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What I see Macintosh HD but the Erase tab is not operative?

What I see Macintosh HD but the Erase tab is not operative?


Posted on Dec 26, 2020 8:25 AM

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Posted on Dec 26, 2020 6:39 PM

Are you booted into Internet Recovery Mode (Command + Option + R) or from a bootable macOS USB installer? You cannot erase the drive while you are booted to it.

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What I see Macintosh HD but the Erase tab is not operative?

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