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Jan 4, 2012
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I recently installed OpenCore & Monterey on my Mac Pro and could not get the volume names to appear properly in the boot picker screen. This post was really helpful in getting me started - so many thanks to @JedNZ for putting together. Here is the updated version & what worked for me in Monterey. Also - please bear in mind I am not a Terminal wizard . . .

  1. Disable SIP: in the past, that was pretty straightforward. However, with Open Core I had to use the settings at Open Core patcher to get this done. Once, I changed the name of my volumes, I re-enabled SIP, as I got some weird behavior (monitors going in and out) with SIP disabled
  2. Mount the Preboot partition of your boot volume: @JedNZ has great instructions on how to do this - check his post
  3. Make invisible files visible by hitting Command + Shift + .
  4. Navigate to Computer name -> Disk you would like to change name -> System -> Volumes -> Prebook -> Entry with multiple numbers/digits -> System -> Library -> Core Services and drop the invisible file ".disk_label.contentDetails" to a text editor. Change the text to whatever you would like and save it
That's all you need. Please bear in mind that if you use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone the drive, its name will also change. Finally, if anyone knows how to pull this off to a drive other than your boot drive, please let me know. It'd be a huge time saver
 
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