Why is there a data drive?

In Disk Utility

It shows two drives, the second is called data drive

both have the same capacity

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 31, 2020 1:57 PM

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Aug 31, 2020 2:43 PM in response to Bill Kirchhoff

About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina - Apple Support

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Aug 31, 2020 2:10 PM in response to Bill Kirchhoff

Just Google it: https://www.macworld.com/article/3451363/why-you-might-see-a-new-data-disk-in-catalina.html

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Aug 31, 2020 3:36 PM in response to Bill Kirchhoff

That answered the question

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