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DADisableUnreadableNotification.md

Here is how to disable The disk you attached was not readable by this computer. warning when drive with unknown filesystem connected to the Mac:

Works only on macOS 13 Ventura and newer!

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.DiskArbitration.diskarbitrationd.plist DADisableUnreadableNotification -bool YES

Then reboot or execute:

sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/com.apple.diskarbitrationd

There is also some other flags for diskarbitrationd:

DAMountAutomatic
DAMountOptions
DAMountPath
DAProbeID
DAProbeKind
DAMountDeferExternal
DAMountDeferInternal
DAMountDeferRemovable
DAMountTrustExternal
DAMountTrustInternal
DAMountTrustRemovable
DAAutoMountDisable
DAEnableUserFSMountExternal
DAEnableUserFSMountInternal
DAEnableUserFSMountRemovable
DAMountMethod
DADisableEjectNotification
DADisableUnreadableNotification
DADisableUnrepairableNotification

You can see them with:

strings /usr/libexec/diskarbitrationd
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