I have a 2018 Mac mini. I’ve “retired” the user ID on the Harddrive, after I’ve made an external StartUp Drive on an SSD. It’s working well, running Sonoma 14.8.1.
Can I delete my old user ID, the one on my Harddrive? If so, how? I could use the space on my HD and if it isn’t being accessed at all by the iOS, there’s no reason to keep my old user ID, correct?
As I understand your question, you created an external startup drive, it's working well, and now you want to repurpose the internal drive — formerly used as the Mini's startup device — for either general storage or other purposes because you do not intend to use it as a startup drive ever again.
Yes you can do that, but having rephrased the question in that manner might cause you to reconsider that action.
Use Disk Utility to erase the Mini's internal storage.
Erase and reinstall macOS on the internal drive.
Use Disk Utility to erase an Intel-based Mac - Apple Support
You can certainly do that. Once repurposed in the manner you propose it just can't be used as a startup device.
Thanks for the replies and advice!
I'm not sure I understand "having rephrased the question in that manner might cause you to reconsider that action." Are you suggesting that it's not smart to repurpose the internal drive?
Deleting Old User ID off my Mac mini 2018 HD
