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How do I delete the data volume on my newly installed internal 480GB SSD hard drive to free up much needed space for digital imaging? All I put on my new drive was Catalina OS and Adobe Photoshop 2020 and I only have about 5GB space left.
iMac 21.5" 4K, macOS 10.15
Hi arthurfrounds,
With MacOS Catalina, the drives are split into two, one is called Macintosh HD - Data which your data resides on. You are unable to delete it.
The second volume is the operating system which is on a read-only volume called Macintosh HD.
You can read more about it, about the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina.
If you go to the Apple Menu > About this Mac and click storage, what does it say for storage? 5GB is not a lot and you should try to free up space by storing files you are not using on an external drive.
I hope this helps.
Hi arthurfrounds,
With MacOS Catalina, the drives are split into two, one is called Macintosh HD - Data which your data resides on. You are unable to delete it.
The second volume is the operating system which is on a read-only volume called Macintosh HD.
You can read more about it, about the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina.
If you go to the Apple Menu > About this Mac and click storage, what does it say for storage? 5GB is not a lot and you should try to free up space by storing files you are not using on an external drive.
I hope this helps.
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