After removing the Boot Camp partition: frank@drou-2:~$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *4.0 TB disk0 1: EFI â ¨EFIâ © 209.7 MB disk0s1 (free space) 2.0 TB - 2: Apple_APFS â ¨Container disk1â © 2.0 TB disk0s2 /dev/disk1 (synthesized): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: APFS Container Scheme - +2.0 TB disk1 Physical Store disk0s2 1: APFS Volume â ¨Macintosh HD - Dataâ © 359.7 GB disk1s1 2: APFS Volume â ¨Prebootâ © 292.9 MB disk1s2 3: APFS Volume â ¨Recoveryâ © 613.8 MB disk1s3 4: APFS Volume â ¨VMâ © 2.1 GB disk1s4 5: APFS Volume â ¨Macintosh HDâ © 15.1 GB disk1s5 6: APFS Snapshot â ¨com.apple.os.update-...â © 15.1 GB disk1s5s1 /dev/disk3 (disk image): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme +950.0 GB disk3 1: EFI â ¨EFIâ © 209.7 MB disk3s1 2: Apple_HFS â ¨Time Machine Backupsâ © 949.7 GB disk3s2 Add a new partition named NewAPFS: frank@drou-2:~$ diskutil addpartition disk0s1 apfs NewAPFS 0 The new partition to be added will be of a filesystem personality of APFS apfs APFS 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC The new partition will be added following disk0s1 Started partitioning on disk0 Modifying partition map Mounting disk Finished partitioning on disk0 After adding a new partition: frank@drou-2:~$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *4.0 TB disk0 1: EFI â ¨EFIâ © 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_APFS â ¨Container disk4â © 2.0 TB disk0s4 3: Apple_APFS â ¨Container disk1â © 2.0 TB disk0s2 /dev/disk1 (synthesized): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: APFS Container Scheme - +2.0 TB disk1 Physical Store disk0s2 1: APFS Volume â ¨Macintosh HD - Dataâ © 359.7 GB disk1s1 2: APFS Volume â ¨Prebootâ © 292.9 MB disk1s2 3: APFS Volume â ¨Recoveryâ © 613.8 MB disk1s3 4: APFS Volume â ¨VMâ © 2.1 GB disk1s4 5: APFS Volume â ¨Macintosh HDâ © 15.1 GB disk1s5 6: APFS Snapshot â ¨com.apple.os.update-...â © 15.1 GB disk1s5s1 /dev/disk3 (disk image): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme +950.0 GB disk3 1: EFI â ¨EFIâ © 209.7 MB disk3s1 2: Apple_HFS â ¨Time Machine Backupsâ © 949.7 GB disk3s2 /dev/disk4 (synthesized): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: APFS Container Scheme - +2.0 TB disk4 Physical Store disk0s4 1: APFS Volume â ¨NewAPFSâ © 806.9 KB disk4s1 After using Boot Camp Assistant: frank@drou-2:~$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *4.0 TB disk0 1: EFI â ¨EFIâ © 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_APFS â ¨Container disk2â © 50.0 GB disk0s2 3: Microsoft Basic Data â ¨OSXRESERVEDâ © 10.0 GB disk0s3 4: Microsoft Basic Data â ¨BOOTCAMPâ © 1.9 TB disk0s4 5: Apple_APFS â ¨Container disk1â © 2.0 TB disk0s5 /dev/disk1 (synthesized): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: APFS Container Scheme - +2.0 TB disk1 Physical Store disk0s5 1: APFS Volume â ¨Macintosh HD - Dataâ © 369.6 GB disk1s1 2: APFS Volume â ¨Prebootâ © 292.9 MB disk1s2 3: APFS Volume â ¨Recoveryâ © 613.8 MB disk1s3 4: APFS Volume â ¨VMâ © 2.1 GB disk1s4 5: APFS Volume â ¨Macintosh HDâ © 15.1 GB disk1s5 6: APFS Snapshot â ¨com.apple.os.update-...â © 15.1 GB disk1s5s1 /dev/disk2 (synthesized): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: APFS Container Scheme - +50.0 GB disk2 Physical Store disk0s2 1: APFS Volume â ¨NewAPFSâ © 938.0 KB disk2s1 /dev/disk3 (external, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: FDisk_partition_scheme *7.8 GB disk3 1: Windows_FAT_32 â ¨CHK-HLLâ © 7.8 GB disk3s1 /dev/disk4 (disk image): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme +2.0 TB disk4 1: EFI â ¨EFIâ © 209.7 MB disk4s1 2: Apple_HFS â ¨Time Machine Backupsâ © 2.0 TB disk4s2