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MAJOR HELP NEEDED! - re: 840GB of "Hidden" files and "Disk Error" due to iCloud Drive
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<blockquote data-quote="jman995x" data-source="post: 1813819" data-attributes="member: 58170"><p>Ok, just to make sure I understand what you're saying:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">When I upgraded to Mojave, it changed my drive format from HFS+ to APFS, and therefore the version of Disk Utility that came with my machine when it was new, didn't know that in the future (read: now) there would be such at thing as APFS, so Disk Utility is looking at APFS like a side dish it didn't order, correct?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I ran Disk Utility from the internal 3TB Fusion HDD that came with my machine, and therefore if I do a reinstall it'll install the original OS X that came with the system (I think, Lion), and then I'll have to spend time to upgrade to Mojave...but even though I'll have done that, the reinstall will give me the older version of Disk Utility, which will once again look at the new APFS format like a side dish it didn't order, and I might be left with more (false) "Disk Error" messages.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I can install Mojave from the link you sent me without having to do anything before hand (PROVIDED that I my current drive backed up via CCC, correct?).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I do this via a bootable installer I'm going to make on a USB stick containing said Mojave OS.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Here's where I need some clarification...</li> </ol><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Once I have booted from the USB Stick (which I'm assuming I do by restarting the machine in Recovery Mode, then selecting the USB Stick as the boot source, correct?).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I then choose the Disk Utility (FROM THE USB STICK AS WELL, correct?)...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Erase the drive(s)...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Quit Disk Utility...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reinstall the (new Mojave) OS from the USB Stick...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Use Migration Assistant to restore from the CCC backup...</li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Will I need CCC to be installed in order to do this, or a clone is a clone and my iMac, now running Mojave, will have access to this clone?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Will Migration Assistant let me pick-and-choose which files I want replaced (because in addition to NOT wanting the bloated "System" file replaced, there may be other large files that I don't reinstalled due to lack of use, and would rather just keep in the clone backup)?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I'm supremely confident that this screwup was a result of iCloud somehow confusing my computer, as it would be almost statisitcally impossible for me to have deleted 840GBs of information on one day, and then have my computer not only suck the next day, but also have that exact amount of space clogging my "System" folder. So, when you say by wiping out the computer and doing a fresh install I won't know what exactly caused the problem, at this point I need my computer and my life back and much as I'd like to know the exact culprit, I just don't have any more time to spend playing Columbo.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">So, I'll wait for your confirmation that I have everything correct, and will then pull the trigger with the Backup/USB Bootable Installer/Disk Utility Erase/Reinstall OS Mojave/Migration Assistant process.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jman995x, post: 1813819, member: 58170"] Ok, just to make sure I understand what you're saying: [LIST=1] [*]When I upgraded to Mojave, it changed my drive format from HFS+ to APFS, and therefore the version of Disk Utility that came with my machine when it was new, didn't know that in the future (read: now) there would be such at thing as APFS, so Disk Utility is looking at APFS like a side dish it didn't order, correct? [*]I ran Disk Utility from the internal 3TB Fusion HDD that came with my machine, and therefore if I do a reinstall it'll install the original OS X that came with the system (I think, Lion), and then I'll have to spend time to upgrade to Mojave...but even though I'll have done that, the reinstall will give me the older version of Disk Utility, which will once again look at the new APFS format like a side dish it didn't order, and I might be left with more (false) "Disk Error" messages. [*]I can install Mojave from the link you sent me without having to do anything before hand (PROVIDED that I my current drive backed up via CCC, correct?). [*]I do this via a bootable installer I'm going to make on a USB stick containing said Mojave OS. [*]Here's where I need some clarification...[/LIST] [LIST][*]Once I have booted from the USB Stick (which I'm assuming I do by restarting the machine in Recovery Mode, then selecting the USB Stick as the boot source, correct?). [*]I then choose the Disk Utility (FROM THE USB STICK AS WELL, correct?)... [*]Erase the drive(s)... [*]Quit Disk Utility... [*]Reinstall the (new Mojave) OS from the USB Stick... [*]Use Migration Assistant to restore from the CCC backup...[/LIST] [LIST=6][*]Will I need CCC to be installed in order to do this, or a clone is a clone and my iMac, now running Mojave, will have access to this clone? [*]Will Migration Assistant let me pick-and-choose which files I want replaced (because in addition to NOT wanting the bloated "System" file replaced, there may be other large files that I don't reinstalled due to lack of use, and would rather just keep in the clone backup)? [*]I'm supremely confident that this screwup was a result of iCloud somehow confusing my computer, as it would be almost statisitcally impossible for me to have deleted 840GBs of information on one day, and then have my computer not only suck the next day, but also have that exact amount of space clogging my "System" folder. So, when you say by wiping out the computer and doing a fresh install I won't know what exactly caused the problem, at this point I need my computer and my life back and much as I'd like to know the exact culprit, I just don't have any more time to spend playing Columbo. [*]So, I'll wait for your confirmation that I have everything correct, and will then pull the trigger with the Backup/USB Bootable Installer/Disk Utility Erase/Reinstall OS Mojave/Migration Assistant process. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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