16TB external SSD not able to format to AFPS in Disk Utility on MacBook Air
Fresh 16 TB SSD out of the box attached USB-C to USB-C directly into port.
"The disk you attached is not readable by this computer"
Clicked 'Initialize'
Clicked External 'Drive Name'
Chose 'APFS'
Scheme: 'GUID Partition Map'
"unmounting disk...
creating the partition map...
Unable to write to the last block of the device. :(-69760)
Operation failed..."
It keeps failing at the last sector when trying to convert. First Aid passes. I've tried Erase and switching to APFS but nothing works.
Anybody have any ideas?
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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.3