmur.
By the way, if you have a different display in Disk Utility than you can see in the screenshots, you should click on the “View” button in the top left of the program and then select “All Volumes”. This is how all devices and containers are displayed.
The instructions in super short version
After I just got a message from a reader that he doesn't see the "Scheme" option in his Disk Utility, I noticed that this has to do with the "Show all devices" view, which you can find in the top left under " Display” can select. Another important point is the selection of the volume at the top level, because only then will the "Delete" button appear (otherwise grayed out) and there is a selection box for "Scheme". I hope the screenshot below makes it clearer where to click what.
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Jens has been running the blog since 2012. He acts as Sir Apfelot for his readers and helps them with technical problems. In his spare time he rides electric unicycles, takes photos (preferably with the iPhone, of course), climbs around in the Hessian mountains or hikes with the family. His articles deal with Apple products, news from the world of drones or solutions to current bugs.
"You have to first select "GUID Partition Table" under "Scheme" in Disk Utility..."
Where is this “Scheme” option in the FP Utility please? It is also not visible in the screenshot above.
Hello Hans! Look again in the article at the bottom. I've just built in the paragraph with the new screenshot. In it you can see exactly where to click and where the box with the GUID partition scheme can be found. I hope this helps you!
Hello Sir Apfelot, I accidentally produced 2 containers on the SSD hard drive during a failed Windows installation. The boot camp partition should be 100 GB and is no longer available for the total volume of 500 GB. Do you have an idea how I can remove these containers so that I can use the entire volume again, Greetings Arndt.
Hello Arndt! I believe that the delete command only helps at the top level. Then you have a hard drive without a partition again. I guess. ;-)
Hello!
Thank you very much for describing the problem and the solution. That put me on the track for my problem that Apple Support couldn't solve either (because everyone was looking in the wrong direction). I upgraded my Mac mini 2012 with an SSD and formatted this and set it as the startup volume. So far everything is OK. Only the update to Mojave 10.14.2 did not work or was not offered at all. My mistake, I still had the SSD journaled formatted in Mac OS Extended, due to the lack of other alternatives.
With your hint, the SSD is now cloned, reformatted with APFS and now everything is up to date and AirPlay (the original problem) works again.
Thank you and greetings Jochen D.
Hello Jochen! Great that the post helped. I also learned something today: You can install Mojave on an APFS volume that is case-sensitive, but some programs (Adobe) have problems with it. So you should only use the “normal” APFS if you want to use the disk as a start volume. Encryption can be activated if required. No program has a problem with that.
Hallo,
I've read a lot here and don't understand too much about it.
I did everything as Sir Apfelot described it. But if I go to the "scheme", the guid partition table has already been preset and still no APFS appears for me. What can I do?
Hello Hannes! Phew ... no real idea why this could be. Which macOS do you have? And is the hard drive you want to format your startup disk or an external hard drive?
OS X El Capitan 10.11
The internal hard drive is called something with Hitachi and it contains the macintosh HD and it wants to format
Ok, that's the explanation: Apple didn't implement APFS until High Sierra (10.13). It is clear that you will not find this option with El Capitan (10.11). ;-)
As always - very helpful!
Thank you very much
Mega. thanks.
Thanks, it helped me a lot!
Class! I am pleased! : D
…”Ask Sir Apfelot, he will help efficiently and quickly!”
Thanks! For help with APFS formatting! All I can say is, "Congratulations!" Your article has contributed minutely to solving the problem!!! From now on I am also a “Sir-Apfelot” fan and will visit your website regularly!
Best regards,
Walter Ludwig (Apple fanboy since 1988)
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Hello Walter! Thanks for the nice poem! : D I am happy if you drop by me every now and then! Somebody's got to read all the nonsense I'm tapping into here. ;-) LG! Jens
Great tip.
Saved me from a desperate bite into the edge of the table ;-)
Hi Peter! Your table was lucky again! : D LG!
You saved me a lot of research, trial and error and frustration. Many Thanks.
That pleases me! : D
MEGA! Thanks !!!
My hero, thank you!
Now I come with my little problem. my MacBook Pro late 2012 now has a 1TB SSD.
APFS formatted with GUID. Install with macOS Mojave - prepared.
Drive is shown on the desk.
Mojave is ready to install; “Close programs and prepare to restart”
An error message appears after approx. 7 minutes:
An error occurred while preparing to install.
Repeated attempts bring the same result - now stand on the hose.
What can I do?
With CCC 5.1.8 I was able to load a version 10.14.4 onto the ssd
It all looks fine - thank you
I'm glad it worked!
Tried like a crazy yesterday…. but thanks to these instructions everything works now :)
Then you felt like me! ;-)
Could really cry :(
My Macbook was so slow with HDD .. I thought:
Come on try a 1TB SSD.
I installed the SSD and want to format it.
I sat on it for a week because my Macbook did not want to format the SSD in the FPDP. And then I managed to format the SSD to Extended Journaled, don't ask me how, suddenly my Macbook was up for it. And then after 2 hours while installing Mojave I get the error message that I should try again later ... I don't know what to do next.
Hello Price! What do you mean with the error message? When loading Mojave, does the Mac tell you to try "at a later time"? Otherwise, you can also load the system with another Mac and then install it from an external hard drive. There must be a way. Only we Mojave you want to reformat the disk to APFS. Mojave does not run on any other file system. If you have any more details or questions, bring them on. I try to help when I can.
Hi,
My problem is that I have an extended (journaled) formatted SSD and Windos 10 on the boot camp.
I have already deleted my Mac OS partition twice using the hard disk utility (Command + R) and formatted it as APFS (?) And then imported my backup.
And again and again I notice that the record is still reported as Extended (journaled).
The upgrade to Mojave will of course not work because there is no APFS.
Isn't it possible without shattering the entire PC?
Hello Wolli! I'm afraid that with Boot Camp and APFS is not yet supported by Apple. I would recommend that you use two separate hard drives here. And maybe the feature will be submitted with Catalina. If someone has other information, I would be happy to hear from you. LG!
Tried again!
The starting point was to transfer backup (1) from the MacBook Pro (2011) with High Sierra, Extended (journaled), and Windows 7 at the BootCamp to a MacBook Pro (2018) with SSD and with Windows 10 at the BootCamp.
Everything is wonderful.
Also the backup (2) afterwards from the MacBook Pro (2018).
Then the upgrade from macOS High Sierra to macOS Mojave. The APFS format is required for this.
But I didn't.
I have now deleted the Apple partition via restart (command + R) and reformatted it with APFS.
Then I read the macOS High Sierra from the MacBook Pro backup partition. Everything nice. The operating system then ran on an APFS format partition.
Then I installed my update (2).
And behold:
Everything as usual again:
High Sierra on Extended (journaled) !!
General question.
If I have a backup with High Sierra on an extended (journaled) partition, how do I get the files on a new computer with macOS Mojave and an APFS partition?
I think I found the problem to transfer my data to an APFS system:
I will now delete the Apple partition and format it with APFS. Then import High Sierra from the backup partition. Upgrade to Mojave and then only use the migration assistant to transfer the data from my BackUp version with High Sierra to Mojave.
Will take time. Contact me afterwards.
Hello Wolli! Yes exactly. The migration assistant does the job quite well. But he's really lame. I always have to let this run overnight because it takes so long. : D I'm looking forward to your result!
Bingo! Has worked so far.
Dazzled by 'import backup', I always clicked away the migration assistant that is offered after an operating system update.
I have now restored my 'old' state 'High Sierra' but now on APFS and am better prepared for an upgrade to 'Mojave' with my Apple partition formatted on APFS.
It is not yet clear whether Mojave may still accept 32-bit programs after an update that may be coming soon.
Since I'm still working with Adobe CSS5, I'll wait until the last moment. With the upcoming Catalina operating system, the 32-bit era will be history.
By the way:
My system transferred about 100 GBit per hour. There was no difference in time between the migration assistant (files only) and a backup update (complete hard drive).
Thanks for the support.
Super thank you. I had to format an external drive for a CCC backup in APFS to get a proper Mojave backup.
Only your tip helped me. Apple has also cleverly hidden the function
Yes, nobody looks first in the second selection box and then in the first. This is not a good user interface. ;-)
Thank you ... After two hours I finally came up with the solution from you ...
The change in the display brought the solution to the problem ... Well ... Sometimes the solution is in front of your nose and you just don't see it ...;))
I came across this How To by chance and probably saved myself gray hair and worry lines ...
Just to be on the safe side, my problem again:
1. I would like to buy a larger SSD for my MBP mid2012 (Samsung EVO860; 1TB)
2. Mojave is currently running on the MBP (now a 512GB SSD is installed)
3. I would now have packed the new SSD in a case and formatted it on the Mac with the FDP.
Is it now correct that this MUST be done in the APFS format for Mojave?
And not journaled with MacOS?
4. Then I would have created a clone on the new SSD with CCC (including recovery partition)
5. install the new SSD
Finished. Correctly?
Hello Nicolas! Yes, exactly right. As of Mojave, the system expects APFS on the disk. So format on APFS and then with CCC or SuperDuper! copy and then I would try again as a test to boot from the external SSD. If everything goes smoothly, I would start the conversion.
Thank you Sir Apfelot :-)
All tutorials found are based on a system (2012) that was just running on MacOS Journaled. Of course, this essential detail is not mentioned!
Good advice to test the SSD externally beforehand and thank you for the super-quick answer!
Greetings from Hamburg
With pleasure! And today I wasn't fast. There are just so many questions and comments about Catalina that I can barely write. : D But I try hard ... ;-)
Thank you for the solution!
Similar problem: my Transcend (USB Internal physical volume 125GB ) is in Disk Utility under the APFS volume (i.e. my main volume 114Gb). Now it happens that via peer-to-peer large amounts (80GB) are listed in “downloads” and therefore my mac says “out of disk space”….why? is the SSD (Transcend) not recognized as an APFS volume? First I had to delete all the larger documents and files so that my Mac didn't keep crashing......Can anyone please explain to me how I can set up the external (but fixed in the slot) SSD Transcend from the Mac as the main volume? THANKS
As far as I could read in the Apple Support Forum, that happens sometimes. The solution seems to be to reinstall macOS Catalina and then import the Time Machine backup. I hope it helps!
Thank you very much!
Hello Sir Apfelot,
An SSD is built into my computer, no other external hard drives. When installing macOS Catalina, the installation program still tells me that the volume is not formatted as APFS. How can I solve the problem?
Hello Svenja! Have you checked the hard disk service program to see whether it shows APFS as the file system? If not, I would connect an external hard drive and format it to APFS. Then copy all data from the internal to the external (via CCC or SuperDuper). Now you start from the external drive and delete the internal one with the hard drive utility and format it as APFS. Then you can start the Catalina installer and it should do a clean install on the internal disk. During the installation you can then tell him to use the migration assistant to import the personal data from your external hard drive.
Hello and thank you for the instructions. Unfortunately I only found it (like many others) after installing the cloned SSD and encountering the problem.
I am currently upgrading 2 Macbook pro in parallel:
1. Mid 2012 with Mojave - here I probably have to install the old HDD again, format the SSD correctly, clone and then install it again. … What the hell …
2. Early 2011 with El Capitan: Do I have to repeat the procedure here or can El Capitan also cope with MacOS Journaled. It would probably be better to do an APFS formatting at the same time, if you want to upgrade later. Correct?
Hello Dave! So, as far as I know, El Capitan is too old for APFS. It's only been since High Sierra. In that case, the good old “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” is the better option.
Hello Sir Apfelot,
your description just saved me from madness! I have subscribed to your newsletter so that in the future I won't have to use such tips after a long search.
Top site with lots of valuable tips !!!!
Thank you!
Rarely read such a great post, no wobbly videos, mumbling voices ect. For me that would be the benchmark on the web!
Easy, great, especially for beginners ....!
Hello Dlorenzo! Thank you for the praise. But maybe I'll start my Youtube career someday and make shaky videos and mumble a bit into the microphone. : D
Thank you very much. I too just got bushy and deleted a wolf and nothing was done with APFS. Thanks to Google and you ... is now running ... :-)
Thank you thank you thank you!
Highly Recommended !!!
I struggled with the built-in HDD for a long time.
Then found this post, got an SSD (Samsung T5 500GB) and followed your instructions. My 2017 iMac boots within 74 seconds and all applications run like an oiled lightning bolt.
Can hardly express my thanks !!!
Hello Guido! Yes, the external SSD is really still an insider tip because most people don't believe that an externally connected SSD can get so much speed out of it. But I've really only had positive experiences with it. It's nice that you have it too! : D
Thanks, this article has just helped me a lot ... I was already thinking, I will no longer be able to use SuperDuper in the future, because I am desperate that the conversion to APFS would not work due to the missing GUID partitioning.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one stuck there. : D
Hello and thank you for this solution. I also had the problem and it worked according to your instructions. Thanks!
Hallo,
I have the problem that the APFS format is not displayed in the hard disk utility despite the GUID partition table (I've installed a Crucial SSD and currently Mojave 10.14.3 on my Mac).
I what ideas could be the reason? :(
Hello Aline! Unfortunately I have no idea. Mojave should support APFS and it would be news to me that certain hard drives exclude certain hard drive formats. But maybe someone else has an idea?
Thanks for your answer!
If someone should have the same problem, I'll write here how I was able to solve the problem after a phone call with Apple Support:
* Format the SSD in OS X Extended (upper / lower case and journaled)! -> since the format is newer than OS X Extended (Journaled) it is possible to update again
* Start the Mac by holding down Alt + Cmd + R keys -> this will display the latest operating system as an installation option in Internet Recovery Mode
* Install macOS Catalina
Hello Aline! Thanks for the hint. That's great! I think I'll do a separate article on that. LG, Jens
Hello Sir Apfelot,
I'm currently not sure whether my current clone is helpful and would be happy about a tip.
Briefly about my plan:
I would like to install an SSD in my Macbook Pro (mid 2012) and I am currently cloning the HDD to the SSD using CCC. My system is currently still running on Yosemite. After the clone is done, my plan would be to start the system via the still external SSD and to test whether everything works.
In the next step, I would have liked to upgrade to Mojave before installing the SSD. In my research I came across by chance that the SSD must be formatted on APFS for this to work. That's how I came across your article here. Now it is the case that I did not find the possibility to select the APFS format in the hard disk utility under Yosemite, because this is only planned for 10.13.
Do you have a tip for me on how best to proceed here? Maybe a solution to the problem is already described in your article but I don't understand it; I wouldn't rule it out at this point ;-(
Thank you in advance!
Regards
Peter
Hi Peter! The procedure with the clone is correct. But you don't have to prepare anything, because the Catalina installer checks the file format and changes it to APFS if necessary. Good luck with it!
Hello Sir Apfelot,
Thank you very much for the lightning-fast answer and that you were able to take my concerns away. Everything worked wonderfully ;-)
Best regards
Peter
Wonderful, that makes me happy!
Hello Sor Apfelot,
thank you very much for your contribution. Unfortunately, the "Scheme" window is not displayed for me at all, only "Format". Do you have any idea how I can still format the external hard drive to apfs? Thank you very much for your support.
Regards
Nina
Hello Nina! Have you switched the top left under “View” to “Show all devices”? Then you need to unfold the volume's arrow in the list and select the top entry. Now you go to “Delete” and you will also find “Scheme”. When you click on the child volume (shown indented), you only get the “Format” option. That is normal. LG, Jens
Thank you very much, Jens! Helped me a lot. :-)
With pleasure! : D
Hi Jens,
I was already desperate! Thank goodness I found your article and scrolled it all the way down :-)
MANY THANKS!!!!!!!
Haha! With pleasure. : D
Hello, Jens.
The instructions were very helpful for me as an occasional Eppler.
A friend's hard drive in the Imac 27 died in 2013. Not a big deal, one would think… got an internal 500 GB SSD and formatted and partitioned it on the PC beforehand. The installation was adventure technology, since you have to remove and reinstall the entire inner workings including the mainboard. But now the installer complained with "Installation not possible, GUID partition table is missing... blablabla... please correct with disk utility...." This error message was neither helpful nor purposeful, because there was no "scheme" in the FDP.
The only solution was to completely delete and recreate, which then also generated this GUID and also allowed partitioning.
The plan is to install Linux as well as MAC-OS, either Arch Linux or Deepin, let's see. Because the topic of telemetry and user control is unfortunately also becoming more and more worrying at Appler. (2 factor authentication, etc.).
Hello Anton! It's good that you managed to do it, because I'm always out of these types of handicrafts. I have no idea about that. : D
Hello Jens Kleinholz,
I came across this blog by chance.
Here I read that Mojave can only be installed on hard drives with an APFS file system!
I own a MacBook Pro 17 ″ in mid-2009. Officially, this Mac is supported by the El Capitan system.
This week I gave my MacBook Pro the new Mojave system using the Mojave patcher. Even after the installation, the hard drive is still in the Mac OS Jounaled file system.
I haven't noticed any restriction so far!
Is the condition questionable?
Regards
Hello Wolfgang! Actually, Mojave will automatically convert your file system to APFS. But in your case it could have been left out because of the patcher. I think the programmer who wrote the patcher must have made that aware. So I wouldn't worry too much.
Thanks for the helpful info with “Change view”!
I thought I was crazy. After all, I've already reinstalled a lot of HD + SSd. But you have to come to the thing with the representation first.
Also the step after that, that only after switching to “GUID” “APFS” can be seen….
Apple could also automate this step (brief inquiry with selection menu) and then process this step in the background.
Since MacOS is Unix-based, Apple could take a look at installations of Linux systems - it goes far more smoothly ...
But it is the way it is ... ... my Air (2017) now has a 480GB SSD in it and is buzzing again ...
Thanks for the contribution - I was also faced with this problem today as a Mac user for decades and was initially completely at a loss ...
Yes, like the ox in front of the mountain, right !? : D
Great, your article helped me a lot. It was the same for me, I was quite at a loss as to why my external HDD could not be formatted to APFS. Thanks very much!
Hello dear sir,
I've been messing with my old iMac with a defective hard drive for 1 week now. Today finally all courage put together, got a suction thing from the glazier and put in an SSD. Went great. https://youtu.be/eR9iH2CQZlc
Then installation from the Internet (“alt-cmd-R”) and the same error message as you above. I followed your screenshot and lo and behold, it installed.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
LG Stephan
I had the same problem today
a look at your side has redeemed me, yes for long-time Apple users who still have the
grown up with the old OSX, the “Apple file system” sometimes takes some getting used to….*-)
Well, great that it helped! I also puzzled for a long time ... is somehow counterintuitive by Apple.
Hello
I'm really desperate
have mojave 10.14.6 with an SSD
and want to update Monterey (or Catalina)
(so I can install Adobe Pro etc.)
there always comes the hint I have to format it as AFPS
no matter what I do, she stays with me
“Delete” button greyed out
or does anyone know like me adobe
to work on mojave 10.14.6
Please help
Thank you
Hello momo! Have you also switched Disk Utility to "Advanced View" in the top left corner? Then you will see the individual volumes. If you select one of these, you should also be able to delete it. I hope that's it. :D
Hello
I made an extended view
but the internal SSD remains gray
only below the SSD (image files)
can I delete it
Ok, that's understandable as you are trying to erase the SSD that is running the currently active operating system. Of course, macOS doesn't like that. You would have to restart and hold down CMD + R when restarting. Then you come to the recovery partition and there you can also open the disk utility and delete the volume. But then really all of the data on it is gone. You will only be able to boot from the rescue partition.
Hello
also tried CMD + R
but only the symbol always comes along
” Circle and draw in the middle”
Ok, that means your Mac doesn't have a recovery system to boot from. How old is your mac You would probably have to use an external hard drive or USB stick and install a system on it. Then you can boot from there and delete the internal hard drive and install macOS on it. There are instructions on how to do this here at Apple.
Hello
Once again
Does anyone know maybe how to get on another way
Recovery partition
can come if CMD + R does not work
Hello
Thank you until then
Year 2009
I downloaded macOS Catalina and installed it on a USB stick as described
but also when I start from the USB stick
comes the symbol ” circle and line in the middle”
I know that I must have done something wrong
but unfortunately don't know what
or should I download macOS Monterey?
Hello momo! You probably did everything right, but your Mac is incompatible with the system. Look here in the Liste of Macs compatible with macOS Catalina are. Not a single one is named that is from 2009. macOS Monterey then unfortunately does not work.
Hello
Thank you very much
but when i do a system update with mojave 10.14.6
want the system that I should install Monterey
Mac will download it automatically
but then it fails at “APFS Format”
i should format it in APFS
So something about this is not right. If your Mac is from 2009, it certainly won't suggest you update to Monterey. There isn't one... please check again what model is in "About your Mac". Maybe then we'll be smarter. :D
I would only like to recommend to be patient when loading the upgrade on Monterey, more than there may be (only 2 minutes, which can then be 3/4 of an hour) ...... for me it wasn't a BUG from Apple like that in the end described in the media ... Everything works fine and I am very satisfied with Monterey ...
Hello
It would work if I
Install mojave on a USB stick
then boot from USB
then format the SSD in APFS
Install mojave again
and then on Monterey upgrades
Is that possible ?
Yes, that should work!
there is mojave 10.14.6 Imac 21,5 inches at the end of 2009
And he seriously suggests an update to Monterey ?! This is total nonsense. I don't think that can be anything. So it probably also depends on the installation. Anyway, I'm a bit at a loss ... :(
Hello
now i have installed mojave on a USB stick
and again
when I want to boot from it
comes ” circle and lined in the middle”
why is that so?
The Mac tells you that it cannot boot from this stick. From a distance I cannot judge why this is so. But if your Mac is actually from 2009, it won't run Mojave either. At least if you want to trust the official information from Apple ...
1000 thanks.
Thank you, very good article, just helped me spontaneously. By the way: Apple has somehow redesigned everything optically under Ventura, but the snags are still there — so all the tips listed here still help and the same traps and hurdles still exist :-)
Hey there!
I have the same problem... but under Ventura 13.2 and MacBook Pro 16 from 2021.
Cannot format the external SSD to APFS because it has no GUID partitions.
But where I can change that...NO plan!:-(
Greetings Frank
Hey Frank!
Well, actually about:
– Disk Utility (under Applications > Utilities)
– then click on the hard drive on the left
– Button “Delete” at the top and then just set “GUID” and then “APFS”.
Hey Jens,
I've now seen that when I display it on "all devices" and only then do I see the disk and otherwise I've only seen the image. Now hats worked.
Thanks for your answer.;-)
Hello, I'm trying to install windows 10 without bootcamp. When I get to the point where I select the partition to install it on, I don't see any disk. What could be the problem? imac retina 5k 2020 Monterey (Apple SSD 256)
Hello Nicola! How can you install Windows without Bootcamp? There are only ways through Bootcamp or a virtual machine like Parallels Desktop. So I don't fully understand the question.
I've always installed without bootcamp, on every Mac device. There is a procedure about terminals. Maybe the problem I don't see an SSD is just because I'm using an SSD and a 10* gen processor. Previous installations I always did on HHD and not on SSD
Hello Nicola! Maybe the translation doesn't work properly, but I don't know of a way to run Windows directly on a Mac. And a 10* processor means nothing to me either. Despite 20 years of Apple experience.
Good morning! I landed on your blog trying to install a backup from my Macbook Pro (10.13) to an old iMac (10.10). "The system cannot be restored to this disk because APFS systems can only be restored to SSD." The background to the whole story is that after updating the operating system to Catalina (yes, I'm still lagging behind), some programs no longer work and I first have to deactivate them on the old operating system I think High Sierra in order to be able to install the programs on the new operating system . Do you have any idea what I could do in my case? Thanks in advance! many greetings Ps. of course I tried the reformatting as listed by you.. didn't work.
Hello Sandra! You could try installing a fresh macOS and then using Migration Assistant to get the user data from the backup. But whether that works depends on the backup. I hope he recognizes it. VG, Jens
ps. iMac is currently 10.13. but now recognize the problem “SSD on MacOS HD”. But what is the solution?
My suggestion was to use Migration Assistant. I don't know of any other solution.
Many thanks
GREAT – that’s it!
APFS has finally appeared.
Thanks for the help Jens :-)
Best regards,
Mike
Gladly! The article is old, but the problem apparently still exists. 😂
Thank you. The article saved me.
It would never have occurred to me that you had to select "Show all devices" under "Display" 🙈
Greetings, Michael
It's also a bit stupidly hidden and still not fixed. Apparently we three people are the only “stupid” people who overlook it. 😂
I missed it too! Thanks for the instructions!
Gladly! 😊 Thanks for the feedback!