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Using DiskWarrior 5.0 while started (booted) from macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
• What you need to know
1) DiskWarrior 5.0 is compatible with macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
2) Mac OS Extended (HFS Plus) disks can be rebuilt as before. This includes Fusion and Time Machine disks.
3) Apple File System (APFS) disks are not recognized by DiskWarrior 5.0 and will not appear in the list of disks.
4) Due to the ever enhancing security of macOS you will need to first "Allow" the system extension portion of DiskWarrior to be loaded on your Mac. The first time you rebuild a disk with DiskWarrior 5.0, the system extension will be blocked at step 8 of the rebuild. This will result in a "OS X services failure" message in the DiskWarrior report. You will only need to allow the system extension once.
What can you expect soon
We are working furiously to release DiskWarrior 5.1. The flooding from Hurricane Harvey resulted in a loss of 3 weeks of productivity for our developers. DiskWarrior 5.1 will more gracefully deal with APFS and the new KEXT security as follows:
1) APFS disks will display in the list of disks. APFS disks cannot be rebuilt with DiskWarrior 5.1. Our developers are waiting for Apple to release the final APFS format documentation in order to safely rebuild APFS disks.
2) The system extension "OS X services failure" message from DiskWarrior 5.0 has been replaced with instructions on how to allow the kext to be loaded. This will happen as DiskWarrior 5.1 is launched instead of during a rebuild. You will only need to allow the system extension once.
• What's in the works
The next major release of DiskWarrior will include the ability to rebuild APFS disks.
Using DiskWarrior 5.0 while started (booted) from macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
• What you need to know
1) DiskWarrior 5.0 is compatible with macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
2) Mac OS Extended (HFS Plus) disks can be rebuilt as before. This includes Fusion and Time Machine disks.
3) Apple File System (APFS) disks are not recognized by DiskWarrior 5.0 and will not appear in the list of disks.
4) Due to the ever enhancing security of macOS you will need to first "Allow" the system extension portion of DiskWarrior to be loaded on your Mac. The first time you rebuild a disk with DiskWarrior 5.0, the system extension will be blocked at step 8 of the rebuild. This will result in a "OS X services failure" message in the DiskWarrior report. You will only need to allow the system extension once.
What can you expect soon
We are working furiously to release DiskWarrior 5.1. The flooding from Hurricane Harvey resulted in a loss of 3 weeks of productivity for our developers. DiskWarrior 5.1 will more gracefully deal with APFS and the new KEXT security as follows:
1) APFS disks will display in the list of disks. APFS disks cannot be rebuilt with DiskWarrior 5.1. Our developers are waiting for Apple to release the final APFS format documentation in order to safely rebuild APFS disks.
2) The system extension "OS X services failure" message from DiskWarrior 5.0 has been replaced with instructions on how to allow the kext to be loaded. This will happen as DiskWarrior 5.1 is launched instead of during a rebuild. You will only need to allow the system extension once.
• What's in the works
The next major release of DiskWarrior will include the ability to rebuild APFS disks.
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