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Cannot unmount volume?

Hi there, I have a 2013 macbook pro and need to reinstall (drive filled with ‘system stuff??)

but each time I go to disk utility I get - the erase button is light grey (so I can't select it) and it says "This operation can not be performed because you can not unmount the volume you are booted from." Does anyone have any ideas of what I should do? Thanks, John

Posted on Oct 10, 2022 3:14 AM

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Posted on Oct 10, 2022 4:25 AM

Hi,

You need to boot from Recovery Mode to unmount root drive.

Use macOS Recovery on an Intel-based Mac - Apple Support


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