Computer help

[mx_599]

yes it is in photo above

[PeterOz]

I mean do it.
Click on disk 1 and run first aid

[PeterOz]

After first aid can you do the journal?

[mx_599]

what do I click in photo to run first aid?

[PeterOz]

Click on disk 1 and run first aid

This

[mx_599]

still not sure

[PeterOz]

About what?

[mx_599]

see photo, don’t know how to run it. what do I click?

[PeterOz]

with disk 1 selected and first aid
Can you click on repair disk
Repair permissions

[mx_599]

they dont seem to be clickable

[PeterOz]

[ol]
[li]Are you able to do this?[/li][li]Click View > Show All Devices.[/li][li]Select the physical disk located at the top (named similarly to Apple SSD AP1234F Media) and click Erase. -Not the super drive[/li][IMG alt=“How to reformat Mac startup disk”]https://iboysoft.com/images/en-news/...artup-disk.jpg
[li]Name the drive Macintosh HD.[/li][li]Choose OS Extended (Journaled).[/li][li]Keep the scheme GUID Parition Map.[/li][li]Click Erase.[/li][li]Close Disk Utility and return to the macOS Utilities window.[/li][li]Click “Reinstall macOS” and follow the instructions on the screen to finish the installation.[/li][/ol]
*** NB DO NOT SELECT THE ORANGE DISK THAT IS THE RECOVERY***
https://iboysoft.com/tips/disk-is-locked-mac.html#:~:text=Solution%201%3A%20Unlock%20the%20 disk&text=If%20the%20message%20doesn’t,login%20pas sword%20to%20unlock%20it.

[mx_599]

You mean up in left corner?[ATTACH type=“full” size=“3024x4032”]15017[/ATTACH]

[PeterOz]

I am starting to think your drive may have collapsed.
See pic in post # 237 can you click on Disk 1 and click on erase?

[PeterOz]

If you can click on erase
[ol]
[li]Name the drive Macintosh HD.[/li][li]Choose OS Extended (Journaled). for format[/li][li]Keep the scheme GUID Parition Map.[/li][li]Click Erase.[/li][li]Close Disk Utility and return to the macOS Utilities window.[/li][li]Click “Reinstall macOS” and follow the instructions on the screen to finish the installation.[/li][/ol]

[mx_599]

I can click it but I can’t type in box that says untitled