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JBis
JBis
6:56 PM
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A: macOS: Can't mount exFAT External Drive

BroskiIf your ExFAT drive is not mounting, here is the solution. sudo pkill -f fsck fsck was holding the disk hostage. A quick ps aux | grep fsck revealed that indeed it was hijacking the disk/volume as soon as it was plugged in. sudo pkill -f fsck (or just kill with the PID if you prefer) immediate...

any idea why that is necessary?
 
 
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JBis
JBis
9:17 PM
Answer: because the disk has issues
@nohillside looks like you did, thanks
 
nohillside
nohillside
10:07 PM
@JBis Yeah, I made a rather crazy edit after I installed the app myself first
 
JBis
JBis
10:30 PM
great design by apple lol
 
Monomeeth
Monomeeth
11:05 PM
@JBis LOL, talk about something getting missed in UAT. </sigh>
 

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