"Macintosh HD - Data" and "Macintosh HD - Data - Data" but no "Macintosh HD"
I recently upgraded from High Sierra (10.13) to Big Sur (11.4). My Mac is functioning fine as far as I can tell; however, I noticed that I no longer have a "Macintosh HD" disk. Instead I have "Macintosh HD - Data" and "Macintosh HD - Data - Data". Here's what it looks like in Disk Utility:
Is this a problem? And if so, how do I fix it?
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Open the Disk Utility application. An example image is given below.
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Right click on
com.appleos.update-F...
, and selectRename
. An example image is given below. -
Look for the highlighted text
Macintosh HD - Data
. An example image is given below. Change the text toMacintosh HD
, then press return. -
Quit and open the Disk Utility to verify the change. An example image is given below.
I should point out the you can also just rename the writable volume mounted at /System/Volumes/Data
. For example, I could rename the Macintosh HD - Data
volume shown in Step 4 to Bugs Bunny
, as shown below.
I should also point out that the default name for the writable volume mounted at /System/Volumes/Data
is just Data
, if you have a M1 Mac.