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What should I set reserve size and quota size for a APFS volume?

I am creating volume on my hard drive. Should I only use one volume? What should I set the reserve size and the quota size? I will be installing macOS Catalina. I have 500 GB of hard drive space.

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 12, 2021 6:31 PM

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I advise that you leave those settings alone. In most cases there is no reason to set quota/limit.

An advanced user might wish to set them, but the casual user does not need to.

The APFS system will dynamically allocate drive space to any volume in a container.


Posted on Nov 12, 2021 7:20 PM

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What should I set reserve size and quota size for a APFS volume?

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