I need to update my OS from Mojave to Catalina, although the update is recommending to update to Monterey. However, I'm getting the error message Storage system verify or repair failed (-69716).
any advice? I'm guessing I never updated from Mojave when recommended to do so...probably because I got the same error message and never resolved.
Thanks.
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.14
Thanks for your response.
I got it to work! After mounting (unlocking) my startup drive, Macintosh HD, in recovery mode, I followed the instructions to erase the drive and then restore from my current time machine backup from an external drive with the Mojave OS.
After confirming my data was there, I attempted to update to Monterey and it was successful. Phew!
The whole process took about 4 hours. So patience was required...but it also paid off. Yay! Drive appears to be okay.
Hi there, do you have a link to the steps you're taking?
Was this theTerminal command you used?
In Terminal…
diskutil resetFusion
BDA Aqua - we have the same issue in upgrading from Mojave.
We are following the apple.com instructions to recreate our fusion drive from the recovery terminal, but are not prompted to type "Yes" (Step 4 under "Using Mojave or later" instructions) so can't seem to complete this process. Any suggestions on how to resolve this. We have literally spent days trying to upgrade from Mojave to Monterey - we have erased our hard disk, reinstalled from external time machine back up, tried to upgrade from Mojave to Catalina (also not working). Not sure how to move forward on this.
Any help you can offer would be MUCH appreciated.
Can anyone recommend an alternative to Disk Utilities? It seems useless in this case. I've been making attempts to upgrade from Mojave to anything when I have time for months. Disk Warrior doesn't work on APFS drives unfortunately.
Unfortunately none of the options are working. I erased the drive and attempted to install Catalina and Monterey several times both in regular and safe mode. Then I used the internet disk tools several times and tried to install Catalina again with no luck. I can get by for another month or two with Mojave and then I think I need to chuck my computer off a bridge.
Whew, great work my friend! :) 👍
I hate to admit, but I'm just not that techie. I'm going to hope that it continues to work. Thanks though.
We tried this but keeps throwing the same error.
Any update on your computer? Having the same issue. Curious if I need to take it in. Good luck!
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Hi, I wasn’t able to resolve this myself. I took it into Apple and they were able to fix it although couldn’t work out why it wasn’t working in the first place.
Hi! I'm currently having this issue but Apple Support isn't of much help. I'm not really tech savvy but is there links with instructions or step by step how you solved this issue?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks for the info. :) 👍
+1² 👍
Yes, wasn't highly recommending TTP for Disk repair, thanks.
Thank you both. I'll try wiping the drive and reinstalling. I have time machine.
I did and got the same error
Storage system verify or repair failed 69716
