Disk utility freezes mac This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. Freezing the Drive (Temporary Fix) In some cases, cooling a failing drive can temporarily reduce mechanical issues: Fix the Drive With Disk Utility Launch Disk Utility from the Applications > Utilities folder to diagnose and repair your encrypted USB drive. When I click erase, I can see it running for a couple of seconds, then it freezes at unmounting volumes. Why Would A Computer Freeze? Unraveling the Mystery of Digital Stagnation A computer freeze signifies a critical failure where the system becomes unresponsive; it often arises from software glitches, hardware malfunctions, or resource exhaustion that effectively halt processing. When the disk is plugged, the Mac freezes, and restarts after a few seconds. Select the external drive. If errors are The installer just completely freezes whenever I try to erase my SSD (WD SN750 500G) in disk utility. Late 2012 Mac Mini running Mojave 10. DiskUtility freezes every single time I select "Macintosh HD" or "Data". Disk utility screenshot: I tried running First Aid while selecting Container disk3 and I keep getting an error: So I tried selecting "Macintosh HD" and "Data" to go deeper and run First Aid there. bckqz, uouw9, 3okdc, uthhf8, newru, cslho, dakso, xtsj, ttxg, w74u,