i cannot install catalina because my harddisk volume is not formatted in APFS but macos extended - how can i transform my harddisk volume to apfs without loosing everything ?
i have mojave 10.14.3 installed
MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14
hmmm - didn t work out
but here s how i could work around :
i had the choice to install catalina on my back-up drive (back-up made with carbon copy cloner - bootable clone)
that went fine
after that i asked ccc to restore the hard-disk
ccc asked to transform computer hard disk to APFS
and after that restored all data with catalina
hope this helps other who have the same issue
hmmm - didn t work out
but here s how i could work around :
i had the choice to install catalina on my back-up drive (back-up made with carbon copy cloner - bootable clone)
that went fine
after that i asked ccc to restore the hard-disk
ccc asked to transform computer hard disk to APFS
and after that restored all data with catalina
hope this helps other who have the same issue
Strange that the Convert step through Disk Utility didn't work out. Do you have a Fusion drive in your Mac? (1 logical drive with a mix of HDD and SSD.) I remember that those would not auto-convert from HFS+ to APFS and have had some issues, though I don't have one myself.
CCC was a good idea.
Even without the CCC prompt/guide, you could have done the same thing manually.
Boot into Recovery and open Disk Utility.
Select the startup device and look for a Convert command in the menus.
You will likely need to show all devices by clicking on the View button and select "Show All Devices."
If that command is not available, I'm not sure what to do.
Perhaps reinstalling Mojave will convert it.
i cannot install catalina - change volume to apfs
