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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Operating System
From 10.6.8 to Mavericks with a disk-that-needs-to-be-repaired?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1557467" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>I personally like having the disks for the better safe than sorry approach (especially since I have older Mac's that I still run 10.6 on). But I agree...if someone has a bootable 10.9 USB installer...and repairing the disk via Disk Utility is desired...then this should work.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>But (to the OP as a "watch-out")...if the hard drive has problems that Disk Utility cannot repair (such as failing hardware)...then Disk Utility is not going to help. Just got to run Disk Utility to see.</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p><p></p><p>p.s. You should also check the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive via "System Report":</p><p></p><p>- Apple Menu</p><p>- About This Mac</p><p>- More Info</p><p>- click on "SATA" in the left column</p><p>- look to the info on the right for the "SMART" status</p><p></p><p>p.p.s. I'm using 10.8...the steps for the SMART status info may be slightly different for 10.6.8.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1557467, member: 56379"] I personally like having the disks for the better safe than sorry approach (especially since I have older Mac's that I still run 10.6 on). But I agree...if someone has a bootable 10.9 USB installer...and repairing the disk via Disk Utility is desired...then this should work.:) But (to the OP as a "watch-out")...if the hard drive has problems that Disk Utility cannot repair (such as failing hardware)...then Disk Utility is not going to help. Just got to run Disk Utility to see. - Nick p.s. You should also check the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive via "System Report": - Apple Menu - About This Mac - More Info - click on "SATA" in the left column - look to the info on the right for the "SMART" status p.p.s. I'm using 10.8...the steps for the SMART status info may be slightly different for 10.6.8. [/QUOTE]
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