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@@DavidSmith-kp8nc it could be a permission issue or you’re trying to copy the whole disk over which may not be allowed superuser.com/questions/1823462/operation-failed-with-status-2-no-such-file-or-directory-how-to-recover I would also make sure you’re using the main account for that computer in case it’s a permissions issue discussions.apple.com/thread/253573643

@@DemetrideSkepsi How to solve this permission issue? I am getting the same error. I am only copying the Desktop folder.

@@HARSHITSINGH-ex2de if you encrypted your data that could be the issue, or if you aren’t using the main/admin account for the computer. There are various reasons this could happen. I think someone else had asked the same question a while back, the other possibility was an issue with the external drive.

@@Chaudharyashif I’m glad the video helped!

@@1NoDoze I’m glad it worked for you!

@@thewho8272 well you’re logged into a remote device so you’re attempting to launch edge from the cli, this probably won’t work. If you want to surf the web you’ll have to use something that is cli friendly. You could use Invoke-WebRequest but you’ll have to be using PowerShell. So perhaps from the ssh session you can use “PowerShell” to change to PowerShell in the command line or simply use PowerShell -command “invoke-web request example.com” you’ll have to play around with it but keep in mind it’s cli you can’t browse in the GUI. If you want gui access from that remote computer, that’s going to take another method.

@@DemetrideSkepsi Thanks for your quick reply. I thougt of an UI topic... I'll check your hints. What I want to realize: on one end is a windows system where a chrome page runs in kiosk mode. On the other side is my automation, for example Node Red or Home Assistant from where I remotely want to change the url. Sounds very simple but I struggle with this probably easy task a couple of days and won't find a solution. Any ideas are appreciated 🙂

@@reapestlife3215 I’m glad it helped!

@@Bolifum hello! It’s been a while since I’ve rewatched, and longer since I made this video. If I remember correctly I walk through everything necessary. One thing to keep in mind is whatever is on the external drive will be wiped, so make sure nothing is on the external drive before you transfer the data you wish to recover onto it.

Thanks for the reply. I tried to back up my files by selecting my personal folder under the User. An error came up writing "creating personalfinder.dmg... Operation failed: no such file or directory. I tried selecting my Doucments directory folder and said "Operation failed: input/output error." Are there any workarounds to this?

@@Bolifum it’s possible the external drive is broken, it’s also possible the files are too corrupt. Have you tried restring different folders and files?

@DemetrideSkepsi I'm not too sure. I ran first aid for my Macintosh HD and 512 gb flash drive and came out fine with a green check mark. I transferred a smaller folder to my flash drive a few moments ago.

@@Bolifum that could be it then, you might have to select smaller bits or figure out which part is not transferring and exclude it

@@poppipo1222 boop 👉👃 I’m open to any suggestions you have. Your statement is too general for me to make any improvements.

@@billiteinjoh2198 I’m assuming the SSD you’re referring to is the external drive you’re trying to recover your data to. If so, it’s possible you need to reformat that external drive to journaled so that Mac can read it.

@@user-dh6oz5fb8s you are simply looking into the mirror

@@AB_Deloaded sure, I think I have a video on imaging Mac’s. Check that one out. What is the issue?

@@DemetrideSkepsi I created a bootable drive, and erased with the right Mac format. But, the issue is when I go to install El Capitan from my Mac to my laptop. I have to choose the bootable drive or the hard drive, I tried both, for not knowing which one. However, I get the same message trying to install on both: “This copy of the Install OS X El Capitan application can't be verified. It may have been corrupted or tampered with during downloading.” As soon the remaining time show. Note: I didn’t erase the main drive not knowing will it delete all my mini projects. I really appreciate your help 🤙🏾

@@DemetrideSkepsi I have a MacBook Catalina OS X El Capital Mid 2012 13” screen Intel Hd Graphic 4000

@@drawthecrowds maybe the file formatting wrong. The file system could be the problem unless it gets formatted during the process. I believe Mac uses the file system Journaled or Journaled+ on older systems, like the MacBook 2015 (like in the video), or for newer Macs, APFS. I would just reformat your external drive to whatever your OS requires. Just remember you’re wiping out your external drive. Reformat it and everything that was on that external drive will be deleted during reformatting.

@@BillyFrankieFilms I’m glad this information was helpful!

Let me know if it works for you!

When I connect the external drive it's running slow.

I am humbled. I’m glad it worked for you!

Is it possible the external drive you are trying to copy to isn’t working or maybe it needs to be reformatted to journaled?

@@DemetrideSkepsi i did.. but it didn’t work

@@its.s.brinnaa7474 was the source drive encrypted?

I have the same issue, I have one folder which is encrypted on my drive. Any way to exclude just that folder and maybe it will work? Thanks

@@elipagnani4553 try selecting the all the root folders that don’t have that encrypted sub folder in it. Then try to drag and drop the unencrypted sub folders inside the root folder that has the encrypted sub folder up to the root level folder above.

It’s your password, whatever account you want to log into on the server. Say you have a user called user1 with a password of mypassword, that will be your username and password when you SSH into the server from the client.

@@DemetrideSkepsi it does not work. try with all user/password

@@gmazuel it’s possible I missed a step here, I’ll rewatch. The username/password on the target machine (destination/server) will be what you use. I’ll try to find some time to make sure I’m not forgetting anything.

Glad to hear it

Are you saying during the copying process to your external drive you got that error? If so you could test to make sure the drive can be written to from another computer, preferably a Mac. It could be in a file format that isn’t compatible and needs to be reformatted but I think that happens during the process

@@DemetrideSkepsi thanks for your response! I will try to check my drive next 👍

@@LadyHulkX sounds good, lmk what you find!

I’m glad it helped! What tv show/station is it?

For sure, I believe I have the video prepped I just haven’t shot it yet. When you say credentials, do you mean how to put the ssh key onto the server so your client can use those credentials for auth? There is a directory for authorized keys on the server, you’ll want to put an entry of the key there. I will make that video, I’ve been dragging my feet on it.

Thank you, I’m glad it helped!

I would target the files on your desktop not the desktop. Could you send the exact error message though, I can see if there is anything I can find on it

That’s an interesting question. This video doesn’t cover it but I can take a look, I have a 2015 Mac so the functionality in mine may be different than yours. Let me look into it

Alright so forward message looks pretty simple, it’s right there in rules, perform the following action - forward message to someemail@mailserver.tld, same for replying - reply to message. I can make a video covering this, I’ll try to get to it sometime in the next few weeks. It’s definitely an interesting function.

It’s possible the disk is not physically connected or it’s broken. Does the external show up in there?

The same with me! I sent you an e-mail. Thanks!

Did that happen after you transferred them or are you still trying to put them on your external drive?

@@DemetrideSkepsi still trying to save them on the hard drive

@@irinakra6737 Have you tried dragging and dropping the greyed out files?

Good idea, I think I have to redo this anyway. I believe I missed a step or so. Thank you

@DemetrideSkepsi no problem fam thank you for providing all the content you do you making a bigger impact than you know💪😁

@@coachtyberious9247 thank you! That means a lot to me 😁

I’m not sure I understand what you mean. Can you rephrase that?

Have you already tried to decrypt via the System Preferences/Settings > Security & Privacy from the Apple Menu but that wasn't available? Also have you tried booting in Safe Mode (press and hold Shift key on boot). It does look like there is a way to decrypt via Disk Utility but you need the recovery key. I can try doing some experiments tonight or this weekend to see what'll work. Give those things a try in the mean time.

@@DemetrideSkepsi I tried both of them. I have only access to Recovery Mode. Safe Mode doesn’t work. I don’t have access to System Preferences because the computer does not boot. I tried to disable FileVault via Terminal but when I gave the password, it was not accepted. I am now trying to install iOS on a new Volume that I made from Disk Utility and boot the computer from there

No, unfortunately this process erases everything on the external drive. Make sure to back up your data somewhere else like a cloud storage, there are some free options out there, or if you have another external drive transfer the data there.

I’m glad to hear that! If there are any other things you’re struggling with feel free to suggest a video and I will try to cover the topic.

I’m glad it helped! Thanks for letting me know.

@@DemetrideSkepsi Well Turns out there is something wrong with my disk, so i can't create disk image only for my macos partition, however I can backup my windows partition. But Still Thanks!

Is there an option to see the error code and more details about why it failed?

I’m so glad to hear that!

It depends on where the progress is hanging also the size of what is in that user directory; downloads, documents, desktop, etc. If it’s several GB then depending on the speed of your computers processor, and the speed of the SATA to USB connector if that’s what your using. The speed for the SATA connection could be 1.5-6GB/s theoretically. If it continue to do that I would try the process with a smaller file or directory to test that the external drive is working, you could try using a thumb drive to make sure that it’s not an issue with the externals cable or the external itself.

@@DemetrideSkepsi Thank you for the video and replying to my comment. It hung up at the very beginning, essentially never started. I'm trying it with just my user folder this time. Hopefully it works. If not, I'll try with an even smaller file tomorrow.

@@mijomoore of course, lmk how it goes!

It’s probably in one of those, did you check inside of both Apple HDD and Apple SSD, to see if the files are in there?

There are no files in there

@@devinjapiter1978 you could try booting in safe mode, then use an external to extract the files that way. You could also try to look at the disk utility to see if it’s hidden, if so you may be able to use ‘cp’ to copy the files. You could use terminal and run ‘diskutil list’ to view all drives and their mount points.

Do u have tutorials on those steps? Why i want to back up my macintosh hd is my imac shows blinking with question mark folder.

@@devinjapiter1978 I don’t but I can. It may take a little time. Message or email me with the readout you’re getting.

As long as it’s the correct format, which if they’re all used for Mac they should be, then it should be fine. I only say use a blank drive because I want to remove any risk. As long as you don’t get prompted to format or erase during the process then you’re good, if you see anything that says to format or erase, stop. You can get 2tb+ drives for pretty cheap last I checked, about $70.

It shouldn’t, just copy the data over. If you know where it’s stored, like pictures, documents, etc. it’s best to transfer just that since cloning the whole disk could take some time, and with two that’s a lot of time but if not it’s not a big deal, just make sure you keep the computer and external powered and connected during transfer.

@@DemetrideSkepsi thank you so much!

@@maryjanegarcia8149 you’re welcome, lmk how it goes!

If it’s not showing up that may be another issue, try reseating the ssd. I think you’d just be greater by and authentication screen so you can put your creds in and verify it’s your disk. OS to OS version shouldn’t matter. Did you already try booting in safe mode, that could be a better way to extract the data.

@@DemetrideSkepsi because I use opencore legacy patcher, safemode simply don’t work because I’ve installed Sonoma/Ventura on an unsupported version

@@olivertzeng ooo, well you could see if you have a warranty that covers data recovery from apple. Also, is any of it backed up to iCloud?

@@DemetrideSkepsi nope it’s a MacBook Pro 2012, and the only backup I have is photos. I really hope that I can recover my data. Maybe it is because of that disk is encrypted. I know the password, but I don’t know how I can decrypt it in Finder. Oh yeah is you’re local time 0:43

@@olivertzeng I’d reseat the hard drive then, you could replace the data cable too. It sounds like a hardware issue.

Great point, maybe I’ll remake this and use a random method that is more secure. This is really just for fun, but I didn’t mention that you would probably not want to use this in production. I don’t know if you could tell what triggers were used by random unless you already had a key logger on the endpoint though, so it’d probably be fine tbh.

Thank you! Yeah, you can individually copy the files, there is also a way to copy from the terminal which you may need to do, something like ‘cp /path/to/file /copy/to/here’ it should have a force flag. You may be right that’s it’s stuck because it’s being used by iCloud, maybe even attempting to sync. You can also log into iCloud and grab those files there, assuming it synced all the way, double cover your bases.

Let me know how it goes! If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Are you seeing the disk but it’s greyed out or not selectable, or does the disk not show up?

@@DemetrideSkepsimine does not even show up

@@gottafindacoolname it’s possible the cable connecting to the external is not plugged in all the way or needs to be unplugged and plugged back in on both ends, needs to be replaced, or the external drive is broken, or not formatted correctly.

Thank you! I'm glad this was helpful for you.

My best guess is that the internal HD isn’t fully seated to the data connector, or the power to the drive. There is a safe mode and a diagnostic for Mac. I can’t remember off hand, when I get home I can look and link them here.

Looks like for the diagnostic you hold CMD+D at boot; support.apple.com/en-us/HT202731 For safe boot it's hold shift on boot, if it doesn't boot in safe mode I'm betting there is a physical issue with the drive.

I am had the same issue, but I realized after trying diagnostic mode that the computers hard drive was not mounted for some reason. So I figured out how to mount it in disk utility, then your method worked. Thank you so much!!

I have this issue, diagnostic showed: reference code VDH002

Thank you, perhaps when I make an updated version I’ll do that. I’ve done all my videos off the cuff mostly. Once I have time I want to add more to my video idea list and then go about writing scripts or note cards for them.

You are most welcome