Bootcamp can't remove partition after failed bootcamp.

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Bootcamp can't remove partition after failed bootcamp.

I have a MacBook Pro 15-inch, 2016, running macOS High Sierra.

I have previously bootcamped my macbook with no issues, except due to storage issues, deleted the bootcamp partition in order to allocate more storage. Everything was going normal until once installing the Windows ISO, it said "please wait while boot camp is removing the partitions it created" It took over an hour until I closed it and realised I couldnt delete the BOOTCAMP disk, before I tried messing around with it (i know i shouldnt have).

Now I still am not able to delete the partition but it is no longer BOOTCAMP, as I erased it and try to restore to no avail.

my diskutil list is:

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme 251.0 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk2 101.0 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_APFS Container disk1 141.7 GB disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +141.7 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s3

1: APFS Volume Preboot 21.9 MB disk1s2

2: APFS Volume Recovery 519.4 MB disk1s3

3: APFS Volume Mac SSD 839.7 KB disk1s1

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +101.0 GB disk2

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Mac SSD 83.2 GB disk2s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 22.0 MB disk2s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 519.0 MB disk2s3

4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk2s4

/dev/disk3 (external, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *80.0 GB disk3

1: Microsoft Reserved 134.2 MB disk3s1

2: Microsoft Basic Data HDD 79.9 GB disk3s2

and I have 2 "Mac SSDs"

MacBook Pro w/ Touch Bar (2018 or later)

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 4:34 AM

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Answer 1

Loner T

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Dec 20, 2018 5:36 AM in response to liao129

You are currently booted from disk1s1, which has a Mac SSD of 839KB. This is incorrect.

Can you check System Preferences -> Startup Disks? Do you have two macOS selections?

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Answer 2

Loner T

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Dec 22, 2018 8:05 AM in response to liao129

Can you post the text output of

diskutil apfs list

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Answer 3

Loner T

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Dec 19, 2018 8:25 PM in response to liao129

Can you disconnect the external disk and post the output of

diskutil info /

Notice the trailing space and "/".

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Answer 4

Loner T

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Dec 21, 2018 2:13 AM in response to liao129

Do you have a Time Machine backup of macOS before you started messin' around?

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Answer 5

liao129 Author

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Dec 19, 2018 8:28 PM in response to Loner T

Device Identifier: disk1s1

Device Node: /dev/disk1s1

Whole: No

Part of Whole: disk1

Volume Name: Mac SSD

Mounted: Yes

Mount Point: /

Partition Type: 41504653-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

File System Personality: APFS

Type (Bundle): apfs

Name (User Visible): APFS

Owners: Enabled

OS Can Be Installed: Yes

Booter Disk: disk1s2

Recovery Disk: disk1s3

Media Type: Generic

Protocol: PCI-Express

SMART Status: Not Supported

Volume UUID: 9130BD55-89A5-3434-AA30-383F65939079

Disk / Partition UUID: 9130BD55-89A5-3434-AA30-383F65939079

Disk Size: 101.0 GB (100999999488 Bytes) (exactly 197265624 512-Byte-Units)

Device Block Size: 4096 Bytes

Volume Total Space: 101.0 GB (100999999488 Bytes) (exactly 197265624 512-Byte-Units)

Volume Used Space: 88.7 GB (88667291648 Bytes) (exactly 173178304 512-Byte-Units) (87.8%)

Volume Free Space: 12.3 GB (12332707840 Bytes) (exactly 24087320 512-Byte-Units) (12.2%)

Allocation Block Size: 4096 Bytes

Read-Only Media: No

Read-Only Volume: No

Device Location: Internal

Removable Media: Fixed

Solid State: Yes

Hardware AES Support: No

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Answer 6

liao129 Author

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Dec 22, 2018 10:55 PM in response to Loner T

APFS Containers (2 found)

+-- Container disk1 F51B0F8D-63BB-4CF0-9E07-8598F325CFD0

| APFS Container Reference: disk1

| Size (Capacity Ceiling): 100999999488 B (101.0 GB)

| Minimum Size: 96706682880 B (96.7 GB)

| Capacity In Use By Volumes: 93499645952 B (93.5 GB) (92.6% used)

| Capacity Not Allocated: 7500353536 B (7.5 GB) (7.4% free)

| |

| +-< Physical Store disk0s2 FD0513D9-4762-4B7D-9B2F-297B67E3EFDD

| | APFS Physical Store Disk: disk0s2

| | Size: 100999999488 B (101.0 GB)

| |

| +-> Volume disk1s1 9130BD55-89A5-3434-AA30-383F65939079

| | APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk1s1 (No specific role)

| | Name: Mac SSD (Case-insensitive)

| | Mount Point: /

| | Capacity Consumed: 90690002944 B (90.7 GB)

| | FileVault: Yes (Unlocked)

| |

| +-> Volume disk1s2 E4E6517C-BC6B-402F-B05D-9EF72BD02059

| | APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk1s2 (Preboot)

| | Name: Preboot (Case-insensitive)

| | Mount Point: Not Mounted

| | Capacity Consumed: 22601728 B (22.6 MB)

| | FileVault: No

| +-> Volume disk1s3 A9B1544B-1240-463A-80AC-DB526E05AB8F

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Answer 7

liao129 Author

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Dec 23, 2018 1:06 AM in response to liao129

| | APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk1s3 (Recovery)

| | Name: Recovery (Case-insensitive)

| | Mount Point: Not Mounted

| | Capacity Consumed: 514994176 B (515.0 MB)

| | FileVault: No

| +-> Volume disk1s4 AC762EA1-AB35-45B1-96B0-3169B8FCB2C4

| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk1s4 (VM)

| Name: VM (Case-insensitive)

| Mount Point: /private/var/vm

| Capacity Consumed: 2147536896 B (2.1 GB)

| FileVault: No

+-- Container disk2 0704654B-83C4-4371-AC35-EA5DB2D298C8

APFS Container Reference: disk2

Size (Capacity Ceiling): 141685075968 B (141.7 GB)

Minimum Size: 705515520 B (705.5 MB)

Capacity In Use By Volumes: 669929472 B (669.9 MB) (0.5% used)

Capacity Not Allocated: 141015146496 B (141.0 GB) (99.5% free)

|

+-< Physical Store disk0s3 B0B67C52-0F3E-48AF-A3B5-80C3D1EEA689

| APFS Physical Store Disk: disk0s3

| Size: 141685075968 B (141.7 GB)

|

+-> Volume disk2s1 8FAE3CB6-C3FF-4FFD-9992-23EBF4F6480B

| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s1 (No specific role)

| Name: Mac SSD (Case-insensitive)

| Mount Point: /Volumes/Mac SSD 1

| Capacity Consumed: 872448 B (872.4 KB)

| FileVault: No

+-> Volume disk2s2 D81EEA1E-67E4-40D3-88E1-995318976627

| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s2 (Preboot)

| Name: Preboot (Case-insensitive)

| Mount Point: Not Mounted

| Capacity Consumed: 21942272 B (21.9 MB)

| FileVault: No

+-> Volume disk2s3 993C1411-F578-40B8-96F1-36D4B4AD889F

APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s3 (Recovery)

Name: Recovery (Case-insensitive)

Mount Point: Not Mounted

Capacity Consumed: 519446528 B (519.4 MB

FileVault: No

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Answer 8

liao129 Author

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Dec 23, 2018 9:09 PM in response to Loner T

no errors,

afps list:

APFS Container (1 found)

|

+-- Container disk1 F51B0F8D-63BB-4CF0-9E07-8598F325CFD0

====================================================

APFS Container Reference: disk1

Size (Capacity Ceiling): 100999999488 B (101.0 GB)

Minimum Size: 95254020096 B (95.3 GB)

Capacity In Use By Volumes: 92108353536 B (92.1 GB) (91.2% used)

Capacity Not Allocated: 8891645952 B (8.9 GB) (8.8% free)

|

+-< Physical Store disk0s2 FD0513D9-4762-4B7D-9B2F-297B67E3EFDD

| -----------------------------------------------------------

| APFS Physical Store Disk: disk0s2

| Size: 100999999488 B (101.0 GB)

|

+-> Volume disk1s1 9130BD55-89A5-3434-AA30-383F65939079

| ---------------------------------------------------

| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk1s1 (No specific role)

| Name: Mac SSD (Case-insensitive)

| Mount Point: /

| Capacity Consumed: 89298706432 B (89.3 GB)

| FileVault: Yes (Unlocked)

|

+-> Volume disk1s2 E4E6517C-BC6B-402F-B05D-9EF72BD02059

| ---------------------------------------------------

| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk1s2 (Preboot)

| Name: Preboot (Case-insensitive)

| Mount Point: Not Mounted

| Capacity Consumed: 22605824 B (22.6 MB)

| FileVault: No

|

+-> Volume disk1s3 A9B1544B-1240-463A-80AC-DB526E05AB8F

| ---------------------------------------------------

| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk1s3 (Recovery)

| Name: Recovery (Case-insensitive)

| Mount Point: Not Mounted

| Capacity Consumed: 514994176 B (515.0 MB)

| FileVault: No

|

+-> Volume disk1s4 AC762EA1-AB35-45B1-96B0-3169B8FCB2C4

---------------------------------------------------

APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk1s4 (VM)

Name: VM (Case-insensitive)

Mount Point: /private/var/vm

Capacity Consumed: 2147536896 B (2.1 GB)

FileVault: No

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Answer 9

liao129 Author

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Dec 23, 2018 9:11 PM in response to liao129

diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme 251.0 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 101.0 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_HFS Untitled 141.6 GB disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +101.0 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Mac SSD 89.3 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 22.6 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 515.0 MB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 2.1 GB disk1s4

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Answer 10

liao129 Author

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Dec 24, 2018 4:16 PM in response to Loner T

/dev/disk0 (internal):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme 251.0 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 250.7 GB disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +250.7 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Mac SSD 89.9 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 22.6 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 515.0 MB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 2.1 GB disk1s4

/dev/disk3 (external, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: NO NAME *7.7 GB disk3

Thie other Mac SSD has gone, thanks so much man, you don't understand how grateful I am! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas brother and a great 2019.

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