snap shot or the UPDATE volume showing

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snap shot or the UPDATE volume showing

Just trying to understand why the UPDATE volume now shows on the Desktop when my Mojave volume is booted. Also all my externals of Mojave shows the UPDATE volume. I understand why the Big Sur or Catalina shows the data volume. It gets to messy, confusing and crowded now. When I connect my LaCie rugged to the Desktop then it gets really confusing to the point I'll make a mistake when I select and eject. This is especially since I cannot tag a Big Sur volume with specific colors as I always have in the past. This is a landmark era for me personally to the point I'm thinking of segregating all my Big Sur volumes to a single separate Mac away from any volume lower than Catalina or Big Sur.

If anyone can suggest maybe what I'm doing wrong or some acceptable idea to stay away from those UPDATE volumes on the Desktop, I'm all ears.

Mac Pro, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jan 18, 2021 12:31 PM

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DonH49 Author

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Jan 18, 2021 1:57 PM in response to Barney-15E

Maybe the assumptions are not correct. The primary Mojave volume I had running for many months. Nothing strange on the Desktop. Then I decided to get into Big Sur and after some short period of time the Mojave volume began showing an update volume on the desktop along with update volumes on other Mojave externals that ran for many months without issues on the Desktop, So it could not have been an incorrect install of macOS Mojave. Thanks anyway.

BTW I can't show any previous screen shots because I've recently deleted ALL my volumes Mojave and Big Sur , two each and currently Mojave is normal on the Desktop. Just the volume name as it should be. I'm reluctant to install Big Sur because I don't want to deal with the issue again.

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DonH49 Author

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Jan 18, 2021 2:19 PM in response to Barney-15E

This is the only method I use anymore for new macOS installs. Also since Big Sur I only use the Disk Utility offered as the installer is booted. I don't use other macOS Disk Utility to erase, APFS, or Partition especially dealing with Big Sur or even use Big Sur DU on other previous macOS.

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Barney-15E

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Jan 18, 2021 12:52 PM in response to DonH49

You should not see either the startup snapshot nor the Data drive mounted anywhere. I have never heard of the startup snapshot showing on the desktop (or anywhere else). A Data volume showing up on the Desktop usually indicates an incorrect restore of the OS.

What does Disk Utility show you have for volumes on your startup drive?

By default, you should see your Macintosh HD in gray with the snapshot below, and your Data volume.

If you have "Show all devices" set, you will also see the device and the container.

If you see any additional Data volumes, you failed to remove them when you reinstalled the OS.

There is an Update Volume (not the startup snapshot) that should only be mounted in /System/Volumes, so if you see it somewhere else, there might be something else wrong.

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Barney-15E

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Jan 18, 2021 3:15 PM in response to DonH49

I explained what is supposed to happen and why. If you see something different, your system is not functioning normally.

The Update volume (not the com.apple.os.update.xxx snapshot) does show up sometimes but it should not. If you are running Mojave, now, it doesn't do anything. It is a leftover from failing to clear everything out before reinstalling Mojave. In Mojave, the Update store is in /Library and is not a volume.

The - Data volume will show up for the same reason. You failed to remove it when you reinstalled Mojave.

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DonH49 Author

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Jan 18, 2021 4:02 PM in response to Barney-15E

Barney, Thanks for the assistance.

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