
However, my machine has "AppleAPFSMedia" as the first device, which it says is 500.07 GB of "Uninitialized", with "Macintosh HD - Data" ("500.07 GB Logical Volume APFS"), Preboot, Recover, Update, and VM as children of it. The Apple support guides say to select the first device in the list "Macintosh HD", click erase, and reformat the drive before reinstalling the OS.

* 500GB SSD which identifies as "APPLE SSD SM0512G"Īs standard for any used machine, I'd like to do my own erase and reinstall for a clean start.īooting with Command + R, I get the macOS Recovery option. * System was in a wiped state when I received it (new user setup, etc) * Monterey 12.6.2 (installed and working)


Hey folks, I picked up a Late 2015 27" 5K iMac, and seem to be caught in a bind with erasing/reinstalling it.
