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User profile for user: PhilTheHat
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Rebuilt Fusion Drive on Late-2013 iMac - does this look "OK"?

After an unsuccessful foray into running Big Sur on an unsupported Mac, I decided to return my late-2013 Mac with 3Tb Fusion drive back to "factory" and restore my backup (Catalina). I completed that today, and everything seems to be running fine, but I would just like to double-check with you experts out there that it looks "right" (e.g. APFS?; storage volumes are as they should be, etc)

I have attached screenshots of what I believe to be the relevant areas - anything else needed, please ask!


Is there anything you would have done differently?


Posted on Dec 27, 2020 11:34 PM

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User profile for user: Allan Jones
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Posted on Dec 28, 2020 11:38 AM

I think it should be fine. Disk Utility recognizes the "unified" drive as Fusion, so it is not "split."


The two "Macintosh HD" entries are normal for Catalina:


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


If you encounter problems, I would first test with the Seagate disconnected.


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