![]() ![]() Looking for any information on a solution from this post. Why does it appear as an option in the list of file systems in Disk Utility when attaching a drive that's already got converted to 'APFS Physical Store"? What are the conditions for which macOS will display the label 'APFS Physical Store' in Disk Utility? Has anyone experienced these issues.Īpple's technical support in my country was not able to solve the issue nor could answer some of the basic questions which I've asked above to them. How to get back from APFS Physical Store to APFS so that my mac can read it back?Īlso would be helpful, if you can please let me know what exactly does 'APFS Physical Store" actually mean? Would really appreciate inputs / a solution to reverse back from what macOS Mojave has done. Is Mojave known to be a problem creator to convert APFS partition automatically to APFS Physical Store?Ĭan anyone provide me some details on this issue, if possible? APFS can be encrypted, and Mac OS Extended Journaled is the method. Another thing to keep in mind is encryption. Though APFS may work just fine, using Mac OS Extended is essentially a guarantee against problems. I was using APFS on High Sierra with these 2 USB hard drives and there was no issues at all ever. If you format a drive for use with older Macs or are formatting a drive on an older Mac Mac OS Extended should be your choice. This scenario has occurred twice to 2 of my Seagate hard drives only after upgrading to macOS Mojave. I know erasing it / formatting it is a quick fix, but is not an option as because the hard drive has data in it. But, the USB hard drive is detecting in Disk Utility. ![]() How to read an APFS Physical Store partition? Hello,Īfter upgrading to macOS Mojave 10.14.1I plugged in my Seagate USB APFS based hard drive and it got converted automatically to APFS Physical Store and is not mounting anymore. So.how do I format an external HDD drive with APFS? I bought SuperDuper! v3.1.2 which is set up for bootable backup from APFS, but somehow, I must format the disk for APFS file structure. APFS: Uses the APFS format, recommended for volumes using macOS High Sierra.Click the Format pop-up menu, then choose a volume format.Select the disk or volume in the sidebar, then click the Erase button.You can format a disk or volume using one of the following file system formats. "File system formats available in Disk Utility This is completely contrary to the very first statement in the Disk Utility Help article: Clicking Erase gives a pop-up window.where the "Format :" drop down menu does NOT contain APFS. Only the "Erase" button in the top menu is active (not grey). My new Seagate 2TB-USB 3.0 (as-received) is formatted NTFS. Disk Utility correctly shows that my MacBook Pro internal (boot) SSD is formatted APFS. The Disk Utility app was installed as part of MacOs 10.13.2 - High Sierra. ![]() No Ability to Format APFS with Disk Utility!Īll contemporary Support Articles in the "Disk Utility" thread states that I can format a disk (including an external HDD) by using Disk Utility and create APFS as the Format. ![]()
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