![]() Can’t say when the issue was introduced but this particular mini had had a few version upgrades High Sierra → Catalina → Big Sur → Monterey as well as a 3rd party SATA SSD transplant to replace a HDD so who knows when it happened. These procedures worked for me on a 2014 Mini that had a APFS corruption that Disk Utility could not fix, and I did not want it to come back at some point in the future and cause a problem. Don’t individually delete Macintosh OS and Macintosh OS - Data volumes, use the Delete Volume Group button if presented. The current official steps for using Disk Utility specifically say to “disregard any internal volume named Macintosh HD or Macintosh HD - Data.”ĭon’t know for sure about Big Sur, but for Monterey follow the latest instructions from Apple if you need to completely reinstall on a Mac. I don’t have time to test that theory, I just need the machine at its full potential, so I proceeded to the Disk Utility method in Recovery mode. (Perhaps the OS figures out how to recover this space on its own?) I read some anecdote of someone in a similar position having the matter magically resolve a week later. However, what I found is that this process left a container with a volume Macintosh HD - Data that used up half of the 500gb drive. ![]() The official guidance is to use Erase All Settings and Content, which is the new method for “preparing a mac for a new owner.” I am working on a 2018 mac mini that has the T2 chip machine that has had macos upgraded since its original purchase around the time of release. I realize this conversation is focused on Big Sur, but wanted to highlight that this process is confusing and possibly not correctly documented on Monterey as well.
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