I installed Big Sur today. In the disk utility I see now a new volume.
Macintosh HD
com.apple.os.update-779BDF1556C6F688504E24FB29C75AFFABFCB91E701806FFFF35235E19914F1E
Is this a renaming bug and should it have another name? Or is it a left over from upgrading
Same here and I did a clean instal erasing the APFS group. Well apparently it's normal. Something to do with securing system files from malware... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/macos-11-0-big-sur-the-ars-technica-review/11/
yeah after re installing several times as i assumed this was my error* causing the strange name to the volume! (* i thought it was bc i tried out a BS beta first)
but the replies are correct - its standard BS OS stuff, i think its a 64 char key/name unique to your system/hardware to protect system integrity & security.
and in a short explanation, this is better when updating the system securely while its live, it uses a snapshot (copy of the volume) then the safely updated snapshot used as the updated system on reboot, so yeah everyone as you were back to work, panic over hahah
Hey i really wouldn't advise you to delete that volume though, its your mac system and files!! Without it your mac wont run. Best to leave it alone its just an ugly looking way to present it i guess thats all that bothers me about it now i know theres not much i can do about it if its apple's thing. :)
Haha yeah i reinstalled mine 3 times until i realised
Snapshot volume? com.apple.os.update-xxxxxx in Disk Utility
