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I recently upgraded to Catalina. When checking in Disk Utiliy, it show two hard drives. One called: Macintosh HD; and one called: Macintosh HD - Data.
I've read elsewhere that this means that I might be using a beta version, but this is not the case. I've never installed any beta, prototype anything on my MacBook Pro.
The completely non-changeable portion of MacOS is now on a separate Volume (on the same Boot Device) in Catalina.
Since it is now a Read-Only Volume, MacOS is now even harder to hack than ever before.
You did not have to pay anything extra to get this extra protection. Apple simply felt it was in your interest, and included it as a feature, as they often do.
Please know that Apple is continuously implementing changes to make your computer even harder to hack. There is NO NEED for third-party Virus scanners, speeder-uppers, or Cleaners that make any claims of improvement of anything. All these third-party add-ons speed up is the rate of exit of dollars from your wallet.
The completely non-changeable portion of MacOS is now on a separate Volume (on the same Boot Device) in Catalina.
Since it is now a Read-Only Volume, MacOS is now even harder to hack than ever before.
You did not have to pay anything extra to get this extra protection. Apple simply felt it was in your interest, and included it as a feature, as they often do.
Please know that Apple is continuously implementing changes to make your computer even harder to hack. There is NO NEED for third-party Virus scanners, speeder-uppers, or Cleaners that make any claims of improvement of anything. All these third-party add-ons speed up is the rate of exit of dollars from your wallet.
tbrobison wrote:
I recently upgraded to Catalina. When checking in Disk Utiliy, it show two hard drives. One called: Macintosh HD; and one called: Macintosh HD - Data.
I've read elsewhere that this means that I might be using a beta version, but this is not the case. I've never installed any beta, prototype anything on my MacBook Pro.
About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina
That's correct for Catalina. It makes the system volume read-only and allows you access to your Data drive.
About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina - Apple Support
Thanks for the explanation! Nice to know, though it would have been nice to have been aware of this new feature so that it wouldn’t freak me out. I’ve only been using Macs since 1992.
Disk Utility Shows Two Internal Hard Drives
