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iMac Split Fusion Drive

27" iMac Intel Core i7, OS Catalina v10.15.7 not shutting down.

It shows 2 separate HD's - the fusion drive seems to be split.

Followed Apples instructions to Reset in Terminal:

diskutil resetFusion / Return / "Yes" / Return.

It tells me it is an invalid command.

Then it won't shut down and I have to push and hold

the iMac power button to shut it down.


Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

Posted on Mar 14, 2023 4:01 AM

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Posted on Mar 14, 2023 10:20 AM

sieros wrote:

Hi again,

Only the Macintosh HD APFS 3.12 TB is shown in the Finder sidebar with the Applications, Library, System and Users folders.
However 2 HD's are shown on the desktop - Macintosh HD APFS 3.12 TB + and Macintosh HD * Data APFS 3.12 TB.

Does this mean that the Fusion drive is split?

No, not at all. The HD volume is where the system is installed, the HD - Data volume is where your user data and any apps you install are stored. I don't remember a way to change the two into one icon but it doesn't hurt anything for there to be two. If it bothers you, you can disable Hard Disks from Finder > Preferences > General.

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Mar 14, 2023 10:20 AM in response to sieros

sieros wrote:

Hi again,

Only the Macintosh HD APFS 3.12 TB is shown in the Finder sidebar with the Applications, Library, System and Users folders.
However 2 HD's are shown on the desktop - Macintosh HD APFS 3.12 TB + and Macintosh HD * Data APFS 3.12 TB.

Does this mean that the Fusion drive is split?

No, not at all. The HD volume is where the system is installed, the HD - Data volume is where your user data and any apps you install are stored. I don't remember a way to change the two into one icon but it doesn't hurt anything for there to be two. If it bothers you, you can disable Hard Disks from Finder > Preferences > General.

iMac Split Fusion Drive

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