Help. Reinstall OS

[MSUspartn]

Hi need some help. Just got a new MacBook Pro. Did migration assistant from my other computer and realized it was a bad idea since I copied all sorts of junk over. I have decided to go back to square one with a fresh install.

so far I have gone to disk utility and erases my drives.

I now am going to reinstall Catalina. However it’s asking which disk to choose. Macintosh or Macintosh - data.

which do I choose?

I chose the one that says -data. Is that a problem?


thanks!!

 

[chabig]

which do I choose?

Neither. Erase your hard drive again so you have just one volume named Macintosh. Install to that. The installer will create the correct volume for data.

How to Perform a Clean Installation of macOS 10.15 Catalina

This article guides you through the process of performing a clean installation of macOS 10.15 Catalina using the bootable USB drive method, rather...

www.macrumors.com

 

[MSUspartn]

Hi need some help. Just got a new MacBook Pro. Did migration assistant from my other computer and realized it was a bad idea since I copied all sorts of junk over. I have decided to go back to square one with a fresh install.

so far I have gone to disk utility and erases my drives.

I now am going to reinstall Catalina. However it’s asking which disk to choose. Macintosh or Macintosh - data.

which do I choose?
thanks!!

Neither. Erase your hard drive again so you have just one volume named Macintosh. Install to that. The installer will create the correct volume for data.

How to Perform a Clean Installation of macOS 10.15 Catalina

This article guides you through the process of performing a clean installation of macOS 10.15 Catalina using the bootable USB drive method, rather...

www.macrumors.com

ok I cancelled and removed the -data drive in disk utility leaving me with just Macintosh. I am reinstalling to they drive and there was only that one option. Thank you for the quick response