Verify Disk is full of odd messages - should I be worried?

My Mac froze recently. Force Quit didn’t help so I restarted it and ran Disk Utility as a precaution. Verify disk usually just shows half a dozen lines followed by the reassuring message: Your disk appears to be OK. But now I’m getting a ton of stuff. I’m used to getting a load of ‘SUID’ warnings that I can ignore with Repair Disk Permissions - but not with Verify Disk. still get an OK message - but it doesn’t come at the end.


Is this something new in Mavericks. Should I be worried?


Here is the message I’ve received.I’ve run Verify Disk 3 times now but I still get all this:


Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”Checking storage systemChecking volumedisk1s2: Scan for Volume Headersdisk0s2: Scan for Volume Headersdisk1s2: Scan for Disk Labelsdisk0s2: Scan for Disk LabelsLogical Volume Group 3E7EA906-E059-4CFF-AE68-648DC4C79F37 spans 2 devicesdisk0s2+disk1s2: Scan for Metadata VolumeLogical Volume Group has a 4481 MB Metadata Volume with double redundancyStart scanning metadata for a valid checkpointLoad and verify Segment HeadersLoad and verify Checkpoint PayloadLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentIncorporate 43 newer non-checkpoint transactionsLoad and verify Virtual Address TableLoad and verify Segment Usage TableLoad and verify Metadata SuperblockLoad and verify Logical Volumes B-TreesLogical Volume Group contains 1 Logical VolumeLoad and verify A2AF0265-C8DB-4B05-9A5D-6FC8486EECAELoad and verify 38624B93-8F68-4EED-A09C-4F979981F2F6Load and verify Freespace SummaryLoad and verify Block AccountingLoad and verify Live Virtual AddressesNewest transaction commit checkpoint is validLoad and verify Segment CleaningThe volume 3E7EA906-E059-4CFF-AE68-648DC4C79F37 appears to be OKChecking file systemPerforming live verification.Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.Checking extents overflow file.Checking multi-linked files.Checking catalog hierarchy.Checking extended attributes file.

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), 3.4GHz Intel Corei7 16GB 1600 MHz

Posted on Jan 7, 2014 10:16 AM

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Jan 7, 2014 10:43 AM in response to Kappy

Thanks for replying so quickly Kappy


I've now run Repair Disk twice, restarted, then run Verify Disk. Still tons of verbage but it does at least end with "The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK".


Should I contact Applecare?


Here is the most recent message:


PS. The actual message doesn't appear like this - this is just how it goes when I copy and paste. In Disk Utility, each of the statements is on a seperate line, ie:

Load and verify Transaction Segment

Load and verify Transaction Segment

Load and verify Transaction Segment

etc

etc


Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”Checking storage systemChecking volumedisk1s2: Scan for Volume Headersdisk0s2: Scan for Volume Headersdisk1s2: Scan for Disk Labelsdisk0s2: Scan for Disk LabelsLogical Volume Group 3E7EA906-E059-4CFF-AE68-648DC4C79F37 spans 2 devicesdisk0s2+disk1s2: Scan for Metadata VolumeLogical Volume Group has a 4481 MB Metadata Volume with double redundancyStart scanning metadata for a valid checkpointLoad and verify Segment HeadersLoad and verify Checkpoint PayloadLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentLoad and verify Transaction SegmentIncorporate 39 newer non-checkpoint transactionsLoad and verify Virtual Address TableLoad and verify Segment Usage TableLoad and verify Metadata SuperblockLoad and verify Logical Volumes B-TreesLogical Volume Group contains 1 Logical VolumeLoad and verify A2AF0265-C8DB-4B05-9A5D-6FC8486EECAELoad and verify 38624B93-8F68-4EED-A09C-4F979981F2F6Load and verify Freespace SummaryLoad and verify Block AccountingLoad and verify Live Virtual AddressesNewest transaction commit checkpoint is validLoad and verify Segment CleaningThe volume 3E7EA906-E059-4CFF-AE68-648DC4C79F37 appears to be OKChecking file systemPerforming live verification.Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.Checking multi-linked files.Checking catalog hierarchy.Checking extended attributes file.The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK.

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