2 hard drives on desktop

[josh bear]

Hi All,

I had to reinstall my 2020 MBP and when it had all finished I have the usual Macintosh HD on the desk top and one called Macintosh HD - data. This second one is empty. How do I show the Macintosh HD but not the data one?

thanks

Josh

 

[chscag]

That's normal when running Catalina. The "Macintosh HD" is your system info and is read only. The "Macintosh HD - Data" is your user data and you have read-write permissions for it. Are you sure it's empty?

 

[Taz Mangus]

Open Disk Utility app, click on View->Show All Devices. Post a picture of the info shown.

 

[josh bear]

Thanks,

here you go.

 

[Taz Mangus]

In Disk Utility, click on each Macintosh HD - Data and remove (Volume - button) the one that is 811KB in size.

 

[josh bear]

Thank you. That was fantastic help. Really appreciated. I don't suppose you know why my Elgato thunderbolt dock utility won't unmount all the external drives on this Mac but did so on my 2018 13 inch MBP?

Thanks again. totally great.

 

[Taz Mangus]

Thank you. That was fantastic help. Really appreciated. I don't suppose you know why my Elgato thunderbolt dock utility won't unmount all the external drives on this Mac but did so on my 2018 13 inch MBP?

Thanks again. totally great.

Maybe try a SMC reset and see that helps.

Reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support

The SMC is responsible for managing power on your Mac. Resetting it can resolve certain uncommon issues related to power or thermal management.

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