Unable to remove Free Space partition in Disk Utility on my MacBook Pro

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Unable to remove Free Space partition in Disk Utility on my MacBook Pro

Problem description:

I deleted the Bootcamp partition for windows10 and now I got a Free Space (100Gb) which can't be removed or allocated to my macOS Partition.

Therefore, I got a problem when install the new one.

What I've tried:

1.Refer to the solution at Can't Remove Free Space partition in Disk… - Apple Community

2.disk util list internal result is as below

3.At step [disktil unmountedDisk diskN] and

[fsck_apfs -s -o -y /dev/rdiskN], I got the below error message.

Could you please check for me that what wrong with the command or my input syntax?

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MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Mar 7, 2024 8:32 PM

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Answer 1

-Bubba-

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Mar 9, 2024 9:02 AM in response to Manh_Ong

Loner T is in fact the authoritative expert on Boot Camp, however I haven't seen him around in many months.

You could try running First Aid on the disk in macOS Recovery - Repair a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

However, I have a feeling you'll need to erase the entire disk and restore macOS from a backup:

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Answer 2

HWTech

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Mar 9, 2024 7:33 PM in response to Manh_Ong

Unfortunately if First Aid (or in this case fsck) is unable to repair the APFS volume/Container, then you will need to erase the whole physical drive followed by reinstalling macOS & restoring from a backup. At this time there are no third party utilities for repairing an APFS volume, although Alsoft, the developer of Disk Warrior is finally working on it after Apple released the necessary APFS documentation, but I expect it will be at least a year before it will be ready.

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Unable to remove Free Space partition in Disk Utility on my MacBook Pro

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