Hello all,
Here's a problem that's giving me fits. I just upgraded my mid-2014 Mojave MBP to Catalina. I didn't realize that Catalina now splits your HD into two volumes ("Macintosh HD" and "Macintosh HD - Data") using firmlinks. Ok, no big deal I think, it will be seamless and invisible to the end user, blah blah blah.
So I upgrade last night, and I see my Macintosh HD on the desktop. I open it and don't recognize it... the installer had moved my personal folders into a relocated dir onto the desktop, and I now see other directories in there that I don't recognize, like Preboot. I try to drag my old personal folders back in, like my writing and audio folders. No go.
So... it appears that Catalina now defaults to showing "Macintosh HD" (system volume) on the desktop. What the hell? Is this a bug or the "new normal" for macOS? Whatever, I figure I'll change the Finder preferences to not show hard disk volumes on desktop. I then went into the Volumes dir and option-dragged the "Macintosh HD" (data volume) icon to the desktop. That way, I can have my old workflow back, no Preboot folder, etc.
I open up the new alias, and of course it's linking to the "Macintosh HD" (system volume). Sigh. Same thing with dragging it over to the sidebar -- it opens the system volume instead and not the data volume.
Is this a bug? Or does Apple actually expect us to traipse through folders and manually open our Macintosh HD - Data folders?
I'm hoping this is a bug and not the new way of doing things. Or hoping it's user error/stupidity on my end.
Thanks for any input!
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https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/working-apfs-volume-groups
So, it appears that the Data volume is mounted but "hidden" by default.
Am I misreading this? Is the Desktop/Hard Drive metaphor the Finder/System 6-7/Mac OS/OS X/mac OS used for the last 30+ years pretty much done?
What use is there in displaying a hard drive on my desktop that I can not modify?
What use is there in hiding my "user" (ie, Data volume) hard drive from me, not allowing me to make an alias of it on my desktop, and forcing me to tunnel through Mac HD/System/Volumes/Mac HD - Data just to, like, get to my stuff that used to be on my desktop?
Apple is f*cking with 30 years of muscle memory here. I hope I'm misunderstanding this.
Here's a problem that's giving me fits. I just upgraded my mid-2014 Mojave MBP to Catalina. I didn't realize that Catalina now splits your HD into two volumes ("Macintosh HD" and "Macintosh HD - Data") using firmlinks. Ok, no big deal I think, it will be seamless and invisible to the end user, blah blah blah.
So I upgrade last night, and I see my Macintosh HD on the desktop. I open it and don't recognize it... the installer had moved my personal folders into a relocated dir onto the desktop, and I now see other directories in there that I don't recognize, like Preboot. I try to drag my old personal folders back in, like my writing and audio folders. No go.
So... it appears that Catalina now defaults to showing "Macintosh HD" (system volume) on the desktop. What the hell? Is this a bug or the "new normal" for macOS? Whatever, I figure I'll change the Finder preferences to not show hard disk volumes on desktop. I then went into the Volumes dir and option-dragged the "Macintosh HD" (data volume) icon to the desktop. That way, I can have my old workflow back, no Preboot folder, etc.
I open up the new alias, and of course it's linking to the "Macintosh HD" (system volume). Sigh. Same thing with dragging it over to the sidebar -- it opens the system volume instead and not the data volume.
Is this a bug? Or does Apple actually expect us to traipse through folders and manually open our Macintosh HD - Data folders?
I'm hoping this is a bug and not the new way of doing things. Or hoping it's user error/stupidity on my end.
Thanks for any input!
[automerge]1586046670[/automerge]
https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/working-apfs-volume-groups
So, it appears that the Data volume is mounted but "hidden" by default.
Am I misreading this? Is the Desktop/Hard Drive metaphor the Finder/System 6-7/Mac OS/OS X/mac OS used for the last 30+ years pretty much done?
What use is there in displaying a hard drive on my desktop that I can not modify?
What use is there in hiding my "user" (ie, Data volume) hard drive from me, not allowing me to make an alias of it on my desktop, and forcing me to tunnel through Mac HD/System/Volumes/Mac HD - Data just to, like, get to my stuff that used to be on my desktop?
Apple is f*cking with 30 years of muscle memory here. I hope I'm misunderstanding this.
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