{"id":1539,"date":"2017-01-10T12:06:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T12:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2017-01-10T12:06:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T12:06:59","slug":"how-to-view-hidden-efi-partition-on-mac-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/how-to-view-hidden-efi-partition-on-mac-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"How to view hidden EFI partition on Mac drive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Open a terminal and run the following command to list your hard drives<\/p>\n

diskutil list<\/pre>\n
It should return something similar to the following<\/p>\n
bobs-MacBook:~ bob$ diskutil list\r\n\/dev\/disk0 (internal, physical):\r\n\u00a0\u00a0 #:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TYPE NAME\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SIZE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IDENTIFIER\r\n\u00a0\u00a0 0:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUID_partition_scheme\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *1000.1 GB\u00a0 disk0\r\n\u00a0\u00a0 1:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EFI EFI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 209.7 MB\u00a0\u00a0 disk0s1\r\n\u00a0\u00a0 2:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apple_HFS Macintosh HD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 999.1 GB\u00a0\u00a0 disk0s2\r\n\u00a0\u00a0 3:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apple_Boot Recovery HD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 650.0 MB\u00a0\u00a0 disk0s3\r\n\r\n\/dev\/disk2 (external, physical):\r\n\u00a0\u00a0 #:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TYPE NAME\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SIZE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IDENTIFIER\r\n\u00a0\u00a0 0:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUID_partition_scheme\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *8.0 GB\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 disk2\r\n\u00a0\u00a0 1:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EFI EFI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 209.7 MB\u00a0\u00a0 disk2s1\r\n\u00a0\u00a0 2:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apple_HFS Install macOS Sierra\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7.0 GB\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 disk2s2\r\n\r\nbobs-MacBook:~ bob$<\/pre>\n
From above we see that the EFI partition on the main drive is disk0s1.<\/p>\n
Make a directory for it to mount to<\/p>\n
sudo mkdir \/Volumes\/TMPEFI<\/pre>\n
Mount it.<\/p>\n
sudo mount -t msdos \/dev\/disk0s1 \/Volumes\/TMPEFI<\/pre>\n
It should now show up in finder for you to browse.<\/p>\n
To unmount it simple eject it in Finder, or use one of the following commands<\/p>\n
umount \/Volumes\/TMPEFI<\/pre>\n
diskutil unmount \/Volumes\/TMPEFI<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Open a terminal and run the following command to list your hard drives diskutil list It should return something similar to the following bobs-MacBook:~ bob$ diskutil list \/dev\/disk0 (internal, physical): \u00a0\u00a0 #:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TYPE NAME\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SIZE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IDENTIFIER \u00a0\u00a0 0:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUID_partition_scheme\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *1000.1 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[165,330,331,36,328,274],"class_list":["post-1539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-os-x","tag-apple","tag-efi","tag-gpt","tag-mac","tag-macos","tag-os-x"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1539"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1543,"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539\/revisions\/1543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}