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Two ‘Data’ volumes after a reinstall

Q I’ve ended up with two ‘Data’ volumes when trying to reinstall Catalina. What should I do next?

by VIV GORDON

A When Catalina installs correctly, you should see two regular volumes. If you’re using the default name of ‘Macintosh HD’ for your startup volume, those two will be named ‘Macintosh HD’ and ‘Macintosh HD - Data’. The first is the new read-only System volume, and the other

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