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I can't boot up my MacBook Air M1. When I check in Recovery Mode, it doesn't show any drive. When I hold Option, I don't see any volume in the Apple SSD.

In Disk Utility I can't erase it nor do anything else. When I try installing macOS again it doesn't show any drive to install it to. When I use diskutil list command my whole SSD is shown as “free space” with no identification.

How can I fix this problem?

DavidRecallsMonica
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dec1mat04
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  • Not sure how you got here, but wiping the drive is necessary now. Here are some steps to try – Allan Feb 14 '23 at 18:00
  • Can I get terminal commands to do the same cuz disk utilities don't work for me at this point – dec1mat04 Feb 15 '23 at 02:40
  • By making a bootable macOS system to plug into your Mac, either on an external drive or even a USB thumb drive. Anil's answer (in Allan's post cited above) will guide you. – DavidRecallsMonica Feb 15 '23 at 03:08
  • Use this command diskutil partitionDisk /dev/disk0 1 GPT APFS "Macintosh HD" R. That should create a brand new APFS container on your boot disk assuming it's /dev/disk0. Make sure you get the correct identifier by using diskutil list and looking for your physical disk. – Allan Feb 15 '23 at 03:29
  • Apple silicon disks are more complex than Intel - the old link above may not help you. If steps in https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mac-help/mchl82829c17/mac don't work for you, you will need a second Mac for these steps https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/apple-configurator-mac/apdd5f3c75ad/mac – Gilby Feb 15 '23 at 03:32
  • I tried using the terminal command,but it said that my disk could not be unmounted because it was in a process 0 (kernel) so it didn't help – dec1mat04 Feb 15 '23 at 04:11
  • Can u tell me how to create a bootable USB drive using a windows laptop? Cuz the customer care told me to try that and , I'd like to mention one more thing that when I open disk utilities and click on get info I see that every single byte of my ssd has been used and it says it's not bootable and not verified, that's why I don't even get to see it in start up disk section – dec1mat04 Feb 15 '23 at 04:15
  • Are you booting using Internet Recovery? Please provide the output of didkutil list – Allan Feb 15 '23 at 04:16
  • It shows my physical drive with no volumes (disk0) and then Mac OS base system****(not os x volume) that's all – dec1mat04 Feb 15 '23 at 04:23
  • The simplest thing is to take it to an Apple Store if you haven't got a second Mac (or the skills) to follow steps in 2nd link I gave above. – Gilby Feb 15 '23 at 06:12
  • @DavidSupportsMonica From the question and the comments I suspect the Mac is not in a state to boot from an external drive. – Gilby Feb 15 '23 at 06:14
  • @Gilby so what should I do now ,cuz the nearest store is like 60km and telling parents would cause trouble – dec1mat04 Feb 15 '23 at 07:14

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