I have a Samsung Evo 970 SSD installed in my 2015 MacBook Pro running Monterey 12.6.3. I am currently trying to erase all content as I have decided to go with a iPad Pro 12.9 instead. When. I access Disk Utility the erase button is greyed out. When I access disk utility in recovery mode all that I see are small IOS files and not my actual SSD. Im really stuck and any help would be greatly appreciated
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How to Securely Erase a Mac’s SSD or Hard Drive - TidBITS
If you need to get rid of a Mac or external drive, how do you ensure that no one can access the data on it? Adam Engst runs through the various methods you can employ, one or more of which should address your situation.
From the recovery partition, select Disk Utility and then the View menu/ Show all devices;
Still can't see the SSD?
The Samsung drive was installed as a replacement for the original factory-installed drive, is this correct?
I'm wondering if the reason disk utility refuses to erase the drive, has something to do with this?
Hmmmm....
Did you boot to INTERNET recovery to erase the drive?
(NOT "the recovery partition" -- internet recovery is different)
Command-OPTION-R
at boot.
You'll need your wifi password.
The internet utilities take a while to load, be patient.
When the utilities are loaded, open disk utility.
VERY IMPORTANT: go to the "view" menu and choose "show all devices".
Look at the list on the left and select the top item (which should be the physical drive).
Will it erase now?
I'm wondering if the reason disk utility refuses to erase the drive, has something to do with this?
Hmmmm....
Did you boot to INTERNET recovery to erase the drive?
(NOT "the recovery partition" -- internet recovery is different)
Command-OPTION-R
at boot.
You'll need your wifi password.
The internet utilities take a while to load, be patient.
When the utilities are loaded, open disk utility.
VERY IMPORTANT: go to the "view" menu and choose "show all devices".
Look at the list on the left and select the top item (which should be the physical drive).
Will it erase now?
You can’t erase the drive you have booted from. You need to boot from bootable installer https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372