Hacking WBFS For Mac doesn't see HDD

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So I formatted my drive with Configurable USB loader, and then backed up my games onto it, which worked fine.

However, when I went to my computer to add an iso, it doesn't see the HD. I know it is formatted to WFBS because I did so in the USB Loader.

What am I doing wrong?

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wbfs partitions are only detected from the wii, you need wii backup manager to transfer files to it:
http://gbatemp.net/t188295-wii-backup-manager-for-windows
edit: too slow
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I am on a



MAC



guys, I don't have access to windows. And I already formatted my HD to WBFS and spent hours backing my games up on it; I'd really like to find a way to get this to work rather than use a different file system.


Besides WBFS files are much smaller are they not?
 

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Like I said, I don't have access to Windows. Simple as that. But I don't see how it would help anyways; I already have my HD formatted. I just want the Manager to recognize it.


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Yes, that is the only one avaible for macs as far as I can tell.
 

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Well, no luck. It didn't see my harddrive.

However the situation is resolved, because I managed to convert the iso into WBFS format, and from there I was able to just drag it into my harddrive.

I copied the format and style of the folders, and walla. :3
 
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Well, no luck. It didn't see my harddrive.

However the situation is resolved, because I managed to convert the iso into WBFS format, and from there I was able to just drag it into my harddrive.

I copied the format and style of the folders, and walla. :3

I know you've solved your problem,
but for all others. Keep the partitions
on your external HD to a minimum.

I've hat two partitions working fine,
but with three partitions and WBFS for
Mac it's only a matter of time until
your WBFS partition won't be recognized
anymore.

By the way… what converter did you use
for converting iso's into wbfs?

A link to the app or command line utility
would be fine.
 

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Kiriashi said:
Well, no luck. It didn't see my harddrive.
However the situation is resolved, because I managed to convert the iso into WBFS format, and from there I was able to just drag it into my harddrive.
I copied the format and style of the folders, and walla. :3
Sound like you did use FAT instead of WBFS in the first place.
If it was WBFS the os would not recognize it, making it impossible to see files or folders.
No wonder the Managers cant find a WBFS partition.
 

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maybe too late, but the solution is to open the app in OSX by terminal / sudo privilege.

Example:
$ sudo /Applications/WBFS\ for\ MacOS\ X.app/Contents/MacOS/WBFS\ for\ MacOS\ X
 
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maybe too late, but the solution is to open the app in OSX by terminal / sudo privilege.

Example:
$ sudo /Applications/WBFS\ for\ MacOS\ X.app/Contents/MacOS/WBFS\ for\ MacOS\ X
Long time ago, but thank you PirulOn, sudo did the trick ! regrads from 2022 :)
 

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I have a WBFS formatted drive, but because I can't switch to it in config usb loader mod, I am going to assume it is corrupt.
 
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I am unable to access my drive. I've tried it on a PC and a Mac. Corrupted? I'm guessing no, but I can't seem to access it. The drive shows one partition in Windows, but I cannot assign a letter to it.

Does anyone know how to view the contents on the Wii console directly, maybe that will at least tell me if the drive's data is still intact. It has been a long time since I've done this stuff.
I think your hard drive must be formatted in WBFS format, so unreadable on a computer.

if WBFS , convert to fat32 with this (wbfs2fat) without losing data ==>
https://gbatemp.net/threads/wbfs2fat-py.291320/
 

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