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APFS container resize error code is 49168

Was trying to partition my APFS container and this error threw up in disk utility. Not sure what to do. Help 😐


Code:

Started APFS operation

Resizing APFS Container designated by APFS Container Reference disk1

Verifying storage system

Using live mode

Performing fsck_apfs -n -x -l /dev/disk0s2

Checking volume

Checking the container superblock

Checking the EFI jumpstart record

Checking the space manager

Checking the object map

Checking the APFS volume superblock

Checking the object map

warning: omap (oid 0x9a700): invalid om_flags (0x2)

Checking the fsroot tree

Checking the snapshot metadata tree

Checking the extent ref tree

Checking the snapshots

Checking the APFS volume superblock

Checking the object map

Checking the fsroot tree

Checking the snapshot metadata tree

Checking the extent ref tree

Checking the snapshots

Checking the APFS volume superblock

Checking the object map

Checking the fsroot tree

Checking the snapshot metadata tree

Checking the extent ref tree

Checking the snapshots

Checking the APFS volume superblock

Checking the object map

Checking the fsroot tree

Checking the snapshot metadata tree

Checking the extent ref tree

Checking the snapshots

Verifying allocated space

warning: Overallocation Detected on Main device: (4790321+1) bitmap address (163014)

The volume /dev/disk0s2 appears to be OK

Storage system check exit code is 0

Shrinking APFS Physical Store disk0s2 from 2,50,79,04,36,864 to 1,89,99,99,96,928 bytes

Shrinking APFS data structures

APFS Container Resize error code is 49168

Error: -69606: A problem occurred while resizing APFS Container structures

Posted on Dec 15, 2017 9:38 PM

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Posted on Jan 25, 2018 5:05 PM

Tilemann, I fixed this issue by doing the below;


first check your file system type of your disk. It should be simply APFS. I was having APFS(Encrypted). If you are having other than APFS, you need to erase it and reinstall MacOS with APFS. then you can partition it without any Issues.


Thanks.

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APFS container resize error code is 49168

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