Is it rebuilding? What's the progress of the rebuilding? Etc... three questions

Posted by: @smayer97

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Posted by: @softraid-support

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Unfortunately, there are no APFS "repair" tools yet. So you need to erase/restore your volumes data. If it is not backed up, both R-Studio and Disk Drill can recover the data first.

I pointed some time ago that TechTool Pro claims to be able to repair APFS volumes, since v11 (currently at v18). As per their site:

"Most drive problems, however, result from data being in the wrong place, and can be repaired using Techtool Pro’s Volume Rebuild tool. 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."

with the following caveat:

"...while the Volume Rebuild can repair many drives with volume structures problems, a full rebuild that reorganizes the volume structures can only be implemented once Apple provides further documentation.

It is important to note as well that Techtool Pro uses a low-level API to test, repair, rebuild, and defragment Mac OS Extended volumes. No such API yet exists for APFS, and it is unclear if Apple will make one available."

Have you had a chance to review this? Not sure what this all translates to regarding APFS repair support.

For anyone reading this, this info can be found here: https://www.micromat.com/apfs-support-status-13/

I believe this is still correct that there are no real APFS repair tools. TTP has some limited ability, yes. they should work on SoftRAID volumes in the same way as normal Apple volumes.