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Two HD volumes after reinstalling Mac OS

Hallo,

My apologies if this had been discussed already.

I have a MacBook Pro 13 2017 and after updating the OS to Ventura, I was dissatisfied (i.e, Logic Pro X kept crashing). Therefore, I reinstalled Monterey 12.6.1. Everything has been working fine since but I have now two HDs on Disk Utility. In order to pursue the back up with Time Machine, I renamed the new HD data (it's now HD Data2).

Since both HD seem to be the same (I do not think they are two different partitions), I wonder whether I can simply erase one of the two HD without having to reinstall everything again.

I attach a screenshot of Disk Utility.

Thank you in advance for your advice.

MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Feb 28, 2023 1:16 AM

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Posted on Feb 28, 2023 3:37 AM

First, make sure you have a backup.

The following should be a very quick and painless procedure, but you should never mess with these things without a backup.

Select the top "Macintosh HD volumes", control-click and choose Delete APFS Volume.

That's it.

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Feb 28, 2023 3:37 AM in response to ddmcm

First, make sure you have a backup.

The following should be a very quick and painless procedure, but you should never mess with these things without a backup.

Select the top "Macintosh HD volumes", control-click and choose Delete APFS Volume.

That's it.

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Feb 28, 2023 9:39 PM in response to PRP_53

Yes, it is. I am sorry, as I should have continued the same thread.

I think I have sorted now. I tried to drag the files I needed to the desktop first, then I moved them in the desired position. Perhaps, I am still missing something but so far so good.

Thank you.

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Feb 28, 2023 7:53 AM in response to ddmcm

Is this question show how related to this question

How to copy HD files from backup into Mac… - Apple Community

Perhaps @ Luis Sequeira1 and help there too

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Feb 28, 2023 5:24 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Thank you for your reply. Yes, I had a backup already. I followed what you suggested and that worked fine.

Many thanks.

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Mar 1, 2023 1:48 AM in response to ddmcm

Welcome and hope all is sorted out

If not, do posted back and we can have a look

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