You can expand "Show Details" and see the detailed error code and message as below: If Disk Utility First Aid failed to repair the detected errors or its process has failed, it shows that macOS can't repair the disk. You can force quit it by clicking the Apple menu and selecting Force Quit or press and hold the Command-Option-Esc combos - the equivalent of Ctrl-Alt-Delete on Mac. That indicates Disk Utility First Aid may be frozen. Sometimes, the First Aid running process shows no changes as time goes by. Disk Utility First Aid failed to repair the disk, what to do? You can open the Hide Details to check the process. Rare but not impossible, First Aid takes hours to check and repair the errors on the corrupted disk. If First Aid has found any errors on the disk or volume, it will take extra time to repair the errors. If there are no errors found on the target disk or volume, less time will use. Usually, running Mac First Aid will require no more than five minutes. How long does Disk Utility First Aid take? Then, you can click Done to close First Aid. When the First Aid process is complete, it will give a hint.
#DISK AID FIRST AID HOW TO#
Here's how to open First Aid on Mac and use it to repair disk errors. Whether you want to repair corrupted external hard drives on MacĀ or repair your corrupted USB flash drive on Mac, you can use Mac First Aid. How to open and run Mac First Aid to repair the disk?
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This post will guide you on when and how to run Disk Utility First Aid to repair disks, including running First Aid from macOS Recovery mode. If you need to run Mac First Aid to repair disks, please keep on reading. That helps prevent the disk from occurring more serious corruption. More importantly, First Aid will repair the detected minor errors of the disk formatting and directory structure. Its main task is to check the health of the disks and volumes on your Mac, such as the SSD, Macintosh HD, external hard drives, sd cards, etc.
#DISK AID FIRST AID SOFTWARE#
Disk Utility First Aid is a built-in disk repair software on Mac.