Almost no disk space after clean install

[raziel101]

I currently use Catalina on my iMac and wanted to do a clean install as I have not done one in a couple years.

I used Internet Recovery to erase my iMacs internal SSD and then proceeded to reinstall Catalina through Internet Recovery.

I started to copy of files from my backup drive and noticed I was getting a "Not Enough Disk Space" for files over 20 GB. I then went into Disk Utility, and I see I only have 5GB of free space even though I have barely even copied over any of my backup files (maybe about 40 GB so far) when my SSD is 700+ GB.

Any idea what has happened?

 

[raziel101]

Alright so I made things worse.

I figured maybe I just erased the Mac system partition and not the use data partition so I went into Internet recovery again, removed the data partition and now, I’m not sure how to add it back.

When I exit dusk utility to try to install Catalina, it shows the HD disk but when I click on it I get an error.

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[raziel101]

Well Apple support helped me fix the disk issue. Had to show all volumes and had to repair each volume in ascending order and I was able to erase and setup the disk.

Installing Catalina a second time today and hopefully I’ll have access to the full 700+ GB on the ssd.

That being said, the fact I can call apple, get a support rep in 5 min to get assistance on a late 2012 iMac reaffirms my belief it’s worth paying into the apple ecosystem.