

They CANNOT release a new version of DiskWarrior to rebuild directory of APFS until Apple releases the full documentation. Our developers are now using that documentation to update DiskWarrior to be able to safely rebuild APFS disks. Apple has recently released the APFS format documentation. The next major release of DiskWarrior will include the ability to rebuild APFS disks. Using DiskWarrior 5.2 while started (booted) from High Sierra or Mojave.
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Techtool Pro can also repair Apple's new APFS file system, standard Mac OS Extended volumes, as well as MS-DOS (FAT32) and ExFAT formatted volumes.īut says part of the truth in the small print: In addition to native Mac drive formats, Mac OS Extended and APFS, Techtool Pro supports testing and repair of MS-DOS (FAT32) and ExFAT formatted volumes. Rebuild utilities are not supported on APFS.
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The reason is that Apple has not yet released documentation about how to write to such APFS disks, as they did about how to read them by September 2018 (after releasing macOS 10.14 Mojave a year after releasing APFS for Mac and even before for iOS by March 2017!!!). Worst of all, macOS versions above 10.12 Sierra re-format disks as APFS, so users are left in the cold. That includes DiskWarrior (the best in the repair arsenal), TechTool Pro (second choice) and Drive Genius (third choice). Currently, no utility can rebuild the directory of APFS disks on Mac. There is a lot of misinformation and confusion on this topic.
