All system utilities like Disk-Utility or Bootcamp disappeared.

Hi,
I was looking for Bootcamp when I found out, that my Utilities folder disappeared from my Applications Folder. I wondered if there was a hidden backup or if I just didn't have it in the Dock folder, so I searched for it with Spotlight. But there's nothing, no "Dienstprogramme" (I'm german ) or "Utilities". I also searched on Google for a solution and some said, that putting in the installation disc would help, but it didn't, maybe I just did the wrong thing... What can I do to solve this problem?
Thank you, Isai.

Okay, I downloaded Pacifist and I was able to open the Mac OS X Installation DVD with it. But there are so many things... What do I have to do now???

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Disabled System Profile and Disk Utility

I have just acquired an Ibook G4, unfortunately without any operating disks. If I try to go into the System Profile or Disk Utility I am told that this may be disabled or not installed. Will an installation of a new operating system, probably Leopard as that's the easiest one to get hold of, resolve this issue?

Either Tiger or Leopard. So long as they are full retail installers
and not someone else's old system disc for a specific computer
you do not happen to also have. Being careful to get one that
can install on any compatible and supported computer is best.
If you had the correct disc as was missing, a utility such as one
known as Pacifist could be used to get only the parts you need
from the correct install disc, and those could be put in separately.
In the absence of that, a full and totally new installation is one
way to be sure the drive can be tested (booted Disk Utility, zero
data on drive, reformat, install all new from scratch) & be good.
The nice thing about Tiger, if you can find someone who has
upgraded to Leopard and has a 'retail Tiger installer set' to
give you or sell at a low price, that is a good system and it
has all the other parts to upgrade from the retail installer,
on the internet. And any issues in Tiger are solved.
Since you do not have the original software packet which
the computer came with when new, some of the apps in
the computer now won't be in there if you do a major and
proper all-new installation of the new system on a wiped
or totally erased (over-written with zeros from the booted
full installer disc's Disk Utility options, then reformatted to
HFS+ or Apple Partition Map, then full system installed)
the old stuff from prior generations of use will be gone.
So will the old AppleWorks application and a few other
nice but no longer available items. The new iWorks is
a suitable replacement for AppleWorks in some ways;
and the free NeoOffice is adequate if you need an app
somewhat like MS Office X.
Without the OS X Installer disc set for the system in
the computer you have, you can't repair it nor can a
reset of the password or change of other features
be done properly. If the account you are using on it
is not an admin user account, some settings may
have been reduced for some lesser user level. And
if someone damaged the system somehow by taking
parts of the OS X out of the folders, it would need
at least an 'archive & install' with that old installer.
So, you can make use of the computer if you have a
full retail installer disc and the computer is supported.
There are requirements to be met for various systems
to work in a variety of computers, so you may need to
read in Support to see what the minimum requirement
is, for the OSX version you may get a deal on.
There may be other options, but they should start with
the proper install disc that is missing in the first place!
Good luck & happy computing!

Im attempting to start up from OSX 10.4.9 back up disc on my Macbook 13inch but it starts up and am able get to utilities then disk utility but my internal drive doesnt show in options on left can anyone help ?

Hi all my trusty macbook 13 inch 5 years old has let me down get a box with question mark in it when i switch on , so apple support tells me to try ans start by back up OSX 10.4.9 disk the built in drive doesnt work so i am using an external toshiba drive .
I switch on holding down c key an apple logo comes on and it starts up im able to acess utilities then disk utility but in the options on the left there is only the Backup disc and the external drive showing my internal mackintosh drive wont show so i cant move further any help

If your hard drive isn’t recognized in Disk Utility then your hard drive is probably dead.

USB Drive not showing up at all, not appearing in disk utility either

Hi, I am having a problem getting my USB drives to show up at all, namely my iPhone. When I plug my iPhone in, iTunes recongizes it, but I am unable to get it to appear in Finder, Desktop, or Disk Utility. I tried it on a Windows PC and it works perfectly fine. I am also having issues with USB thumb drives. However, my western digital external HD works fine.
Very strange problem, anyone have any solutions?

Now don't do that.
My only other thoughts on this was that there is something wrong with the cable or jack in your macbook. You said the iphone mounted in a windows pc. So it looks like the cable is ok. That may mean the jack has problems. On the other hand you also say plugging in the WD external works through that jack. So the cable and jack look ok. So much for that thought.
I also would suggest a pram reset but I doubt that would have any affect. Or is that why you did when you said you "flashed" pram?

Erased Hard Drive and operating system accidentally via disk utility? Here's what to do

I thought I had messed up majorly today when I attempted to erase and re-install an operating system on my friends macbook pro. I used another computer and targeted his computer so his hard drive would show up on my desktop. I then used disk utility and completely erased his hard drive. "Ooops" i thought after trying to then install Lion from my computer's applications folder. Wouldn't work. All his computer would show was a folder with a ? mark!!!
I searched for a solution as to what to do in this situation and got a lot of conflicting complex suggestions. The one that made the most sense was to create a bootable external disk to reinstall the system. This didn't work for me, I was probably doing it wrong.
HERE'S WHAT DID WORK FOR ME:
(what you need)
1) decent wireless internet connection (know the network and password)
2) blank computer hard drive (no OS, no nothing)
3) power cable
thats it
Step 1.
Restart your computer and hold down "Command" and the "R" keys at the same time. do this for about 30 seconds or so and release
Step 2.
Your computer should, after a few seconds or so, show a spinning globe. Your computer will then start searching for an internet connection. Choose a network from the drop down menu and type in the password to the network.
Step 3.
Your computer will then connect with Apple.com's software site (I think this is called OSX Recovery or something [thus the holding down of the "R" for recovery key]) and find your computer's original operating system (not sure how far back this works, but it worked perfectly with Lion)
Step 4.
Download the OS
Step 5.
Upon download completion your computer may shut down. Just turn it back on and when its back up and running it will immediately start to install the OS it just downloaded.
Step 6.
Wait for this to complete and bam, you're back to having an operating system on your computer.
I hope this works for anyone with my problem.
Good luck!

You will need to do the following:
Install Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion Using Internet Recovery
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.
Partition and Format the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your newly installed hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion. Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
This should restore the version of OS X originally pre-installed on the computer.

Upgraded to Mountain Lion on my 15" MacBook Pro, won't let me access certain utilities including Disk Utility

When I go to Disk Utility now - all it says is...
"You can't use this version of the application "Disk Utility" with this version of OS X. You have "Disk Utility" 11.5.2".
It's especially annoying seeing as I spend a lot of time formatting USB sticks and memory cards. No help from Google. I'm from the UK if that makes any difference.

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Any way to run diagnostic (like Disk Utility) on the Time Capsule Drive?

I have a Time Capsule with an internal drive that "needs repair", and yet I have no way of repairing it. I have a call in with AppleCare and am still awaiting their call back (2 days) as to what can be done about the drive short of erasing it, and my entire music library with it.
7.3.1 introduced the archive feature in the disk tab and I am currently trying to do that to an external USB drive in hopes of at least saving my music library.
But I have to think it's strange and not reassuring at best, that there is no way to check/validate the integrity of the drive. Especially since a lot of people will be using Time Capsule for more than storage of the BU's.
Ironically enough, the archive feature strangely feels like I am backing up the backup… meaning why did I buy the 1TB Time Capsule if I still have to buy a drive to attach to it?
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I suggest you archive the TC drive, or alternatively copy the sparsebundle to a USB drive connected directly to your computer. Then use the erase function on the Airport Utility to re-initialize the TC drive. As long as there is not a hardware problem with the drive, initializing the drive should repair it better than any disk repair utility.
Then copy the sparsebundle back to the TC and Bob's your uncle.
I should warn you that my experience is that if you are copying anything large between a USB drive and TC, the USB drive should be attached to your Mac, not to the TC. I suspect if it is attached to the TC, the data flows from the TC to your Mac and then back to the USB drive attached to the TC, in effect going through your ethernet connection twice (don't even think about wireless!).
I also suspect the archive tab in the TC is a means to transfer files directly from the TC to a connected USB drive without going through the attached compter, so it may be quite fast. However, when you tranfer back, do it with the USB drive attached to the computer.
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System Running Slow-Disk Utility Shows Only 4GB Free - Help!

what are some of the common things that can be deleted that newbies don't realize take up space? I am encountering the beach ball when I try to do things like go between web pages or launch applications, etc. It appears that I am showing only 4.3 GBs available.
Since I share this Mac with my whole family, (movies, music, etc,) I'm suspecting that we are holding things that need to be deleted or saved to CD/DVD. This really didn't start until I upgrade to Leopard and also am using Time Capsule.
I appreciate any help for a novice!

You can safely delete anything in your home account / caches folder
/Users/account/Library/Caches
Sort by size, and dump some of the larger ones, like MetaData, and also look for QuickTime cache folder and others.
Backup to a FireWire drive or get one...
http://www.macsales.com/firewire
and repair your boot drive.
You could store common media files on external drive, partition it so you have room for a full backup of your drive, and room for media files on 2nd partition.
Take a look at where space is getting used:
http://www.omnigroup.com/omnidisksweeper
Pulling and upgrading your internal drive, and put it in a FW case, would probably make sense too.

HT4718 FileVault 2, the Recovery System, and the use of Disk Utility

I have FileVault 2 turned on for my Lion-equipped Powerbook Pro. When booting from the Recovery System, however, the Disk Utility thereon cannot even verify the internal HD, much less repair anything. I am aware that this is due to the encryption, of course.
However, for external encrypted drives, all I need to do is enter the password to mount them. So is there something that one can do in order to get the Disk Utility on the Recovery System -- on this very same drive -- to recognize the main volume, in order to enable it to perform diagnostics?
Secondarily, if I put the Powerbook Pro into target mode, and connect it to another Mac (which I have not tried yet) will I be able to mount it from the other computer if (A) It is running Lion OSX or higher, and (B) I can provide one or more of the login passwords?
I am one who has always liked to keep my hard drives running smoothly (e.g using Disk Warrior, Drive Genius, Disk Utility...whatever). So this is a bit foreign to me to be unable to run at least basic diagnostics. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.

If you're talking about just the Recovery HD, you only need 1GB so use a 4GB USB thumb drive and the OS X Recovery Disk Assistant to create it.
If you're talking about the ML installer (installESD.dmg) use an 8GB USB thumb drive.

Disk Utility told me: Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.

Just before I did this repair permissions on my 7-month-old iMac, my CD drive started refusing to burn CDs. iTunes saw that there was a CD inserted and told me to go to File>burn playlist to CD. But the CD never appears on my desktop, and under File there is no option to burn, grayed-out or otherwise. I tried multiple CDs, different brands, restarts, safe mode, hardware check, etc. And it had been burning CDs fine before that. I can still download a CD and play music thru iTunes. I spent 45 minutes on the phone with tech support, who had me jump thru all kinds of hoops, but it finally stumped him. I saw in disk utility some things I've never seen before: the above Warning, and in all of the repairs there were +r, - r, --r, ++r+, +rw+, --rw, and so on - lots of them. I and tech support connected r and rw with the CD drive, but no idea what's happening. He said to take it in to the shop - it's under warranty - but I thought I'd ask if anyone has an idea what's going on. Thanks all.

Repairing permissions in Disk Utility, although often recommended for the wrong reasons, or for no reason at all, is actually a waste of time, except in the very rare case where you have a permission error. All it does is to spew confusing error messages that mean nothing, but cause the same question to be asked over and over again on this site.
Mac OS X: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely ignore

Disk Utility can't repair and refuse Partition to work

Hi,
Is there any ways to solve this message appearing in the Disk Utility?
When i click repair disk on Disk Utility, message shown;
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Resources/JavaPluginCocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Resources/JavaPluginCocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar".
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/readconf ig" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/writecon fig" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib", should be -rwxr-xr-x , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib".
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Permissions repair complete
Then i thought its might not be repair just by one repair.
After that i try repair again however this message still appear.
I ever try restarting and shutting down my MacBook but the message still appear.
I do some research and find that one of the message in the list can be safety ignore
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1448
Hence i just ignore the message.
Meanwhile i try to partition my hard disk and message shown;
Partition failed
Partition failed with the error:
Could not modify partition map because filesystem verification failed
I getting too frustrated about this problem.... ARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!
Any solutions are welcome. Thanks

You can find an extensive discussion of the permissions repair messages you can ignore at Topic: Permissions Snow Leopard 10.6.4. Nothing on your list of permissions messages is unusual or indicates an issue that needs correction.
However, the partition failed message indicates that you need to run Disk Utility's Repair Disk function on the disk volume. Note that if this is your normal startup volume, you will have to start up from some other disk, such as your installer disc, & run the Repair Disk step from it.
If Disk Utility is unable to repair the HD, you can try more powerful (& costly) utilities like Disk Warrior, but there are no guarantees that any of them will be able to fix all possible problems the HD may have.

DIsk Utility doesn't allow creating a partition

Hi all,
I just bought a new MacBookPro and installed Mountain Lion yesterday. I decided to use a encrypted file system (File Vault). So far everything worked fine.
This morning I decided to do a clean install, as Migration Assistent carried over some data I do not need.
So I booted into Recovery Mode, selected the harddisk and chose "Erase". As I wanted an encrypted volume again, Disk utility asked me for a password which I specified. Immediately after clicking ok, Disk Utility said "Not enough RAM to complete this request". After clicking OK, my partition went and since then I am strugglign to find out how to activate it (data not important, as everythign backed up).
Apple Care also doesn't knwo what to recommend anymore.
Here's what I tried:
1) Command+R boot and Disk Utility
2) Boot from external HD and Disk Utility
3) Internet Recovery (ends with error)
4) Delete PR
The strange thing is that Disk Utility shows Macintosh HD on the top level with the option to partition (it doesn't show any indended partitions) but all options are grayed out. It's like Disk Utility somehow confused Parttion with physical drive and now gets confused.
Any other idea other than sending the macbookPro back to Apple?
Thanks
Matt

You should of taken the encryption off before you started that proccess. That is one thing they don't tell you. Never try to modify an encrypted partition.
You may have to boot to the Internet (Online) Recovery HD system lto Re-Partition the drive as one partition.
Hold down Command+Option+r keys at boot and keep them held down until you see a spinning globe in the center of the screen, then you can let them up. Have the computer WIRED to your unternet router.
Once that loads open disk utility and select the Drive Name (Not volume name, IE Macintosh HD) and then the partition tab and select One partition from the Partition Layout drop down.
If that doesn't work then the drive is FUBAR.

Error message using Disk Utility

Okay, my System Preferences is not showing up, so I ran the Disk Utility and this is the error message I got:
Volume Macintosh HD was corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired...then use Disk Utility to repair the disk.
What do I do? Do I reinstall Mac OS X Snow Leopard or is this a whole other issue? Do I take it in to get checked out? Can I fix this without taking it in? HELP!

What you need to do is repair the disk using your install disk (after you make sure that you've backed up your important data or have a current Time Machine backup):
insert install disk and hold down C key while restarting
once booted from the install disk, go past the languages, and then up to Menu bar - Utilities. Open Disk Utility and run repair disk. If it says "repaired", you're done. If not, run it again until you get the repaired dialog. You can then restart from your internal disk, eject the install CD and you're all set.
If Disk Utility can't repair it, you'd need a more powerful application or it could be other things - we'll wait with that until after you've run the repair function.

Disk Utility and fsck report 'missing thread records' and can't repair.

Hello,
What first made me realise there was a problem with my iMac was that when I tried to update a application it failed. I then manually download the .dmg of the update and tried replaced the app (Transmission 1.82 being that app in question). This failed, OS X claiming that it could not replace the older version (1.81). I then tried copying the file to the desktop where OS X claimed that there was already a copy of the application and so left a corrupted file on my desktop. This also happened when i attempted to move and copy a couple of pages documents and movie files around. I decided the best thing to do at this point was to reboot my computer; OS X decided it needed to install a couple of security updates at this point. This installation failed.
My iMac booted up, but only after a progress bar has appeared under the Apple logo and spinner and has done its thing (From what I've read this means that OS X is trying its best to resolve some sort of errors). This happens upon every boot.
This made me think that something must be going on with the file system of my Mac so I ran all the tests in Disk Utility. Permissions repair ran fine and fixed a few issues, but when I verified the disk this is what it reported:
"Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Missing thread record (id = 2045563)
Missing thread record (id = 2096282)
Keys out of order
The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk."
I booted up from the DVD and tried to repair; this failed. Next I tried using fsck in single user mode; this also failed. Upon rebooting again and waiting for the progress bar to fill I was able to move files around and update Transmission without issue. Disk Utility still reports the same error.
If I boot into Windows Vista everything works perfectly; as of yet I haven't got around to installing the new Boot Camp update for Windows 7 support incase that changes anything. When running the diagnostic tool on the Windows Vista DVD it reports that everything is fine for Windows.
I really am at a loss for what to do next. All my data is backed up by Time Machine onto a Time Capsule as well as manually onto a FW external. I also made a clone of the Windows partition using the free app Winclone. Does anyone know anything I can do to fix this problem?
Thanks so much,
Sam.

I have been experiencing exactly the same problem here with my MacPro. Apple replaced the hard disk because it was reporting bad sectors. However even with the replacement hard disk I'm experiencing the "missing thread" issue again. I'm guessing its either a software issue that keeps recurring or a fundamental hardware issue. Is the disk controller part of the hard disk or the motherboard? I've never had hard disk problems like this before.
Here's my Disk Utility report from earlier today:
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Missing thread record (id = 1067066)
Missing thread record (id = 1111528)
Missing thread record (id = 1196845)
Missing thread record (id = 1200621)
Missing thread record (id = 1260154)
Missing thread record (id = 1277166)
Missing thread record (id = 1285010)
Missing thread record (id = 1297257)
Missing thread record (id = 1316679)
Missing thread record (id = 1437800)
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Invalid volume directory count
(It should be 155085 instead of 155095)
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Repairing volume.
Missing directory record (id = 1437800)
Missing directory record (id = 1316679)
Missing directory record (id = 1297257)
Missing directory record (id = 1285010)
Missing directory record (id = 1277166)
Missing directory record (id = 1260154)
Missing directory record (id = 1200621)
Missing directory record (id = 1196845)
Missing directory record (id = 1111528)
Missing directory record (id = 1067066)
Look for missing items in lost+found directory.
Rechecking volume.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Invalid volume directory count
(It should be 155106 instead of 155096)
Repairing volume.
Rechecking volume.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume MacHD was repaired successfully.

DISK Utility issue..Please HELP

OK I had a 200 GB Hard Disk that I was using on my Windows machine. Since I am a Mac Guy now, I decided to buy an external USB enclosure, and use this as extra storage space. I am using DISK Utility to first partition the drive (1 partition) and then proceeded to Erase with zeros (1 time). Last night when I started this process it estimated a completion time of 3 hours. A few hours later it estimated at 1 hour and 16 mins. That was 8 hours ago. I hear the disk making noise as if it is writing, but I do not see any progress.
I was doing a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and had the Install Mac OS 9 Disk Driver option checked. Not sure what difference this makes as all I want to use this disk is for storing photographs.
Has the process failed and am I in an eternal wait state? Does it normally take this long? Should I keep it running for the next 24 hours just to see? Suggestions please...
Thx in advance.

Well it sounds like Disk Utility has hanged. Open up Activity Monitor Applications/Utilities. If it is hung it will be in red...I'm pretty sure, I don't really remember the last time an app hung on my machine.
If everything is fine, it might just be that it's a big drive and it takes along time.
BTW, it seems sort of backwards to me to partition and then erase. If I were I would erase the disk FIRST, using the format you described, and THEN partition.

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