Hello everyone. I got two warnings from Disk Utility. I don't know how to locate these files, and I am wondering what is causing the error.
warning: inode (id 947055): Resource Fork xattr is missing for compressed file
warning: inode (id 950095): Resource Fork xattr is missing for compressed file
If the disk is formatted APFS then your only option is backup your data, erase the disk and start over. There are no 3rd party tools that can repair an APFS volume any better than Apple's fsck (first aid uses fsck command).
The problem is some of the files residing at those inode specific locations on disk are missing forked metadata attributes. That's a soft error not a hardware error.
If the disk is formatted HFS+ then you might have some options to run 3rd party disk repair tools. But you are likely to run into trouble using those tools on Apple Silicon Macs and with Ventura on Intel Macs.
If the disk is formatted APFS then your only option is backup your data, erase the disk and start over. There are no 3rd party tools that can repair an APFS volume any better than Apple's fsck (first aid uses fsck command).
The problem is some of the files residing at those inode specific locations on disk are missing forked metadata attributes. That's a soft error not a hardware error.
If the disk is formatted HFS+ then you might have some options to run 3rd party disk repair tools. But you are likely to run into trouble using those tools on Apple Silicon Macs and with Ventura on Intel Macs.
Did you run First Aid but the errors keep appearing indicating that First Aid did not fix the problem? Is the disk in question your Macintosh HD primary internal disk?
You can run Disk Utility First Aid from Recovery Mode and that can sometimes fix errors that cannot be fixed when booted into macOS. Likewise, you can create a bootable flash drive installer for Ventura and boot from that and run Disk Utility First Aid to fix problems that even Recovery Mode cannot repair. When you are in Recovery Mode the internal disk is still partially in use as you are booting from a Recovery Mode volume on the same disk. But booting from an external flash drive installer disk you can go to the Utilities menu and Disk Utility and that way the internal disk is not in use.
Create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support
Meaning the advanced security is getting in the way. This is one reason why I suggested starting over after a backup. I have no idea what caused the problem originally but it might have been there quite a while. Backing up and doing a full clean install would be recommended.
If it's Intel with T2 Security Chip you'll need to enable USB booting and you'll need to grab the installation source from this actual Mac and create a bootable thumb drive on this Mac.
If it's an Apple Silicon Mac (M1 / M2) then you'll need another Mac and a Thunderbolt cable. You can put the Apple Silicon Mac into DFU mode and use Apple Configurator 2 on the second Mac connected to the first Mac via Thunderbolt and it should show up in the second Mac's Apple Configurator. Then you can restore the OS from scratch.
Then you restore your data. Yes, royal pain in the neck, but you'll have a working and trustworthy system afterwards.
That is what I did. Using a USB drive.
Seems that all I got is a bunch of operation not permitted. I did give full access to terminal.
Actually this error is just showing up after I wiped the disk and reinstalled the OS yesterday. I guess it does not hurt to do that again.
Maybe...
You'll need to grant Terminal Full Disk Access under Privacy & Security. Then open Terminal and try this command:
sudo find / -inum 161782158
sudo find /System/Volumes/Data -inum 161782158
Where you replace the number with your actual node numbers.
Is there anyway to locate those files with the number?
Warning in Disk Utility