How to erase my utilities disk if the erase button does not allow me to select erase?

Posted on Feb 12, 2020 5:14 AM

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Posted on Feb 12, 2020 7:02 AM

From Recovery: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

Use the DiskUtility>View>Show All Devices> erase/reformat the parent drive

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Feb 12, 2020 7:02 AM in response to binxmoz

From Recovery: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

Use the DiskUtility>View>Show All Devices> erase/reformat the parent drive

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