I am trying to setup Boot Camp on my 16-inch MacBook Pro. Every time I run the Boot Camp Assistant I get the error, “You disk could not be partitioned.”
I have run first aid on the disk via Disk Utility, and turned off Time Machine per suggestions I found. I still get the error.
MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
You can delete snapshots individually using
diskutil apfs deletesnapshot
Usage: diskutil apfs deleteSnapshot|deleteVolumeSnapshot <apfsVolumeDisk>
-uuid <snapshotUUID> | -xid <snapshotXIDNumber> | -name <snapshotName>
where <apfsVolumeDisk> = APFS Volume DiskIdentifier
<snapshotUUID> = an APFS Snapshot UUID string (preferred)
<snapshotXIDNumber> = an APFS Snapshot ID Number in decimal
<snapshotName> = an APFS Snapshot Name (not mountpoint)
Remove the specified APFS Snapshot from the specified APFS Volume. The ability
to restore the state of the APFS Volume to that point in its evolution is lost.
The APFS Volume must be unlocked and mounted; the Snapshot must not be mounted.
Ownership of the affected disks is required.
Example: diskutil apfs deleteSnapshot disk5s1 -uuid <UUID>
diskutil apfs deleteSnapshot disk5s1 -name MySnap1
You can delete snapshots individually using
diskutil apfs deletesnapshot
Usage: diskutil apfs deleteSnapshot|deleteVolumeSnapshot <apfsVolumeDisk>
-uuid <snapshotUUID> | -xid <snapshotXIDNumber> | -name <snapshotName>
where <apfsVolumeDisk> = APFS Volume DiskIdentifier
<snapshotUUID> = an APFS Snapshot UUID string (preferred)
<snapshotXIDNumber> = an APFS Snapshot ID Number in decimal
<snapshotName> = an APFS Snapshot Name (not mountpoint)
Remove the specified APFS Snapshot from the specified APFS Volume. The ability
to restore the state of the APFS Volume to that point in its evolution is lost.
The APFS Volume must be unlocked and mounted; the Snapshot must not be mounted.
Ownership of the affected disks is required.
Example: diskutil apfs deleteSnapshot disk5s1 -uuid <UUID>
diskutil apfs deleteSnapshot disk5s1 -name MySnap1
You have pretty severe APFS corruption.
I was hoping there was a less dramatic solution, but in the end I had to use recovery mode to completely erase my system, then reinstall the OS (I backed up and restored all my data via Time Machine). Once I did that I was able to create the Boot Camp partition, and finish the setup.
You may want to consider removing the local snapshots and retrying BC Assistant.
You can either use tmutil or diskutil apfs commands.
Can you post the output of
diskutil list
Can you verify, using diskutil list, which disk is your APFS Container? It seems to be disk2, but we should check.
First TM backup can be tedious.
Installing macOS on an external disk is an option in order to repair the internal disk. You can also try repairing it in Internet Recovery.
Can you re-run the fsck_apfs and post the output?
Can the internal disk be erased and macOS re-installed?
Running First Aid on “Macintosh HD” (disk1s1)
Verifying the startup volume will cause this computer to stop responding.
Verifying file system.
Volume could not be unmounted.
Using live mode.
Performing fsck_apfs -n -l -x /dev/rdisk1s1
Checking the container superblock.
Checking the EFI jumpstart record.
Checking the space manager.
Checking the space manager free queue trees.
Checking the object map.
Checking volume.
Checking the APFS volume superblock.
The volume Macintosh HD was formatted by asr (1412.120.2) and last modified by apfs_kext (1412.141.1).
Checking the object map.
Checking the snapshot metadata tree.
Checking the snapshot metadata.
Checking snapshot 1 of 10 (com.apple.TimeMachine.2020-10-14-163353.local)
Checking snapshot 2 of 10 (com.apple.TimeMachine.2020-10-14-195344.local)
Checking snapshot 3 of 10 (com.apple.TimeMachine.2020-10-14-212952.local)
Checking snapshot 4 of 10 (com.apple.TimeMachine.2020-10-15-073842.local)
Checking snapshot 5 of 10 (com.apple.TimeMachine.2020-10-15-102514.local)
Checking snapshot 6 of 10 (com.apple.TimeMachine.2020-10-15-120252.local)
Checking snapshot 7 of 10 (com.apple.TimeMachine.2020-10-15-130219.local)
Checking snapshot 8 of 10 (com.apple.TimeMachine.2020-10-15-140411.local)
Checking snapshot 9 of 10 (com.apple.TimeMachine.2020-10-15-150351.local)
Checking snapshot 10 of 10 (com.apple.TimeMachine.2020-10-15-160625.local)
Checking the extent ref tree.
Checking the fsroot tree.
Verifying allocated space.
The volume /dev/rdisk1s1 appears to be OK.
File system check exit code is 0.
Restoring the original state found as mounted.
Operation successful.
I removed the snapshots and received the same error when running Boot Camp Assistant. I ran First Aid again and got the following results:
Running First Aid on “Macintosh HD” (disk1s1)
Verifying the startup volume will cause this computer to stop responding.
Verifying file system.
Volume could not be unmounted.
Using live mode.
Performing fsck_apfs -n -l -x /dev/rdisk1s1
Checking the container superblock.
Checking the EFI jumpstart record.
Checking the space manager.
Checking the space manager free queue trees.
Checking the object map.
Checking volume.
Checking the APFS volume superblock.
The volume Macintosh HD was formatted by asr (1412.120.2) and last modified by apfs_kext (1412.141.1).
Checking the object map.
Checking the snapshot metadata tree.
Checking the snapshot metadata.
Checking the extent ref tree.
Checking the fsroot tree.
Verifying allocated space.
The volume /dev/rdisk1s1 appears to be OK.
File system check exit code is 0.
Restoring the original state found as mounted.
Operation successful.
Can you be more specific about using the apfs commands?
Do you need to see particular modifies from the fsck_apfs?
I got what looks like the same error when running it from recovery mode.
According to disk utility it is:
Error setting up Boot Camp: Your disk could not be partitioned