Strange Volume in Big Sur Disk Utility

[kopfwascher]

Hi there!

I clean installed Big Sur. Now I got this strange Volume. Is this normal?

 

[Quackers]

It is 🙂

 

[kopfwascher]

Why "Update"?

 

[Quackers]

Why "Update"?

Good question 🙂
My understanding is that Big Sur boots from a system snapshot (your update volume) not from (in your case ) Macintosh HD - which is possibly why it's greyed out - ie not mounted.
That snapshot is most likely updated from time to time and this could be why it gets the name.
This is just guesswork by me. Others may have more accurate information than me. 🙂

 

[kopfwascher]

Good question 🙂
My understanding is that Big Sur boots from a system snapshot (your update volume) not from (in your case ) Macintosh HD - which is possibly why it's greyed out - ie not mounted.
That snapshot is most likely updated from time to time and this could be why it gets the name.
This is just guesswork by me. Others may have more accurate information than me. 🙂

Thank you Mr. Donald for your answer.

 

[Quackers]

Thank you Mr. Donald for your answer.

Du bist wilkommen (or something like that).

 

[GGERARD]

hello,
just to say I've something like this after Big Sur Update. Why?

My iMac 2017 is working fine without any problem.
GGERARD

 

[Runs For Fun]

This is normal. Big Sur uses a Signed System Volume that is read-only.

You can read more about that here.

 

[GGERARD]

Hi FuturePilot
Thanks for your answer
GGERARD