Internet recovery mode. Difference between disk0s1 and disk1s1?

I’ve noticed that if I use internet recovery on my intel macbook.


in disk utility it will sometimes use a disk image called ”disk1s1” and other times ”disk0s1”.


is there a difference between them or is it just what you connected to at that moment and its essentially the same thing?

MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Dec 6, 2023 1:35 PM

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Dec 6, 2023 2:15 PM in response to Jonisen22

Use internet recovery only if you plan to wipe the system or create a new partition with the original OS that came with your Mac, or replace the original storage itself after failure.


Use the partition option if you want to keep whatever is presently installed, and have space to put on a second system.


The disk#s# refer to various partitions. A partition is a uniquely definded group of sectors on the hard drive that can be used to define multiple unique formatting for the purpose of dual-booting two operating systems, or keeping a section of the hard drive available for erasing after archiving data away to two other external sources. On some Macs, such as those with a Fusion drive, the partition also separates the solid state from the platter part of the hard drive. Generally those are only found on iMacs, and generally the partition scheme is more smooth. There are directions on Apple Support to merge split Fusion drives, if you run into any.

Dec 6, 2023 2:45 PM in response to a brody

Thanks for responding. I guess more my question was:


why in internet recovery mode can it connect to either disk1s1 or disk0s1 (under apple image media disk). I haven’t touched any of these and I dont think you can to be fair, or at least it doesnt allow you to inside of the internet recovery mode.


So sometimes when I use internet recovery it will say:


Disk images


apple image media disk

Disk1s1



and other times it says:


disk images


apple image media disk

Disk0s1



(in its place). It seem to differ each time. Why?

Dec 7, 2023 2:01 PM in response to Jonisen22

Well not exactly. It gives you a fresh copy of the original OS. Then you need to run the installers up to the max OS after determining what version that is using http://checkcoverage.apple.com to find the age of your computer and its model.


http://www.everymac.com/ will tell you the maximum OS.


command-R does the currently installed OS, if you erase the partition itself from recovery, and then run the installer.

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