New 2024 Mac mini Pro Disk Utilities Issues

Vernon Alexander wrote:

As I said, DiskUtility stops and cannot continue, then I get a message every time that says to back up the drive.

Running First Aid on the Container was the critical part as the file system within that Container object may have an issue that must be fixed before the file system on the actual volume can be repaired.

However, when I connected the drive to my 2014 Mac mini, DiskUtilities on OSX 12.6 repaired the disk with no problems. Then it runs fine on the new Mac unless I try to use DiskUtilities and then it all starts over with an error.

Odd.

It seems to be the New Mac, and OS 15.3 that is the problem. I think there is a glitch in the software or the new Mac does not like OS Extended Journaled format.

I thought this drive was using the APFS file system from the way your original post was worded.....it gave me that impression anyway.

If the volume is using HFS+ (aka MacOS Extended) file system, then you can use the third party paid app Disk Warrior to attempt to repair the HFS+ volume. Disk Warrior does an amazing job at repair issues with the HFS+ file system, but if Disk Warrior detects a hardware failure with the drive, then Disk Warrior will refuse to repair the volume. Unfortunately Disk Warrior has not yet acquired the ability to repair APFS volumes (it is being worked on...just takes time). However, if the volume is getting corrupted regularly, then I would be concerned about what is causing that corruption as it may indicate a hardware issue of some sort. I never run First Aid unless I'm having a problem and suspect a file system issue.

I only run Disk Utility on an external drive after booting into Recovery. You want only Disk Utility accessing that drive and nothing else. The same is true for the Mac internal drive.

Make sure to run First Aid on the hidden Container.....it will automatically scan all APFS volumes residing within the Container as well. If this external drive still has unfixed errors after running First Aid several times, then you the only option would be to erase the drive and restore from a backup.

There is a chance this external drive may have a hardware issue as well.