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Hi all,
Long story short I wanted to wipe my Mac back to its original state. I followed an online guide and now I have ended up with more than I bargained with... Macintosh HD and Macintosh HD - Data... Can anyone explain how I can fix this?
I basically wanted to clear the MacBook Pro to its original state and start a fresh
Many thanks
MacBook Pro (2020 and later)
For apps removal I like free AppCleaner app. If you no longer want to keep the data, move it to trash and empty the trash.
If you want to keep data, move it to an external drive or cloud storage. iCloud is not a cloud storage/backup solution. After you get the data to an external location, delete it off your internal drive.
A relatively easy way to remove all your user data quickly is to create a second Admin account, login to it and removed your old user deleting Data and the Home folder. Of course you now have new user login.
One thing to be wary off, and this is on the newer OS versions, deleting a massive amount of data will likely cause MacOS to create a temporary dataset named "Purgeable Data". Give it a couple of days and your Mac will release it. There are apps to do it more quickly. Purgeable Data looks unusable, it's not, it's available it's just your Mac will release it when needed.
For apps removal I like free AppCleaner app. If you no longer want to keep the data, move it to trash and empty the trash.
If you want to keep data, move it to an external drive or cloud storage. iCloud is not a cloud storage/backup solution. After you get the data to an external location, delete it off your internal drive.
A relatively easy way to remove all your user data quickly is to create a second Admin account, login to it and removed your old user deleting Data and the Home folder. Of course you now have new user login.
One thing to be wary off, and this is on the newer OS versions, deleting a massive amount of data will likely cause MacOS to create a temporary dataset named "Purgeable Data". Give it a couple of days and your Mac will release it. There are apps to do it more quickly. Purgeable Data looks unusable, it's not, it's available it's just your Mac will release it when needed.
Perfectly normal; you still have only a single physical dive. Macintosh HD is your system; Macintosh HD - Data is where all the data resides that is not part of your operating system. This is by design to keep your system segregated and out of harm's way so to say.
This can't be fixed, it is the fix to protect your operating system.
It's the data space. If you truly wiped the drive, then the data is gone. It's just gone from Macintosh - Data.
Exactly how did you wipe the drive?
If you're still able to see data when you start your system, you didn't wipe the drive. Or you used either Setup or Migration Assistant to migrate your data back from a backup dataset.
EDIT: removed incorrect comment; misread the image.
If you reinstalled the OS from the Recovery Panel, your data, settings, and apps are never disturbed. That is not wiping the drive.
Erased is erased. If the data is still there either you did not erase or you put it back.
thank you, I wanted it back to its original state so I could start afresh and keep it for travelling purposes. I’ve just got an iMac so that’s become my main computer now. The MacBook had a load of apps and files I didn’t need.
Oh really? Sorry to sound silly but was it that way before I did the wipe? Do you know why all my data appears to still be on there even though I wiped the device?
Cool ok thanks.
I did Recovery Mode then Erase. The Mac itself is in its factory state, apps all appear to be in their original place etc. but the data is still there on the hard drive.
ah there is my problem then. Are you able to show me how to do a simple wipe (of the hard drive data) please?
https://iboysoft.com/howto/wipe-macbook.html
Why do you want to wipe it? If you're having problems, there might be a less drastic fix.
Th problem I see is your drive is essentially full.
Thanks I’ll look into appcleaner!
I reset my macbook pro, now I have two Hard Drives?
