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jmacneedshelp

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Jan 3, 2021
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Hello!

I recently purchased an external G-Drive R-Series 2TB SSD. I just reformatted to APFS without partitions, and now in Disk Utility, it is showing up as both as an internal and external drive. Is this a sign that something went wrong, or is this Catalina?

Container disk3 jSSD = G-Drive

I reformatted my SanDisk Extreme 2TB to APFS a few weeks ago, and this did not happen. Both are mounted right now so you can see the difference.

I have recently learned that APFS isn't optimal for Time Machine, so don't worry about that partition, I'll be needing to take that away.

Thoughts? Thanks in advance for your help!


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