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Can't restore partition to main HD

I tried to restore my HD back to its original state using bootcamp, which failed. Can't seem to restore using disk utility either HELP!!


Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.3 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 459.5 GB disk0s2

3: EFI NO NAME 104.9 MB disk0s3

4: Microsoft Reserved 16.8 MB disk0s4

5: Apple_APFS Container disk5 523.2 MB disk0s5

6: EFI NO NAME 104.9 MB disk0s6

7: Apple_APFS Container disk3 39.8 GB disk0s7


/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +459.5 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume c1rca 437.7 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 53.5 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 511.8 MB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk1s4


/dev/disk3 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +39.8 GB disk3

Physical Store disk0s7

1: APFS Volume ASRNewVolume_1195 811.0 KB disk3s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 53.5 MB disk3s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 20.5 KB disk3s3


/dev/disk5 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +523.2 MB disk5

Physical Store disk0s5


Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil apfs list

APFS Containers (3 found)

|

+-- Container disk1 50E2E930-B228-44AB-8E8E-678F4FD3CE00

| ====================================================

| APFS Container Reference: disk1

| Size (Capacity Ceiling): 459523731456 B (459.5 GB)

| Capacity In Use By Volumes: 439456133120 B (439.5 GB) (95.6% used)

| Capacity Not Allocated: 20067598336 B (20.1 GB) (4.4% free)

| |

| +-< Physical Store disk0s2 39EE0DDF-C496-4EDC-A2A1-FA80AE145BC2

| | -----------------------------------------------------------

| | APFS Physical Store Disk: disk0s2

| | Size: 459523731456 B (459.5 GB)

| |

| +-> Volume disk1s1 6EFB3185-FBC4-33F5-ABB8-6E3EC3A09C97

| | ---------------------------------------------------

| | APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk1s1 (No specific role)

| | Name: c1rca (Case-insensitive)

| | Mount Point: /

| | Capacity Consumed: 437659152384 B (437.7 GB)

| | FileVault: Yes (Unlocked)

| |

| +-> Volume disk1s2 972B91BD-6F66-4361-A629-0689A5FB7107

| | ---------------------------------------------------

| | APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk1s2 (Preboot)

| | Name: Preboot (Case-insensitive)

| | Mount Point: Not Mounted

| | Capacity Consumed: 53506048 B (53.5 MB)

| | FileVault: No

| |

| +-> Volume disk1s3 BAE2A4ED-80C0-42D4-BEF9-7131CFD28FDC

| | ---------------------------------------------------

| | APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk1s3 (Recovery)

| | Name: Recovery (Case-insensitive)

| | Mount Point: Not Mounted

| | Capacity Consumed: 511770624 B (511.8 MB)

| | FileVault: No

| |

| +-> Volume disk1s4 E2B89FEA-EBC3-4F11-84FA-53C66F912596

| ---------------------------------------------------

| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk1s4 (VM)

| Name: VM (Case-insensitive)

| Mount Point: /private/var/vm

| Capacity Consumed: 1073963008 B (1.1 GB)

| FileVault: No

|

+-- Container disk3 73BA065C-ECAD-4FB9-9873-8B05BB9AB150

| ====================================================

| APFS Container Reference: disk3

| Size (Capacity Ceiling): 39794573312 B (39.8 GB)

| Capacity In Use By Volumes: 146075648 B (146.1 MB) (0.4% used)

| Capacity Not Allocated: 39648497664 B (39.6 GB) (99.6% free)

| |

| +-< Physical Store disk0s7 DE71FB52-65D4-4868-A12F-8BBDE9124BD8

| | -----------------------------------------------------------

| | APFS Physical Store Disk: disk0s7

| | Size: 39794573312 B (39.8 GB)

| |

| +-> Volume disk3s1 BF78E8A5-775C-422B-8430-32B673C259C9

| | ---------------------------------------------------

| | APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk3s1 (No specific role)

| | Name: ASRNewVolume_1195 (Case-insensitive)

| | Mount Point: /Volumes/ASRNewVolume_1195

| | Capacity Consumed: 811008 B (811.0 KB)

| | FileVault: No

| |

| +-> Volume disk3s2 16136C04-F975-4FBB-B7CF-C22C7F7C65DF

| | ---------------------------------------------------

| | APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk3s2 (Preboot)

| | Name: Preboot (Case-insensitive)

| | Mount Point: Not Mounted

| | Capacity Consumed: 53485568 B (53.5 MB)

| | FileVault: No

| |

| +-> Volume disk3s3 B41451F9-39BA-446A-A294-2800EFAEA06C

| ---------------------------------------------------

| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk3s3 (Recovery)

| Name: Recovery (Case-insensitive)

| Mount Point: Not Mounted

| Capacity Consumed: 20480 B (20.5 KB)

| FileVault: No

|

+-- Container disk5 BD5955BA-2E8D-4750-B52E-91D0F9CEF10A

====================================================

APFS Container Reference: disk5

Size (Capacity Ceiling): 523239424 B (523.2 MB)

Capacity In Use By Volumes: 1761280 B (1.8 MB) (0.3% used)

Capacity Not Allocated: 521478144 B (521.5 MB) (99.7% free)

|

+-< Physical Store disk0s5 E143EBB0-611F-4A64-9F3D-63AA93F757CD

| -----------------------------------------------------------

| APFS Physical Store Disk: disk0s5

| Size: 523239424 B (523.2 MB)

|

+-> No Volumes

Posted on Aug 11, 2018 11:11 PM

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Posted on Aug 12, 2018 1:51 PM

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ BC1 disk0s3

Started erase on disk0s3 NO NAME

Unmounting disk

Erasing

Initialized /dev/rdisk0s3 as a 100 MB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume with a 512k journal

Mounting disk

Finished erase on disk0s3 BC1

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ BC2 disk0s4

Started erase on disk0s4

Unmounting disk

Error: -69874: Couldn't modify partition map

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ BC3 disk0s6

Started erase on disk0s6 NO NAME

Unmounting disk

Erasing

Initialized /dev/rdisk0s6 as a 100 MB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume with a 512k journal

Mounting disk

Finished erase on disk0s6 BC3

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil mergePartitions jhfs+ BCMP disk0s3 disk0s7

Merging partitions into a new partition

Start partition: disk0s3 BC1

Finish partition: disk0s7 Untitled

Started partitioning on disk0

Merging partitions

Waiting for partitions to activate

Growing disk

Finished partitioning on disk0

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.3 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 459.5 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_HFS BC1 40.4 GB disk0s3

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.3 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 459.5 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_HFS BC1 40.4 GB disk0s3


/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +459.5 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume c1rca 438.3 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 53.5 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 511.8 MB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk1s4


Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$

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Aug 12, 2018 1:51 PM in response to Loner T

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ BC1 disk0s3

Started erase on disk0s3 NO NAME

Unmounting disk

Erasing

Initialized /dev/rdisk0s3 as a 100 MB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume with a 512k journal

Mounting disk

Finished erase on disk0s3 BC1

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ BC2 disk0s4

Started erase on disk0s4

Unmounting disk

Error: -69874: Couldn't modify partition map

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ BC3 disk0s6

Started erase on disk0s6 NO NAME

Unmounting disk

Erasing

Initialized /dev/rdisk0s6 as a 100 MB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume with a 512k journal

Mounting disk

Finished erase on disk0s6 BC3

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil mergePartitions jhfs+ BCMP disk0s3 disk0s7

Merging partitions into a new partition

Start partition: disk0s3 BC1

Finish partition: disk0s7 Untitled

Started partitioning on disk0

Merging partitions

Waiting for partitions to activate

Growing disk

Finished partitioning on disk0

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.3 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 459.5 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_HFS BC1 40.4 GB disk0s3

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.3 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 459.5 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_HFS BC1 40.4 GB disk0s3


/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +459.5 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume c1rca 438.3 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 53.5 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 511.8 MB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk1s4


Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$

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Aug 12, 2018 4:46 AM in response to C1rca88

Remove the APFS containers we do not need using


diskutil apfs deleteVolume BF78E8A5-775C-422B-8430-32B673C259C9

diskutil apfs deleteVolume 16136C04-F975-4FBB-B7CF-C22C7F7C65DF

diskutil apfs deleteVolume B41451F9-39BA-446A-A294-2800EFAEA06C

diskutil apfs deleteContainer 73BA065C-ECAD-4FB9-9873-8B05BB9AB150

diskutil apfs deleteContainer BD5955BA-2E8D-4750-B52E-91D0F9CEF10A

diskutil list


Please post the output of the Terminal session.

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Aug 12, 2018 2:05 PM in response to Loner T

yes of course! The SSD is back to 500GB but here. (let me know if i should do anything else)


Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.3 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 500.1 GB disk0s2


/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +500.1 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume c1rca 440.0 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 53.5 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 511.8 MB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk1s4


/dev/disk3 (disk image):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Boot Camp +2.8 GB disk3

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Aug 12, 2018 1:19 PM in response to Loner T

it did delete some stuff but there still not unified. 😟 (but it looks smaller 🙂)

here

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil apfs deleteVolume BF78E8A5-775C-422B-8430-32B673C259C9

Started APFS operation

Deleting APFS Volume from its APFS Container

Unmounting disk3s1

Deleting Volume

Removing any Preboot and Recovery Directories

Finished APFS operation

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil apfs deleteVolume 16136C04-F975-4FBB-B7CF-C22C7F7C65DF

Started APFS operation

Deleting APFS Volume from its APFS Container

Unmounting disk3s2

Deleting Volume

Removing any Preboot and Recovery Directories

Finished APFS operation

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil apfs deleteVolume B41451F9-39BA-446A-A294-2800EFAEA06C

Started APFS operation

Deleting APFS Volume from its APFS Container

Unmounting disk3s3

Deleting Volume

Removing any Preboot and Recovery Directories

Finished APFS operation

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil apfs deleteContainer 73BA065C-ECAD-4FB9-9873-8B05BB9AB150

Started APFS operation on disk3

Deleting APFS Container with all of its APFS Volumes

Unmounting Volumes

Deleting Volumes

Deleting Container

Wiping former APFS disks

Switching content types

Reformatting former APFS disks

Initialized /dev/rdisk0s7 as a 37 GB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume with a 8192k journal

Mounting disk

1 new disk created or changed due to APFS operation

Disk from APFS operation: disk0s7

Finished APFS operation on disk3

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil apfs deleteContainer BD5955BA-2E8D-4750-B52E-91D0F9CEF10A

Started APFS operation on disk5

Deleting APFS Container with all of its APFS Volumes

Unmounting Volumes

Deleting Volumes

Deleting Container

Wiping former APFS disks

Switching content types

Reformatting former APFS disks

Initialized /dev/rdisk0s5 as a 499 MB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume with a 8192k journal

Mounting disk

1 new disk created or changed due to APFS operation

Disk from APFS operation: disk0s5

Finished APFS operation on disk5

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:~ C1RCA$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.3 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 459.5 GB disk0s2

3: EFI NO NAME 104.9 MB disk0s3

4: Microsoft Reserved 16.8 MB disk0s4

5: Apple_HFS Untitled 523.2 MB disk0s5

6: EFI NO NAME 104.9 MB disk0s6

7: Apple_HFS Untitled 39.7 GB disk0s7


/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +459.5 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume c1rca 438.2 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 53.5 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 511.8 MB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk1s4

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