File system repair failure on MacBook Pro: (-69845) error

File system verify or repair failed. : (-69845)


Laptop can't perform as usual, heats up quickly, crashes often, can't run my music software (Rekordbox), where I manage all my music playlist for almost a decade now, it's a huge part of my job, and the result of crashing wile I was transferring a playlist to my external hard drive before a gig, got my external hard drive corrupted. Can't be living with this issue every time I open that app MacBook just overheats instantly and crashes, I bought this MacBook Pro with all features and boosts, costed me over £3k, and this is what I get?


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Original Title: The volume /dev/rdisk1s1 was found to be corrupt and needs to be repaired. File system verify or repair failed. : (-69845)

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Oct 30, 2025 8:57 AM

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Oct 30, 2025 11:43 AM in response to IvanaPaulo

IvanaPaulo wrote:

File system verify or repair failed. : (-69845)

Laptop can't perform as usual, heats up quickly, crashes often, can't run my music software (Rekordbox),

where I manage all my music playlist for almost a decade now, it's a huge part of my job, and the result of crashing wile I was transferring a playlist to my external hard drive before a gig, got my external hard drive corrupted...


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Original Title: The volume /dev/rdisk1s1 was found to be corrupt and needs to be repaired. File system verify or repair failed. : (-69845)

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.7


You do not say what exact MBP 15" this is...


I am unclear what exactly is your < /dev/rdisk1s1 >...?


if in doubt from the Terminal.app copy & paste:

diskutil list internal


post the output for some clarification.


was this First Aid from Internet Recovery? How to repair a Mac storage device with Disk Utility - Apple Support



for third party software——if in doubt search the developers website or contact their: Support/Help/FAQ/Known issues/compatibility/updates…


Contact a third-party vendor - Apple Support

Contact a third-party vendor - Apple Support



if the external drive has failed— replace it. If you still trust it erase it, reformat it, initilize as new and try again.



the current stable release of Monterey is macOS 12.7.6



To trouble shoot further you can:


—A SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support will sort many anomalies


Does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled temporarily.

Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.


This test will tell you if third party interference; most extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.

 


—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support

This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account. 



***wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries— connect the charging cable, this will make the wired keyboard successful Safe Boot your Mac.

unplug all non-essential peripherals when testing

Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS




File system repair failure on MacBook Pro: (-69845) error

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