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Apple RAIDs


macOS can create several software RAIDs from disks connected to a Mac computer: RAID1 (Mirror set), RAID0 (Stripe set), and Concatenated disk set.

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Apple RAID0 example

R-Studio detects components of Apple RAID sets and creates their virtual RAIDs automatically. At the same time, R-Studio gives access to the individual components of the Apple RAID sets (hard drives and images ).

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Apple RAIDs in R-Studio

When an automatically created Apple RAID is selected, R-Studio highlights its components. It also highlights the Apple RAID that macOS may itself create from the same components.

R-Studio shows the components of the Apple RAID on its MacOS Components tab.

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MacOS Components tab

R-Studio shows broken Apple RAIDs in pink.

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Broken Apple RAIDs in R-Studio

The M acOS Components tab also allows you to manually disconnect or connect the components, for example, if they are such damaged that R-Studio cannot recognize them as parts of a broken Apple RAID. Select the object from the drop-down box and click the Connect button. R-Studio displays the objects it recognizes as the components of the Apple RAID in blue.

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Adding a component manually

You may immediately switch to the Apple RAID configuration that R-Studio believes most probable by clicking the Reassemble button.

R-Studio shows Apple RAIDs with manually added components in blue:

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Apple RAIDs with added members in R-Studio