Reset MacBook to single partition for a clean install

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Reset MacBook to single partition for a clean install

Hello, I have a 2017 Macbook 12, that I appear to have done a stellar job of deleting and messing up drive partitions to the point that attempts to re-install OSX are failing.

I have previously installed Windows via Bootcamp and evidently did not remove that properly in the past by re-partioning to a single drive within Bootcamp.

Now I only have access to the Recovery menu, where Disk Utility won't let me merge everything, so I believe I need to clean this mess up in Terminal.

Here are the disks in Disk Utility

So this is the full 500GB drive

I cannot adjust partitions in Disk Utility

While these next two were the partitions as sized when windows was installed.

When I try to install OSX to either of these... it won't complete.

This is what my disk list looks like terminal (apologies for the landscape image)

Would very much appreciate assistance on working through the relevant steps to clean up.

MacBook, macOS 11.2

Posted on Apr 12, 2021 1:49 AM

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markgarro Author

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Apr 12, 2021 11:18 AM in response to markgarro

So after I thought I'd tried every possible combo and getting the above error, it seems erasing the two AppleAPFSMedia drives at the parent level did the trick.

Which then allow for the new install to complete without error.

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