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hdiutil: image not recognized / no mountable file systems macOS: hdiutil: attach failed - image not recognized / no mountable file systems

macOS · layer 6, Platform & cloud

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hdiutil: image not recognized / no mountable file systems — macOS: hdiutil: attach failed - image not recognized / no mountable file systems (macOS)hdiutil: im…Homebrew: No available formula with the name — Homebrew: Error: No available formula with the name "x". Did you mean ...? (macOS)Homebrew: No availa…Your Command Line Tools are too outdated — Homebrew: Error: Your Command Line Tools (CLT) are too outdated. Update them from Software Update / Please update to the latest macOS (macOS)Your Command Line T…Homebrew Cask: It seems there is already an App at — Homebrew: Error: It seems there is already an App at '/Applications/Chrome.app' (macOS)Homebrew Cask: It s…zsh: bad CPU type in executable — macOS (Apple Silicon): zsh: bad CPU type in executable: ./tool (macOS)zsh: bad CPU type i…Apple could not verify "x" is free of malware — macOS: “app” cannot be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software / Apple could not verify “app” is free of malware that may harm your Mac (macOS)Apple could not ver…hdiutil: create failed - Resource busy — macOS: hdiutil: create failed - Resource busy (or: hdiutil: couldn't eject "disk2" - Resource busy) (macOS)hdiutil: create fai…The installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail — macOS: The installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance. (macOS)The installer encou…zsh: command not found: brew — macOS: zsh: command not found: brew (Homebrew not on PATH on Apple Silicon) (macOS)zsh: command not fo…Homebrew: Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir — Homebrew: Error: Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir - /usr/local/Cellar / /opt/homebrew is not writable (macOS)Homebrew: Permissio…Homebrew: Failed to update / fatal: unable to access — Homebrew: Error: Failure while executing; `git fetch --force origin` exited with 128 / fatal: not in a git directory (macOS)Homebrew: Failed to…No Xcode or CLT — gyp: No Xcode or CLT version detected! (npm)No Xcode or CLTinvalid active developer path — xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun (iOS)invalid active deve…You have not agreed to the Xcode license agreements — macOS: Agreeing to the Xcode/iOS license requires admin privileges, please run "sudo xcodebuild -license" and then retry this command (macOS)You have not agreed…xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode — macOS: xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance (macOS)xcode-select: error…"x" can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer — macOS: “app” can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer (macOS)"x" can't be opened…zsh compinit: insecure directories — zsh: compinit: insecure directories, run compaudit for list. Ignore insecure directories and continue [y] or abort compinit [n]? (macOS)zsh compinit: insec…exec format error — exec /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh: exec format error (Docker)exec format errorzsh: no matches found — zsh: no matches found: package[extra] (glob pattern not matched) (macOS)zsh: no matches fou…mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture — macOS: dlopen: mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'x86_64', need 'arm64') (macOS)mach-o file, but is…REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED — WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! (ssh host key changed) (Linux)REMOTE HOST IDENTIF…NO_PUBKEY — The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY (Linux)NO_PUBKEYis damaged and can’t be opened — macOS: “App” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash. (macOS)is damaged and can’…Volume failed to unmount / disk not ejected because in use — macOS: diskutil: Unmount of disk2s1 failed: at least one volume could not be unmounted / The disk wasn't ejected because one or more programs may be using it (macOS)Volume failed to un…Finder error code -36 — macOS: The Finder can't complete the operation because some data in "x" can't be read or written. (Error code -36) (macOS)Finder error code -…launchctl: Load failed: 5: Input/output error — macOS: Bootstrap failed: 5: Input/output error / launchctl load: Load failed: 5: Input/output error (macOS)launchctl: Load fai…Not enough free space to install macOS update — macOS: There is not enough available storage to install this update / Installation of macOS could not continue (macOS)Not enough free spa…

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Homebrew: No available formula with the namemacOS

Homebrew: Error: No available formula with the name "x". Did you mean ...?

Homebrew can't find a formula or cask with that name in the taps it knows.

Your Command Line Tools are too outdatedmacOS

Homebrew: Error: Your Command Line Tools (CLT) are too outdated. Update them from Software Update / Please update to the latest macOS

Homebrew requires a newer Command Line Tools version than the one installed.

Homebrew Cask: It seems there is already an App atmacOS

Homebrew: Error: It seems there is already an App at '/Applications/Chrome.app'

A cask install failed because the app is already installed manually (or a leftover exists).

zsh: bad CPU type in executablemacOS

macOS (Apple Silicon): zsh: bad CPU type in executable: ./tool

You ran an Intel (x86_64) program on an Apple Silicon Mac without Rosetta 2 (or an arm64 binary on an Intel Mac).

Apple could not verify "x" is free of malwaremacOS

macOS: “app” cannot be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software / Apple could not verify “app” is free of malware that may harm your Mac

Gatekeeper blocked an app that is not notarized by Apple.

hdiutil: create failed - Resource busymacOS

macOS: hdiutil: create failed - Resource busy (or: hdiutil: couldn't eject "disk2" - Resource busy)

A disk image operation failed because the volume or a file in it is still in use (Finder, Spotlight, a terminal).

The installer encountered an error that caused the installation to failmacOS

macOS: The installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.

A `.pkg` installation script failed; the Installer UI hides the real reason.

Two steps away (19)

zsh: command not found: brewmacOS

macOS: zsh: command not found: brew (Homebrew not on PATH on Apple Silicon)

Homebrew is installed in /opt/homebrew on Apple Silicon Macs, which isn’t on PATH until you add its shellenv line.

Homebrew: Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdirmacOS

Homebrew: Error: Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir - /usr/local/Cellar / /opt/homebrew is not writable

Homebrew can't write to its prefix because the folders are owned by another user or root.

Homebrew: Failed to update / fatal: unable to accessmacOS

Homebrew: Error: Failure while executing; `git fetch --force origin` exited with 128 / fatal: not in a git directory

`brew update` couldn't fetch the Homebrew repositories — network, a broken git state or safe.directory problems.

No Xcode or CLTnpm

gyp: No Xcode or CLT version detected!

node-gyp on macOS can’t find the Xcode Command Line Tools to compile native modules.

invalid active developer pathiOS

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun

The Xcode Command Line Tools are missing or broken — typical right after a macOS update.

You have not agreed to the Xcode license agreementsmacOS

macOS: Agreeing to the Xcode/iOS license requires admin privileges, please run "sudo xcodebuild -license" and then retry this command

A new Xcode (or CLT) version needs its license accepted before command-line tools run.

xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires XcodemacOS

macOS: xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance

A command needs the full Xcode app, but `xcode-select` points to the Command Line Tools only.

"x" can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developermacOS

macOS: “app” can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer

Gatekeeper refuses to open an app that isn't signed with a registered Developer ID.

zsh compinit: insecure directoriesmacOS

zsh: compinit: insecure directories, run compaudit for list. Ignore insecure directories and continue [y] or abort compinit [n]?

zsh refuses to load completions from directories owned by another user or writable by others.

exec format errorDocker

exec /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh: exec format error

The container tried to run a binary built for a different CPU architecture (arm64 vs amd64) — or a script with a broken shebang /…

zsh: no matches foundmacOS

zsh: no matches found: package[extra] (glob pattern not matched)

zsh treats `[ ]`, `*` or `?` in an argument as a glob and fails when nothing matches, unlike bash which passes the text through.

mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecturemacOS

macOS: dlopen: mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'x86_64', need 'arm64')

A library or binary was built for a different CPU architecture than the process loading it.

REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGEDLinux

WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! (ssh host key changed)

The server’s SSH host key differs from the one saved in ~/.ssh/known_hosts — usually because the server was rebuilt or the IP was…

NO_PUBKEYLinux

The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY

apt can’t verify a repository’s signature because the repo’s signing key isn’t installed (or has expired/rotated).

is damaged and can’t be openedmacOS

macOS: “App” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash.

Gatekeeper blocked an app that isn’t properly signed/notarized or was modified after download (quarantine attribute).

Volume failed to unmount / disk not ejected because in usemacOS

macOS: diskutil: Unmount of disk2s1 failed: at least one volume could not be unmounted / The disk wasn't ejected because one or more programs may be using it

macOS can't eject a drive because a process still has files open on it.

Finder error code -36macOS

macOS: The Finder can't complete the operation because some data in "x" can't be read or written. (Error code -36)

Finder hit a read/write problem while copying — usually metadata files (`._*`, `.DS_Store`) on non-Mac file systems or a failing…

launchctl: Load failed: 5: Input/output errormacOS

macOS: Bootstrap failed: 5: Input/output error / launchctl load: Load failed: 5: Input/output error

launchd couldn't load a LaunchAgent/Daemon plist — it's invalid, already loaded, or has the wrong ownership/permissions.

Not enough free space to install macOS updatemacOS

macOS: There is not enough available storage to install this update / Installation of macOS could not continue

Software Update needs several GB of free space (often 25-35 GB) to download and stage the update.