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promansebbe Author

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2 macOS HD data drives

Hi so I have a macbook pro and I see 2 Data partitions and I want to merge them to one. I don't know why it appears like this but it is annoying.

MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Jan 1, 2024 7:14 PM

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Barney-15E

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Jan 1, 2024 8:00 PM in response to promansebbe

If you see two, you likely have three, two are orphans and can be removed.

Open Disk Utility and check the drive list for multiple - Data volumes.

There should be the current one listed in the volume group under Macintosh HD. If you select it, you'll see a little house badge on the icon in the info pane.

If you select the others, they won't have a home badge and will show a mount point at /Volumes.

The Data volumes get orphaned when you reinstall macOS and fail to remove the previous Volume group.

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2 macOS HD data drives