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MacBook Storage Issue

I am new to using MacBook, was always fond of MacS. Now I bought MacBook Pro 2020 and am confused of the SSD space. If I go to disk utility, there I can see 2 SSDs each of 256GB.

Is this something I am not understanding correctly and the disk space is actually just 256GB or there are actually 2 SSDs installed as it shows 2 separate disks of 256GB each with different spaces used.

The shop I bought from said it has 256GB SSD.

Please explain me this, do I have 256GB or 512GB space, if 512GB how can I use 2nd SSD?

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TIA.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Jan 18, 2022 5:42 AM

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Posted on Jan 18, 2022 6:15 AM

You shop info is correct. You have a volume installed that has 256GB capacity.

This volume (Macintosh HD) has one partition, that has a size of 256GB.

You could install more partitions on this Volume Macintosh HD, to have separate storage space, for example 200GB for your current macOS and the rest for other data.

But this can't be done after you installed macOS on your Volume, only prior to that, since the system software has already been installed.

However, you can partition external hard drives before you use them.

Partition a physical disk in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

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Ingo2711
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Jan 18, 2022 6:15 AM in response to yousafwaraich

You shop info is correct. You have a volume installed that has 256GB capacity.

This volume (Macintosh HD) has one partition, that has a size of 256GB.

You could install more partitions on this Volume Macintosh HD, to have separate storage space, for example 200GB for your current macOS and the rest for other data.

But this can't be done after you installed macOS on your Volume, only prior to that, since the system software has already been installed.

However, you can partition external hard drives before you use them.

Partition a physical disk in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

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