Missing Storage Space After Wrong Delete & Restart

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eddyedward86 Author

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Missing Storage Space After Wrong Delete & Restart

Hello,

I am using a 250gb MBP late 2016 version.

I had Bootcamp installed and was thinking of uninstalling. Bad idea of me without consulting the internet beforehand.

1. I headed straight to DiskUtil and erase the partition. (Now it couldn't get back into 1 partition)

2. Followed another set of instruction from another post by:

i) diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ BC1 disk0s4

ii) diskutil mergePartitions jhfs+ BCMP disk0s4 disk0s7

iii) diskutil eraseVolume fat32 BOOTCAMP disk0s4

iv) diskutil list

v) Tried restoring, met with an error. Volume name changed from BOOTCAMP to disk0sx (forget the number of x)

3. Restarted my Mac. (horrible decision)

Internal does not show 2 volume anymore.

Max storage is now showing 210gb.

Oh boy. Appreciate in advance for who can assist me. Thank you.

MacBook Pro TouchBar and Touch ID, macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)

Posted on Oct 3, 2018 7:06 AM

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Answer 1

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Loner T

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Oct 5, 2018 8:26 AM in response to eddyedward86

Run

diskutil apfs resizeContainer 2FB597E2-0138-419B-A011-07021941695A 0g

'0G' tells the OS to expand the container contiguously to maximum available space. Post the output for verification.

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Answer 2

Loner T

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Oct 3, 2018 10:21 AM in response to eddyedward86

Post the output of

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

If you see a permission error, temporarily disable SIP.

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Loner T

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Oct 4, 2018 8:32 AM in response to eddyedward86

The entry after GPT2 indicates Free Space. Can you boot into Internet Recovery (not Local Recovery)?

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Answer 4

Loner T

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Oct 4, 2018 6:43 PM in response to eddyedward86

Can you boot normally? There is another method that may be a bit easier.

Post the output of

diskutil apfs list

when booted normally.

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eddyedward86 Author

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Oct 4, 2018 4:10 PM in response to Loner T

I see.

Internet Recovery is boot from this I believe.

So I will make a backup of all my items at my current Mac state, perform Internet Recovery and restore my contents?

Ehm I do not have a real Apple Timemachine, a backup to a normal Mac formatted external HDD will do?

Thanks again.

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eddyedward86 Author

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Oct 4, 2018 6:09 AM in response to Loner T

Hello Loner T,

thank you for replying.

This is the output after the command.

Sorry I do not understand it.

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eddyedward86 Author

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Oct 4, 2018 8:19 PM in response to Loner T

I can boot into Mac OS without issue.

I'll try your command later today after work.

I am at +8GMT.

Thank you.

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Loner T

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Oct 4, 2018 8:24 PM in response to eddyedward86

I am at -4GMT. Post back when you have access to the Mac. The command provides information, it does not fix any issues.

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eddyedward86 Author

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Oct 5, 2018 3:37 AM in response to Loner T

Yup, this is the information.

Seems like the 40gb is not listed here.

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Loner T

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Oct 5, 2018 6:37 AM in response to eddyedward86

Can you post a text version, so I can copy information to provide you the exact command?

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Answer 11

eddyedward86 Author

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Oct 5, 2018 8:10 AM in response to Loner T

IT WORKS! WOW!

Appreciate it! Learnt something new! Thank you thank you!

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Loner T

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Oct 5, 2018 8:16 AM in response to eddyedward86

Excellent.

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Answer 13

eddyedward86 Author

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Oct 5, 2018 6:55 AM in response to Loner T

Oh yes. Thank you.

Last login: Fri Oct
5 18:34:44 on ttys000

Eddys-MBP:~ eddyrex$ diskutil apfs list

APFS Container (1 found)

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+-- Container disk1 2FB597E2-0138-419B-A011-07021941695A

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

APFS Container Reference: disk1

Size (Capacity Ceiling): 210007728128 B (210.0 GB)

Minimum Size: 210007728128 B (210.0 GB)

Capacity In Use By Volumes:
194902675456 B (194.9 GB) (92.8% used)

Capacity Not Allocated: 15105052672 B (15.1 GB) (7.2% free)

|

+-< Physical Store disk0s2 18CB0A88-829B-4AD9-91F9-713C978DB239

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

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APFS Physical Store Disk:
disk0s2

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Size: 210007728128 B (210.0 GB)

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+-> Volume disk1s1 7540FC33-27EF-3D7B-A1C5-AD4D3AD5DE30

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

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

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Name: Macintosh HD (Case-insensitive)

|
Mount Point: /

|
Capacity Consumed: 192081104896 B (192.1 GB)

|
FileVault: No

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+-> Volume disk1s2 96C36CBA-1289-4380-8608-51577BE2ABE9

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---------------------------------------------------

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APFS Volume Disk (Role):
disk1s2 (Preboot)

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Name: Preboot (Case-insensitive)

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Mount Point: Not Mounted

|
Capacity Consumed: 20361216 B (20.4 MB)

|
FileVault: No

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+-> Volume disk1s3 D9946605-CD9C-4FF2-A0CF-9D2DF556BA2F

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---------------------------------------------------

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APFS Volume Disk (Role):
disk1s3 (Recovery)

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Name: Recovery (Case-insensitive)

|
Mount Point: Not Mounted

|
Capacity Consumed: 519069696 B (519.1 MB)

|
FileVault: No

|

+-> Volume disk1s4 E789BEE9-13B4-4040-9C3D-E186BBDA16B4

---------------------------------------------------

APFS Volume Disk (Role):
disk1s4 (VM)

Name: VM (Case-insensitive)

Mount Point: /private/var/vm

Capacity Consumed: 2147540992 B (2.1 GB)

FileVault: No

Eddys-MBP:~ eddyrex$

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