#28 Can't find my mounted volume mac osx

[Anonymous]

After following the step by step instruction in creating an encrypted folder on my computer I cannot find that volume. I initially selected it to be mounted on Volume 5, which showed it in the veracrypt application, but I could not find that folder/disk in finder. I restarted the computer and now not only can I still not find that new disk on finder, but now veracrypt doesn't see that newly created volume on volume 5 anymore...

[Mounir IDRASSI]

Hi,

Just to clarify: you create a container file and you are not able to find that file?
VeraCrypt creates the file where you tell him to do. I'm afraid you will to check again where the file is because VeraCrypt is not responsible for this. Maybe Finder have issue with files that doesn't have an extension.
A possible solution is to use the application Terminal and navigate to the place where you told VeraCrypt to create the file. From there, you should be able to see it using the command ls. Then you can use mv to rename it with an extension (for example myvolume.hc).

[Mounir IDRASSI]

Closing since OP just got confused how encryption and mounting volumes works.

[Anonymous]

i have the same problem. the situation arises after installing veraCrypt without macfuse/osxfuse. the last step in creating the volume launchs a message and then the volume is not created.

i check the size in the HDD and after the system reboots the space was liberated. i installed osxfuse and everything goes as expected with a new volume, as the first one was never really persisted.

greetings.

[Mounir IDRASSI]

OK, thanks for the explanation.
The original poster didn't mention the error message at the last step of volume creation wizard.
That being said, the VeraCrypt installer checks that OSXFuse is installed before continuing so this situation can happen only if one manually copies VeraCrypt application.
Anyway, maybe we should add a check when VeraCrypt starts that OSXFuse is indeed present.