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After upgrading to Sequoia, I noticed that there are 4 new volume disks on my desktop. They all have the exact same name: "Creedence11M6270.SECUREPKITRUSTSTOREASSETS_SECUREPKITRUSTSTORE_Cryptex", are all the same size/ have the same files, and are APFS format. Can I delete these files? or the duplicates and leave one? Screenshot attached.
iMac 21.5″, macOS 15.0
One of our customers has this issue too, currently in the process of troubleshooting it and so far managed to get rid of the dmg from mounting. Now in the process of figuring out what the source is.
I recommend using this process to figure out which app(s) is/are causing this
Go to your login items (launch daemons) and literally turn off everything that has a slider in the list and once you've done that reboot your Mac. You'll notice that it won't come up anymore.
After that try turning on a handfull of startup apps every time to narrow down which app(s) are causing this to come up.
This will help you find out the reason, since only 1 person is affected from our customer I have asked that person to perform these steps as he's a local admin on his Mac.
One of our customers has this issue too, currently in the process of troubleshooting it and so far managed to get rid of the dmg from mounting. Now in the process of figuring out what the source is.
I recommend using this process to figure out which app(s) is/are causing this
Go to your login items (launch daemons) and literally turn off everything that has a slider in the list and once you've done that reboot your Mac. You'll notice that it won't come up anymore.
After that try turning on a handfull of startup apps every time to narrow down which app(s) are causing this to come up.
This will help you find out the reason, since only 1 person is affected from our customer I have asked that person to perform these steps as he's a local admin on his Mac.
They are part of the operating system. You won't be able to delete them. You can try dragging the desktop disk imager to the Trash. Hopefully that will unmount it.
I don't know why they are showing up on your desktop. The most likely explanation is some kind of 3rd party system modification app. Such things are extremely popular and extremely problematic.
I have an external TB enclosure and running on the same Mac Mini 2018, this seems to be an issue when you are logged into iCloud, as when I Switch Users on my Mac with a user that is not logged into iCloud this does not appear on the desktop, only appears on the desktop when I log in with the User that is logged into iCloud.
I too have this issue but there were 52 visible disks present on my screen. Glad to know it’s harmless. Still annoying though
I have an Intel 2018 Mac Mini with Sequoia 15.1 installed as well as an 2020 M2 Macbook Air, the only difference in the directories is a .Assest directory on the M2 Macbook that does not mount this "Creedence Cryptex" disk image. Though on my Intel Mac mini it only show up in Disk Utility and not on the desktop or in the File menu as mounted when booted from an external thunderbolt 4 NVMe drive but the external drive on the Intel Mac mini does not have this behavior. This could be a result of booting from an External disk.
M2:
Intel Booted via external Thunderbolt 4 M.2 NVmE drive:
Intel Booted via internal disk:
Just did a drive wipe and fresh internet recovery install of Sequoia and have this Creedence drive showing in Disk utility. Nothing has been installed, no external drives connected, and iCloud has not been logged into.
Whoever is reading, I have already provided the steps to fix it above.
The issue is certain legacy apps are causing it. So each person's use case will be different, start by turning off ALL the launchdaemons and reboot. You'll notice there won't be any cryptex disks on the desktop after a reboot.
This is a method of troubleshooting and to find the culprit.
In our customers case the reason was an old version of bitdefender...
I may have discovered the complete resolution: You will need two External drives ( one of the backup and the other that you ultimately want to boot from as your daily driver).
I am having the same issue. I have multiple such disks on my desktop. I am able to eject these disks, however, they keep reaprearing for some reason. Anyone know how to solve this?
I too have this issue but there were 52 visible disks present on my screen. They’re apart of the MAC os? Or something different? Is it a glitch with the new update?
should I be concerned or is it just annoying.
johnnyjackhammer wrote:
@etresoft
What would be an example of a 3rd party system modification app?
Add-on anti-malware apps, add-on cleaner apps, add-on VPNs, add-on firewall apps, add-on end-point security apps, add-on VPN apps, etc.
Having the APFS Volume Creedence11M6270.SEC something appearing too in diskutil list (terminal) since I installed a bigger NVMe (WD Black SN850x 2 TB) in my external Thunderbolt Acasis enclosure.
Fortunately, unlike you, it doesn't mount on the desktop. Looks related to the TB enclosure???
Sequoia 15.1 on a 2018 Intel MacMini BTW.
***Ah, obviously there too in Disk Utility (GUI) as an external APFS physical storage...
No, Creedence is not spying. Follow where it is mounted and you can see that the contents is a PKI trust store (in my case dated from last July). Reasonable that this should be a cryptex as it ensures 1) that we can't modify the trust store and 2) macOS can update it without a macOS version update.
Strange, the weird APFS entry isn't seen when booted from internal SSD, Ventura 14.7.1.
Fortunately, for me, nothing appears on the desktop…
4 disks called "Creedence Cryptex" appeared on my desktop
