SSD fails to initiate - iMac 2015 Monterery
First off .....have just over to Apple after 30+ years using Windows ;
So disk that fails is Internal SSD Drive following info:-
Volume name : SSD
Volume type : APFS Startup Snapshot
BSD device node : disk1s1s1
Mount point : /
System : macOS 12.7.6 (21H1320)
File system : APFS
Connection : SATA
Device tree path : IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/SATA@1F,2/PRT0@0/PMP@0
Writable : No
Is case-sensitive : No
File system UUID : 4788D165-76DE-4661-885B-E1C5C3936AD3
Volume capacity : 1,022,876,135,424
Available space (Purgeable + Free) : 991,593,895,432
Purgeable space : 4,869,129,736
Free space : 986,724,765,696
Used space : 15,418,023,936
File count : 367,352
Owners enabled : No
Is encrypted : No
System Integrity Protection supported : Yes
Can be verified : Yes
Can be repaired : Yes
Bootable : Yes
Journaled : No
Media name :
Media type : Generic
Ejectable : No
Solid state : Yes
SMART status : Not Supported
I have probably setup my drives incorrectly & I'm hoping that's all it.
Have tried & spectacularly failed to screenshot of offender so I type it below:-
APFS Volume Group • APFS
Used: 32.4gb Free:986.7gb
Mount Point Read Only/
Capacity 1.02gb
Available: 991.78gb (Purgeable 5.08gb)
Owners: disabled
SATA
disk1s1s1
And finally, below is what First Aid Reports:
Running First Aid on “SSD” (disk1s1s1)
Verifying the startup volume will cause this computer to stop responding.
Verifying file system.
Volume could not be unmounted.
Using live mode.
Performing fsck_apfs -n -l -x /dev/rdisk1s1
Checking the container superblock.
Checking the checkpoint with transaction ID 39080.
Checking the EFI jumpstart record.
Checking the space manager.
Checking the space manager free queue trees.
Checking the object map.
Checking the encryption key structures.
Checking volume /dev/rdisk1s1.
Checking the APFS volume superblock.
The volume SSD was formatted by storagekitd (1934.141.2) and last modified by apfs_kext (1934.141.2.701.1).
Checking the object map.
Checking the snapshot metadata tree.
Checking the snapshot metadata.
Checking snapshot 1 of 1 (com.apple.os.update-CB0A7655FB68BF1B8B5973B5F00D93A3F92BA208F5379F3D5FF0D1F31BA7268C)
Checking the fsroot tree.
Checking the file extent tree.
Checking the extent ref tree.
Verifying volume object map space.
Verifying allocated space.
The volume /dev/rdisk1s1 appears to be OK.
File system check exit code is 0.
Restoring the original state found as mounted.
Operation successful.
Point is, I've diagnostic & appears fine, however if I have laid out drives wrongly, afraid a little OCD with error reports I read could be failing & and "prepare for worst" eek!
Any advice welcomed i.e. do I need to be concerned? Please be kind I'm a newbie!!
TIA
Ian Roe
iMac 21.5″, macOS 12.7