How to properly partition a Fusion Drive on a late 2019 iMac whilst also making the first partition usable to install macOS?
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Currently, my iMac has no active macOS on it. And the Fusion Drive shows up as two volumes.
I am trying to come up with ways to fix the Fusion Drive, install macOS on it(but then how to make Fusion Drive APFS to make it usable as a boot drive for macOS without destroying the logical volume structure?), and then partition the Fusion Drive into three partitions.
Environment:
11.5 GB partition on SSD, main contents are a base macOS recovery image (internet installer) and macOS install drive (Catalina).
The rest of the SSD is a free partition (formatted in APFS).
All of HDD is a free partition (formatted in APFS).
Currently, I tried:
1. Fixing my Fusion Drive, then partitioning it. (Partition Fusion Drive breaks its ability to be a valid install drive for macOS, also unknown if the corestorage system still works after being partitioned.)
2. Add multiple volumes into a logical volume group to achieve multiple drives. (Currently not possible, requires older versions of diskutil.)
Asked by hello world2020
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Jun 8, 2025, 01:50 PM
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