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Joined: Dec 25, 2020
Last seen: Jan 27, 2022
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RE: Encrypting / Converting Existing HFS+ Volume

Is it possible to use diskutil to convert an HFS+ volume to APFS? Will data be preserved during the conversion?

2 years ago
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RE: Big Sur on M1 machines and SoftRAID issues

yes. working for me too (M1 Mac mini 1TB/16GB, Thunderbay 8 Flex, CalDigit Dock... ) SoftRAID v 6.0.1 b52 - uninstalled SoftRAID - upgraded to 11....

3 years ago
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RE: Big Sur on M1 machines and SoftRAID issues

looks like MacOS 11.2.2 was just released. Anybody tried it yet? Any hope it will fix Softraid? (not willing to risk it myself)

3 years ago
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RE: Big Sur on M1 machines and SoftRAID issues

So far, after adjusting the power safe settings, things have been stable.

3 years ago
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RE: Big Sur on M1 machines and SoftRAID issues

and just happened again, after I unchecked "Put hard disks to sleep when possible". Same error as above: Dec 28 18:00:53 - SoftRAID Driver: A di...

3 years ago
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RE: Big Sur on M1 machines and SoftRAID issues

I did a complete rebuild of the system. No kernel panic so far, but the Raid5 volume stopped responding again and I got the "Volume Ejected" popup mes...

3 years ago
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RE: Big Sur on M1 machines and SoftRAID issues

The volume lock message was on the M1, but the disk worked fine after this happened. There were a number of popups like this (maybe 3 volume locks and...

3 years ago
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RE: Big Sur on M1 machines and SoftRAID issues

Thanks for responding (on a weekend !) I verified that b47 is used: 234 0 0xfffffe0006eb8000 0x4000 0x4000 com.softraid.driver.SoftRAID (6.0.1b47)...

3 years ago
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RE: Big Sur on M1 machines and SoftRAID issues

BTW: Does BigSur M1 come with a SoftRaid driver "out of the box"? Any way to revert to that?

3 years ago
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RE: Big Sur on M1 machines and SoftRAID issues

After uninstalling Softraid, the system didn't crash for close to a day. So I installed it again and sure enough a few hours (again while the system w...

3 years ago
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RE: Big Sur on M1 machines and SoftRAID issues

I am using SoftRaid on an M1 MacMini for a couple of days now with a Thunderbay Flex. The drive is connected directly to the MacMini, but I also have ...

3 years ago
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