I am trying to update my Big Sur 11 software to monterey but I have two disks, one that doesn't have enough storage and one that is locked
my problem is how do i unock the locked disk?
Anyone who knows how please help me
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.7
Your "second drive" is Bootcamp.
You (or someone else who set up your Mac) split your 120GB disk into 2 partitions. The 60.74 GB Macintosh HD is what you are running macOS on. The 59.71GB Bootcamp partition is for Windows - you cannot unlock Bootcamp and you cannot install macOS on it either.
It seems to me you have two choices:
Removing a Bootcamp partition is not for the faint of heart. Things can go wrong. (And you really need to back up all your data before doing it. I cannot emphasize backup enough.) If you decide you want to do this, let us know and someone will post the instructions.
OTOH, if it were me I would replace the entire drive with a 1TB SSD and install macOS from scratch. Your 120GB drive is just too small by today's standards.
But you didn't say what model MacBook Pro you have. Recent models cannot be upgraded.
Your "second drive" is Bootcamp.
You (or someone else who set up your Mac) split your 120GB disk into 2 partitions. The 60.74 GB Macintosh HD is what you are running macOS on. The 59.71GB Bootcamp partition is for Windows - you cannot unlock Bootcamp and you cannot install macOS on it either.
It seems to me you have two choices:
Removing a Bootcamp partition is not for the faint of heart. Things can go wrong. (And you really need to back up all your data before doing it. I cannot emphasize backup enough.) If you decide you want to do this, let us know and someone will post the instructions.
OTOH, if it were me I would replace the entire drive with a 1TB SSD and install macOS from scratch. Your 120GB drive is just too small by today's standards.
But you didn't say what model MacBook Pro you have. Recent models cannot be upgraded.
Pls. tell us more about your system. Your profile indicates a MacBook Pro - that would not have 2 disks unless you have an external disk connected.
Exact model MBP
Capacity & free space on each of your disks
Which disk already has macOS installed
Model of external HDD/SSD if you are using one; and how connected to your MBP
It will also help if you do the following:
In Terminal, enter this command: diskutil list
Copy & post the results here.
At this point, my best recommendations are to do the following:
My recommendation is based on all the information you provided in your posts. You indicated multiple problems that, taken together, could require significant technical skill to fix. I think it will be best if you have a trained service technician do the work for you.
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 60.7 GB disk0s2
(free space) 650.1 MB -
3: Microsoft Reserved 16.8 MB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 59.7 GB disk0s4
/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: APFS Container Scheme - +60.7 GB disk1
Physical Store disk0s2
1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data 33.0 GB disk1s1
2: APFS Volume Preboot 322.9 MB disk1s2
3: APFS Volume Recovery 623.2 MB disk1s3
4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk1s4
5: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 15.3 GB disk1s5
6: APFS Snapshot com.apple.os.update-... 15.3 GB disk1s5s1
/dev/disk2 (disk image):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme +13.1 GB disk2
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk2s1
2: Apple_HFS Shared Support 12.8 GB disk2s2
i entered the command and this what appered
So what I figured out is that the BOOTCAMP disk was installed to run windows on my mac if i needed it
and my mac isn't a recent model it is MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
and also i have a small problem in finder i can only find BOOTCAMP disk Macintosh HD isn't there
and from what I remember i ejected a disk by accident and I don't know what disk did I eject
also I can't upgrade my storage cause if it is like a monthly plan I don't have my card online cause I hate paying with cards and I am so forgetful so it likely that I will forget to pay and lose my storage so upgrading my storage won't be possible so what should I do?
isn't there any way I could do it manually at home it would be so much more convenient if I just did it by myself at home
and also what happens if i by accident ejected Macintosh HD from finder cause i ejected a disk by accident but i don't know what disk
these are the two disks, BOOTCAMP disk is locked how can I unlock it?
Ok, Thank you so much for your help and I will go to an Apple Authorized Service provider to fix my problem
Thank you so much again.
Problems with updating to macOS monterey
