How to Fix SSD not being recognized in mac OS at all
This mini-guide provides a structural approach to troubleshoot and fix the issue.
Prerequisites
- Confirm your hardware specifications (CPU, GPU, Motherboard).
- Ensure you have a bootable recovery USB and backup your EFI.
Fix Steps
- Boot with
-v keepsyms=1 debug=0x100to identify the exact kernel panic. - Validate your config.plist using ocvalidate.
- Ensure your EFI matches the Dortania guide specifications for your CPU generation.
Verification
- Reboot and verify if the functionality is restored and stable under typical usage.
Original Question:
Hi all,
I successfully completed a hackintosh build around June of last year and all was going well. After 6 months of not booting up the computer, I tried booting it up again yesterday and got the prohibitory symbol and gibberish. I tried for about 4-5 hours to fix it, but nothing worked, so I've decided on a fresh install. Now there's a new problem: for some reason, the SSD on which I'm trying to install Mac OS just isn't recognized by Mac OS at all. I've tried re-formatting it into every which format and I've tried it in Windows and in Linux (Manjaro recognized it and I was able to mess around with it in gParted). I've got an extra HDD, but I really want to have it installed on the SSD. The SSD is a PNY CS900 500GB from Amazon.
Anybody have any ideas?
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