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Steps to solve the error MediaKit reports not enough space on device for requested operation. when trying to format disk via Disk Utility on MacOS:

Firstly we need to identify the mount name of our disk (hard drive):

diskutil list

Before any operations on the disk we must unmount it:

diskutil unmountDisk force disk2

Now we will write zeros to the disk (this will erase the entire disk):

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1024 count=1024

Let’s now try to partition the disk. This will be the GUID Partition Table (GPT) and the Journaled HFS+ format of file system:

diskutil partitionDisk disk2 GPT JHFS+ "Elements" 0g

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Sources:

• https://mycyberuniverse.com/how-fix-mediakit-reports-not-enough-space-on-device.html