Much appreciated, it worked. Quick tip for everyone; pay attention to which disk you're formating, he typed in disk2 but in my case it was disk3, so pay close attention guys.
Thanks for taking the time to post this. Fixed a problem I had with an external drive that would no mount after the Mac shutdown in the middle of a file transfer. Very clear and to the point instructions!
can someone please help me? when I get to the password line it doesn't allow me to input anything. all it shows is the key symbol. How did you go about it?
I ran into problem where my ssd doesn't have a TYPE NAME when I tried to enter diskutil list /dev/disk3 ( external, physical0: #: TYPENAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: 4TB DISK3 the name of the ssd is called General UDISK Media when I wrote diskutil erase disk ExFAT general usk media disk3 I got unknown partition scheme: media please help me
Can someone please help me? when I get to the password line, it doesn't allow me to input anything. all it shows is the key symbol. How did you go about it?
Fixed my HD. Just unboxed a Seagate, it wanted me to use an app to format it for Mac, i decided to use disk utility instead. Unfortunately the format/erase process failed. The disk would not mount after, thought i was F**ked (i need this for an out of state video job in a few days). I followed the instructions and now this HD is fixed. Thanks!
@@nsa.jonathan4738 I’ve had a few seagates that were just dead out of the box. If you plug it in and get no response from the drive, I’d just return it and get a new one.
Hey I followed the step but in the end it seems fail with this notif : Error: -69825: Wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing failed. Can you help me further? Thanks!
Thank you really very much! After looking for 3 weeks in Google for how to format my LaCie 4 T HD I was going to buy a new one but then I discover this video: it worked perfectly at first try.
Do you know how to convert files .dmg or .pkg into .app ? I'm looking for create an external ssd with a macOS to repare my Mac mini, it's an 2011 model A1347, the latest version that it can support it's High Sierra, and I want to create my external ssd with my MacBook Pro which is on the last version Monterey. Can you give me some tips please ? Thanks!!
This worked for me on my Mac Studio. It did not do the prompting around the 2:39 mark so I retried and still did not do the prompting. I then opened Finder and tried to drag a file into the HD and it worked. Thanks!
HI! I try this process with a Western Digital Elements, but an error occurred: (Error: -69760: Unable to write to the last block of the device) Do you know what can i do? Thanks!
I had the same problem and followed the steps, although in the end I had to erase the disk from the terminal. It has been a whole day and it is still in the erasing process. Will it take longer? Or is there a possibility that it has frozen?
can someone please help me? when I get to the password line it doesn't allow me to input anything. all it shows is the key symbol. How did you go about it?
It doesn't work here. In Terminal, erasing stops and says: "-69825: Wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing failed". Can you help me? External drive SSD by SanDisk cannot be formatted and used.
Nah, didn't work. I followed the instructions several times and got this each time; - - - - - - - - - Started erase on disk1 Unmounting disk Creating the partition map Error: -69877: Couldn't open device
Hello friend, I followed your recommendations step by step but it didn't work. you can help? it is a USB device. Thanks /dev/disk1 (external, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: FDisk_partition_scheme *15.6 GB disk1 1: Windows_FAT_32 ALOPEZ 15.6 GB disk1s1 iMac-de-ALopez:~ Apple$ diskutil erasedisk ExFAt WD-Black disk1 Started erase on disk1 Unmounting disk Error: -69877: Couldn't open device
can someone please help me? when I get to the password line it doesn't allow me to input anything. all it shows is the key symbol. How did you go about it?
this way not work with my problem, terminal error message "Unable to begin erase operation: A writable disk is required (-69772)" have you facing same probelem?
discussions.apple.com/thread/251108946?sortBy=best Restart the computer. Immediately after the chime hold down the Command-R keys until Apple logo and progress bar appear. Wait until the Utility Menu appears. Select Disk Utility then click on the Continue button. After Disk Utility loads select the drive (out-dented entry with type and size info) from the side list. Click on the Erase button in the Disk Utility toolbar. A panel should drop down. In the drop down panel set the partition scheme to GUID. Set the Format type to APFS (SSDs only) or Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Apply button and click on the Done button when it is activated. Quit Disk Utility.
Much appreciated, it worked. Quick tip for everyone; pay attention to which disk you're formating, he typed in disk2 but in my case it was disk3, so pay close attention guys.
Man, I’ve been struggling with a SSD for four days, until I found this video. Thanks 🙏🏻
Thanks for taking the time to post this. Fixed a problem I had with an external drive that would no mount after the Mac shutdown in the middle of a file transfer. Very clear and to the point instructions!
can someone please help me? when I get to the password line it doesn't allow me to input anything. all it shows is the key symbol. How did you go about it?
@@kelvinhaizel4361 it's normal. just type your password even if u don't see it being typed and hit enter
I ran into problem where my ssd doesn't have a TYPE NAME when I tried to enter diskutil list
/dev/disk3 ( external, physical0:
#: TYPENAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: 4TB DISK3
the name of the ssd is called General UDISK Media
when I wrote
diskutil erase disk ExFAT general usk media disk3
I got unknown partition scheme: media
please help me
I tried several videos with no luck. This one finally worked. Thank you so much.
This is the best solution for this problem on the internet.
Wow what a comment , thank you
Im happy to help
Thank you! I thought I purchased a faulty drive but now it's working.
Hi. When running your command, I get "Error: -69830: This operation requires an unmounted disk" Please help
I get same error u found a way to solve it ?
@@italonelli1233 me too
Same here
Same thing getting
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! After 5 hours of grief, your video saved me!
Can someone please help me? when I get to the password line, it doesn't allow me to input anything. all it shows is the key symbol. How did you go about it?
@@kelvinhaizel4361 me too
You saved me! Thank you so so so much! I was starting to lose hope with all the other videos! Appreciate it
Fixed my HD. Just unboxed a Seagate, it wanted me to use an app to format it for Mac, i decided to use disk utility instead. Unfortunately the format/erase process failed. The disk would not mount after, thought i was F**ked (i need this for an out of state video job in a few days). I followed the instructions and now this HD is fixed. Thanks!
can you help me? i unboxed a seagate and this wont work.
@@nsa.jonathan4738 I’ve had a few seagates that were just dead out of the box. If you plug it in and get no response from the drive, I’d just return it and get a new one.
finally someone who knows all the commands and steps instead of half of them, great video helped within seconds of watching!
😍
@@Tips2Fix Wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing failed. : (-69825) any help
@@Tips2Fix Thanks but after following your tutorial I got this error 'Wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing failed. : (-69825)'
This was very informative and very direct. Thank you for your effort and time in making this video.
Hey I followed the step but in the end it seems fail with this notif : Error: -69825: Wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing failed. Can you help me further? Thanks!
Definitely just saved me a headache my man blessings to you!
Dear SIR THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! After 5 hours of grief, your video saved me!
Thank you really very much! After looking for 3 weeks in Google for how to format my LaCie 4 T HD I was going to buy a new one but then I discover this video: it worked perfectly at first try.
You're a lifesaver. Thank you.
You're welcome!
wow ,this was a saviour..worked for me like a charm..my disk is back to life! many thanks!
you're welcome
BEST THANKS FOR A MILLION TIMES
you are welcome brother
Worked like a charm! Thank you!
Glad it helped!
This just helped me out tremendously, thanks a bunch.
Nice to hear it , thank you for comment
This definitely worked and helped me. Thanks much! Kudos!
Glad it helped!
adding sudo as you suggested fixed problem.. sudo is needed for protected disks where permission denied message fails the process. thank you
Works like a charm thanks a milli !!!!
Nice thank you for your comment , this method its good and safe still
Works great
Thanks dude for this tips !! Continue to add more videos, best regards !!
Do you know how to convert files .dmg or .pkg into .app ? I'm looking for create an external ssd with a macOS to repare my Mac mini, it's an 2011 model A1347, the latest version that it can support it's High Sierra, and I want to create my external ssd with my MacBook Pro which is on the last version Monterey. Can you give me some tips please ? Thanks!!
Didn't work for me. I got:
Error: -69760: Unable to write to the last block of the device
I got the same here: A writable disk is required (-69772)
Got the same error, any idea how to fix it?
didnt work for me as well, A writable disk is required (-69772)
Worked perfectly, thank you, from New Zealand!
You're welcome!
This worked for me on my Mac Studio. It did not do the prompting around the 2:39 mark so I retried and still did not do the prompting. I then opened Finder and tried to drag a file into the HD and it worked. Thanks!
Thanks... instant solution...works perfect!
Nice thank you for comment
Fantastic it worked. Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you so much for making this video and helping others.❤
Very helpful, thanks.
HI! I try this process with a Western Digital Elements, but an error occurred: (Error: -69760: Unable to write to the last block of the device)
Do you know what can i do?
Thanks!
I have the same problem :(
did you later find a solution?
@oladimejilawal1960 no, I have bought a new ext hard disk
I had the same problem and followed the steps, although in the end I had to erase the disk from the terminal. It has been a whole day and it is still in the erasing process. Will it take longer? Or is there a possibility that it has frozen?
i got it thank u all!
what I did was instead for erasing the disk on Catalina, I did it using Disk Utility in Mojave and it just worked.
Error: -69825: Wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing failed
cannot erase samsung T7 in venture 13.2
Any idea how to format now?
thank you for share your knowledge, btw, do not work. Still with write error message when i try to format. can you help me? thank you.
Thank you! It worked perfectly.
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much!! It works on my WD Elements
Thank You... This video really helped me. 😀
Thank you very much for posting this. It enabled me to save a 2TB HDD that I was ready to throw away.
can someone please help me? when I get to the password line it doesn't allow me to input anything. all it shows is the key symbol. How did you go about it?
THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS IS THE ONLY TUTORIAL THAT WORKED FOR ME HUHU CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH
Everything works up until I execute the erase command it starts calculating but stays stuck at 50% any ideas?
Same issue I am facing
Same 😅😅
It worked perfect bro! Thnx!!! I coudnt with other methods-----
Glad it helped
It works. Thank you so much for this video.
You are welcome
I couldn't unmount the disk, but I was able to erase it. Thank you very much
This worked for me, thank you!
This helped me as well…thank you!!!
This works. And nothing else worked. "diskutil erasedisk ExFAt WD-Black disk2." Thanks a million :)
Thankyou so much! I still lost all my data but at least I can restore the hard drive
A writable disk is required ?? this message is shown in terminal after follow all your steps ?
Appreciated, it worked. Thank you so much, Blessings to you
Excellent, thanks very much!!
You are welcome!
super, BIG THANKS bro!
THANK YOU
Thank you! fixed it
This worked perfectly for me, and saved so much grief! Thank you so much
WOW THE ONLY VID THAT WORKS
I keep getting a message in Terminal that states "Unmount failed for force/dev/disk2". not sure how to go about fixing that. What should I do?
Thank you so much for this video
You are so welcome!
Nice thanks it’s works for me
Enjoy
I had tried the process which you had explained in this video but still I am facing the same issue please help me on this
Do i need to format hdd every time while connecting to macbook pro
Thanks Finally it worked ❤️
It doesn't work here. In Terminal, erasing stops and says: "-69825: Wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing failed". Can you help me? External drive SSD by SanDisk cannot be formatted and used.
i have the same problem
it worked. thanks mate
Did not work for me. It says it could not open device. Error -69827 when creating partition with Exfat.
It says it couldn’t be unmounted because it is in use by process 34635. What do I do?
Worked alright for me. Thanks.
Nah, didn't work. I followed the instructions several times and got this each time;
- - - - - - - - -
Started erase on disk1
Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Error: -69877: Couldn't open device
Same
@@EmperorMingg same
same
same :(
Can someone help what is the solution to this!! @Tips 2 Fix
The terminal coding work but then the disk just disappears from the list... "Error: -69877: Couldn't open drive"
For me I got -69772
Just did it fine. Thank you for this one.
Thank you for the tip Just had same error on a drive I bought 2nd hand guess what It worked following your steps!!
This work like magic 🙏
Thank you so much seriously! 💪🏾💯
It worked for me!
diskutil list
sudo diskutil unmountDisk force /dev/disk2
diskutil erasedisk ExFAT NewHdName disk2
thanks for video! that's really helpful 💕😁
You saved my life. Thank you.
Does this work with erase as APFS for externall hard drive too ?
Your awesome, thank you from the year 2022
Hello friend, I followed your recommendations step by step but it didn't work. you can help? it is a USB device. Thanks
/dev/disk1 (external, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *15.6 GB disk1
1: Windows_FAT_32 ALOPEZ 15.6 GB disk1s1
iMac-de-ALopez:~ Apple$ diskutil erasedisk ExFAt WD-Black disk1
Started erase on disk1
Unmounting disk
Error: -69877: Couldn't open device
i have same problem, do you solved it. If yes, could you post the solution,thks
Thanks Man!
Glad to help!
Clearly and exactly fixed my problem! Thank you!
can someone please help me? when I get to the password line it doesn't allow me to input anything. all it shows is the key symbol. How did you go about it?
It works, thank you
Aaaaaaa Thankyou so much!!
this way not work with my problem, terminal error message "Unable to begin erase operation: A writable disk is required (-69772)"
have you facing same probelem?
Error: -69760: Unable to write to the last block of the device
damm bro thankyou soooo much finally my wd external is working...
Thank you!! Solved my issue
You save my life bro 🙏🙏🙏
Genius!! Worked perfectly..
What to do after if I am in “macOS activities” ??
Help me please 🙏
Thanks brother it worked for me
thanks you very much sir. it works
THANK YOU SO MUCH BRO
You're welcome!
Could you do this with an internal partition ?
Worked for me Thank you!
still got this message: "
Started erase on disk2
Unmounting disk
Error: -69760: Unable to write to the last block of the device
What should i do?
discussions.apple.com/thread/251108946?sortBy=best
Restart the computer.
Immediately after the chime hold down the Command-R keys until Apple logo and progress bar appear.
Wait until the Utility Menu appears.
Select Disk Utility then click on the Continue button.
After Disk Utility loads select the drive (out-dented entry with type and size info) from the side list.
Click on the Erase button in the Disk Utility toolbar.
A panel should drop down.
In the drop down panel set the partition scheme to GUID.
Set the Format type to APFS (SSDs only) or Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)
Click on the Apply button and click on the Done button when it is activated.
Quit Disk Utility.
Many thanks - it worked a treat!