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why if u erase and rename disk3 does disk utility change it to disk 4

might be a simple answer but Im not simply understanding. i have yet to encounter this with previous reinstalls. im hoping this means its working right for Monterey on an 2020 AirM1? Can anyone tell me if that is normal now?

MacBook Air (2020 or later)

Posted on Nov 9, 2021 6:08 PM

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Posted on Nov 10, 2021 4:32 PM

j2dkno1 wrote:

finally back home crazy day here is that
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/5b3452d0-f6a5-4efc-ba4a-2f21c591a05e



I see no disk 4 your are asking about...




Your output looks normal for an M1, I see no issue


compare to an example M1 macbook air —


/dev/disk0 (internal):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme 251.0 GB disk0

1: Apple_APFS_ISC ⁨⁩ 524.3 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS ⁨Container disk3⁩ 245.1 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_APFS_Recovery ⁨⁩ 5.4 GB disk0s3


/dev/disk3 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +245.1 GB disk3

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume ⁨Macintosh HD⁩ 15.3 GB disk3s1

2: APFS Snapshot ⁨com.apple.os.update-...⁩ 15.3 GB disk3s1s1

3: APFS Volume ⁨Preboot⁩ 306.3 MB disk3s2

4: APFS Volume ⁨Recovery⁩ 1.0 GB disk3s3

5: APFS Volume ⁨Data⁩ 64.1 GB disk3s5

6: APFS Volume ⁨VM⁩ 1.1 GB disk3s6



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Nov 10, 2021 4:32 PM in response to j2dkno1

j2dkno1 wrote:

finally back home crazy day here is that
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/5b3452d0-f6a5-4efc-ba4a-2f21c591a05e



I see no disk 4 your are asking about...




Your output looks normal for an M1, I see no issue


compare to an example M1 macbook air —


/dev/disk0 (internal):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme 251.0 GB disk0

1: Apple_APFS_ISC ⁨⁩ 524.3 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS ⁨Container disk3⁩ 245.1 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_APFS_Recovery ⁨⁩ 5.4 GB disk0s3


/dev/disk3 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +245.1 GB disk3

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume ⁨Macintosh HD⁩ 15.3 GB disk3s1

2: APFS Snapshot ⁨com.apple.os.update-...⁩ 15.3 GB disk3s1s1

3: APFS Volume ⁨Preboot⁩ 306.3 MB disk3s2

4: APFS Volume ⁨Recovery⁩ 1.0 GB disk3s3

5: APFS Volume ⁨Data⁩ 64.1 GB disk3s5

6: APFS Volume ⁨VM⁩ 1.1 GB disk3s6



Nov 10, 2021 8:32 AM in response to leroydouglas

ok will do when i get home shortly all i have on me is this pic of prt of the instalation process i did have the one after but its magicly gone now and yes there are more problems that was just the last thing that that i had noticed take efect before watchdog couldnt find its own files maybe u seesomethingi just want the machine to run like it does thethe first few days after the restore apple did oct1 or the countless times i called support and they would just walk me through a erase reinstal so thats what i do whenever whatever comes in and starts signifantly altering things post the disk util in about an hour thank you

Nov 10, 2021 8:22 AM in response to j2dkno1

j2dkno1 wrote:
why if u erase and rename disk3 does disk utility change it to disk 4

might be a simple answer but Im not simply understanding. i have yet to encounter this with previous reinstalls. im hoping this means its working right for Monterey on an 2020 AirM1? Can anyone tell me if that is normal now?



Why are you having to reinstall on a 2020 AirM1— are you having some other issue besides micro-managing the naming protocol?


The numbering scheme is relative...not fixed .

Maybe a little more insight would be helpful here...


lets see the big picture from the Terminal.app copy&paste:

diskutil list internal

why if u erase and rename disk3 does disk utility change it to disk 4

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