

If you want your Mac to start up again from the volume you just you erased, select Reinstall macOS in the utilities window, then click Continue and follow the onscreen instructions.When done, quit Disk Utility to return to the utilities window.Optional: If you previously used Disk Utility to add internal volumes other than Macintosh HD, you can erase them individually using the same process.If this button isn't shown, click Erase instead. Format: APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled), as recommended by Disk Utility Open Disk Utility Click View in the upper left and select Show All Devices Select the non-indented entry, you will see Media in the name Click the button. As stated above, if your Mac is running on an outdated firmware version, then it can encounter the Disk Utility erase process that has failed the problem.Click the Erase button in the toolbar, then enter the requested details:.Select Macintosh HD in the sidebar of Disk Utility.

Erasing a storage device deletes everything on it.
