Monterey 12.6
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020)
3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7
72 GB 2133 MHz DDR4
I have two external USB-C M.2 SSDs. They are 2 Tb each. Both have the same issue -- They have approx. 1 TB of space missing.
See the first image below.
To clarify, I've never partitioned these drives. And they were showing at full capacity a few months ago.
When I try to run a repair, I get an error that reads:
"First Aid could not unmount one of the other volumes in the volume’s container. Click Done to continue."
I had read in an old post somewhere that sometimes Spotlight can run rampant and start dividing up an external drive, creating "ghost volumes." Maybe it is something like this?
I guess there's an invisible partition on there somewhere? How do I get rid of it without reformatting the disk? IS that possible? Also, why is this happening
THANK YOU!
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iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020)
3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7
72 GB 2133 MHz DDR4
I have two external USB-C M.2 SSDs. They are 2 Tb each. Both have the same issue -- They have approx. 1 TB of space missing.
See the first image below.
To clarify, I've never partitioned these drives. And they were showing at full capacity a few months ago.
When I try to run a repair, I get an error that reads:
"First Aid could not unmount one of the other volumes in the volume’s container. Click Done to continue."
I had read in an old post somewhere that sometimes Spotlight can run rampant and start dividing up an external drive, creating "ghost volumes." Maybe it is something like this?
I guess there's an invisible partition on there somewhere? How do I get rid of it without reformatting the disk? IS that possible? Also, why is this happening
THANK YOU!