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                Fix corrupted exFAT disk macOS/OSX
              
          
        
      
        
  
      
    exFAT support on macOS seems to have some bugs because my external drives
with exFAT formatting will randomly get corrupted.
If Disk Utility is unable to repair, consider trying this:

In Disk Utility, ensure that the drive is not mounted, eject it if it is mounted.
Use diskutil list to find the right drive id.
You want the id under the IDENTIFIER column, it should look like disk1s1
There is a chance that diskutil and Disk Utility won't work. In this case run
ls -la /dev/disk*