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scotspencer Author

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System volume

The size of the com.apple.os-update-xxx volume on my iMac running Monterey has increased. Is this a problem?

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 12.2

Posted on Apr 20, 2022 3:59 AM

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PRP_53

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Posted on Apr 20, 2022 4:07 AM

EDITED - the APFS Snapshot ⁨com.apple.os.update-...⁩ 15.2 GB disk3s1s1 is the Sealed and Read Volume in which the Operating System resides in.

It can not be opened except by Apple and usually only when there are updates to Monterey so yes - it would appear Normal.

/dev/disk3 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +245.1 GB disk3

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume ⁨Macintosh HD⁩ 15.2 GB disk3s1

2: APFS Snapshot ⁨com.apple.os.update-...⁩ 15.2 GB disk3s1s1

3: APFS Volume ⁨Preboot⁩ 643.2 MB disk3s2

4: APFS Volume ⁨Recovery⁩ 783.1 MB disk3s3

5: APFS Volume ⁨Data⁩ 15.8 GB disk3s5

6: APFS Volume ⁨VM⁩ 20.5 KB disk3s6

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