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As the title says, I formatted, encrypted, and then filled an external hard drive using macOS. Now I'd like to transfer that data to a new machine running Ubuntu. Following this AU post, I first verified the volume is available:

$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sdc: 1.84 TiB, 2000365289472 bytes, 3906963456 sectors
Disk model: My Passport 0820
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 7400627C-6C10-4D3F-BE4C-C4CDC8084533

Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sdc1 40 409639 409600 200M EFI System /dev/sdc2 409640 3906701271 3906291632 1.8T Apple Core storage /dev/sdc3 3906701272 3906963415 262144 128M Apple boot

When I try to mount this volume, I get the following error:

$ sudo mount /dev/sdc ~/Desktop/external/
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sdc': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sdc' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?

Following this AU post, I also tried mounting the partition, not the hard disk itself,

$ sudo mount /dev/sdc2 ~/Desktop/external/

but get the same error. Trying this command on /dev/sdc1 does not error via the terminal

$ sudo mount /dev/sdc1 ~/Desktop/external/
$ ls ~/Desktop/external/

however, the directory is still empty. I'm also unable to unmount these directories:

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Any ideas on what to do?

jds
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  • How is the volume encrypted? Are you using an Apple/Mac proprietary file system and/or encryption standard? Are you using NTFS for any particular reason (a proprietary Windows file system)? You need to use an encryption standard that is supported by BOTH operating systems. If you can't get LUKS to work in MacOS then maybe Veracrypt? – Nmath Sep 11 '20 at 21:03

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Complicated.

You need to follow these instructions:

https://github.com/libyal/libfvde/wiki/Mounting

Previous installation of these applications:

https://github.com/libyal/libfvde

https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse

kyodake
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