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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: 1813917" data-attributes="member: 58170"><p><strong>So...kinda screwed at the moment...</strong></p><p></p><p>So, CCC finally finished cloning my iMac's Drive.</p><p></p><p>I inserted the USB that I formatted and installed the macOS Mojave Installer App on yesterday.</p><p></p><p>I rebooted into Recovery Mode.</p><p></p><p>Disk Utility showed that my drive was 1 Partition, set up as APFS.</p><p></p><p>I quit DU and then selected Install New OS, but the USB Stick was greyed out and it showed me the following message:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]29309[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>So...I followed those instructions and reformatted/wiped out the USB drive.</p><p></p><p>I then went to my MacBook Pro (17", Mid-2009, El Capitan 10.11.6).</p><p></p><p>Installed the USB drive, went to the App Store to download a copy of the macOS Mojave Install App and was given an error message that it can't be downloaded or installed on my MacBook Pro.</p><p></p><p>So...I went back to the boot options on my iMac and selected Internet Help.</p><p>It took me to an Apple Page that gave me these instructions:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]29310[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>But I wasn't paying attention and thought, "Okay, so I have to reinstall all the way back to Mountain Lion, and then will just upgrade to Mojave from there," forgetting that the Drive is now formatted for APFS, yet this Disk Utility has problems interfacing with said drive.....so now I have a Spinning Beach Ball of Death on my iMac, and the message and status bar you see in the picture below has been the same for the better part of an hour:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]29311[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>SOOOO.....</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Since my iMac is locked down with an older DU trying to figure out what APFS, and therefore my iMac is a big paperweight at the moment...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">And the fact that my MacBook Pro is old enough that the App Store won't even let me download the macOS Mojave Installer App because it thinks that I'm trying to install it to my MacBook instead of trying to use it for a Bootable USB Stick...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><em><u>CAN SOMEONE PLEASE UPLOAD/SEND ME the macOS Mojave Installer App from the App Store</u></em></strong> so that I can use Terminal on my MacBook Pro to create a Bootable USB Stick....again?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"></li> </ol><p></p><p>I'm assuming, that even though my iMac is stuck, that I can do a Hard Reset, Boot from the USB Stick (once I've created it), and via the installation process, my iMac's Fusion Drive will be reformatted...correct?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jman995x, post: 1813917, member: 58170"] [b]So...kinda screwed at the moment...[/b] So, CCC finally finished cloning my iMac's Drive. I inserted the USB that I formatted and installed the macOS Mojave Installer App on yesterday. I rebooted into Recovery Mode. Disk Utility showed that my drive was 1 Partition, set up as APFS. I quit DU and then selected Install New OS, but the USB Stick was greyed out and it showed me the following message: [ATTACH=FULL]29309[/ATTACH] So...I followed those instructions and reformatted/wiped out the USB drive. I then went to my MacBook Pro (17", Mid-2009, El Capitan 10.11.6). Installed the USB drive, went to the App Store to download a copy of the macOS Mojave Install App and was given an error message that it can't be downloaded or installed on my MacBook Pro. So...I went back to the boot options on my iMac and selected Internet Help. It took me to an Apple Page that gave me these instructions: [ATTACH=FULL]29310[/ATTACH] But I wasn't paying attention and thought, "Okay, so I have to reinstall all the way back to Mountain Lion, and then will just upgrade to Mojave from there," forgetting that the Drive is now formatted for APFS, yet this Disk Utility has problems interfacing with said drive.....so now I have a Spinning Beach Ball of Death on my iMac, and the message and status bar you see in the picture below has been the same for the better part of an hour: [ATTACH=FULL]29311[/ATTACH] SOOOO..... [LIST=1] [*]Since my iMac is locked down with an older DU trying to figure out what APFS, and therefore my iMac is a big paperweight at the moment... [*]And the fact that my MacBook Pro is old enough that the App Store won't even let me download the macOS Mojave Installer App because it thinks that I'm trying to install it to my MacBook instead of trying to use it for a Bootable USB Stick... [*][B][I][U]CAN SOMEONE PLEASE UPLOAD/SEND ME the macOS Mojave Installer App from the App Store[/U][/I][/B] so that I can use Terminal on my MacBook Pro to create a Bootable USB Stick....again? [*] [/LIST] I'm assuming, that even though my iMac is stuck, that I can do a Hard Reset, Boot from the USB Stick (once I've created it), and via the installation process, my iMac's Fusion Drive will be reformatted...correct? [/QUOTE]
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