domingo, 12 de abril de 2015

How to access Yosemite MAC partition from Linux

As an addict and old user of the i3 tiling wm. I couldn't use MAC OS more that 6 months, than I decided install Linux in my MAC bookair :D

However this computer offers only 128GB of SSD and I was with many work files, than I needed access this files on my MAC partition, for this I installed the hfsplus-tools avaliable in my Linux distribution, but I can't mount my MAC partition :(

Some research found that Yosemite change its partition from HFS+ to "Core Storage", but is possible do you convert Yosemite’s Core Storage partition back to HFS+. Let's go.

On MAC terminal use the command shown below to get the lvUUID for the partition.

diskutil cs list

This will give you a list of partitions similar to this:

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group B6308EC8-132D-44BD-9212-6BD867F6331B
    =========================================================
    Name:         OS X Test
    Status:       Online
    Size:         29349998592 B (29.3 GB)
    Free Space:   204955648 B (205.0 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 3325F333-C8E3-3EEE-9357-5E0C21A600D1
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s4
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     29349998592 B (29.3 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family E8CB0EB7-AA33-48AA-AA13-5DE30867901B
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 2F7B1893-07E8-4298-840B-F2552042E055
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1  
            Status:                Online 
            Size (Total):          28809494528 B (28.8 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
            LV Name:               OS X Test
            Volume Name:           OS X Test
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS


If the partition says “Revertible: Yes”? That means we can convert it back.
Use the command shown below to revert this partition to HFS+

diskutil coreStorage revert 2F7B1893-07E8-4298-840B-F2552042E055

Now, come back to Linux and mount your MAC partition normally.

mount -t hfsplus -o force,rw /dev/sda2 /mnt/apple

Good luck

References: http://awesometoast.com/yosemite-core-storage-and-partition-woes/

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