Why Monterey version don't allow to link a AppleInternal folder under system volume?
Why Monterey version don't allow to link a AppleInternal folder under system volume?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.5
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neo196 wrote:
Why Monterey version don't allow to link a AppleInternal folder under system volume?
You do not have r/w access to your Signed/Sealed System Volume...this goes back several macOS's
ref: About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina - Apple ...
About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina - Apple Support
Big Sur/Monterey since it loads the System from a locked Macintosh HD...
Big Sur/Monterey use this snapshot of the current system for its SSV (Signed System Volume ) w/ strong cryptographic protections to store system content .
Your user Volume is the Macintosh HD - Data with r/w access
you can see this more clearly from the Terminal.app
MacBook-Pro ~ % diskutil list internal
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk0
1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 1.0 TB disk0s2
/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: APFS Container Scheme - +1.0 TB disk1
Physical Store disk0s2
1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 15.4 GB disk1s1
2: APFS Snapshot com.apple.os.update-... 15.4 GB disk1s1s1
3: APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data 399.7 GB disk1s2
4: APFS Volume Preboot 863.8 MB disk1s3
5: APFS Volume Recovery 1.1 GB disk1s4
6: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk1s5