Hi Jonathan, Thanks for the information.
Looks like I need to poke around some more. Bob > On Dec 5, 2020, at 10:03 PM, Jonathan Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: > > BigSir has done things in a different way from all earlier os's. The main > system is a snapshot that is readonly and very hard protected. If you look at > Macintosh HD< you should see two volumes within it, one the system volume and > the other data. I expect you can only change the data one. Also, you might > want to temporarily turn off System Integrity Protection. Do some googling. > Or you might just want to create a new user if it is user settings that are > causing issues. > The other option I can think of is to use a USB or connected external drive > with a BigSir installer on it. I have actually been able to boot my a > Macintosh from a time machine drive to do major work, but that was with > Catalina, so things might have changed. > Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On Dec 4, 2020, at 13:08, Robert Hill <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I installed Big Sur on my MacBook Pro when it first came out. >> >> I was having some issues that I was hoping to resolve by erasing my drive >> and starting over. >> >> When I went into disk utilities, I wasn't able to erase my drive, that >> option was dimmed out. >> >> So I went into recovery mode hoping to do the same thing. >> Same results. >> >> Where should I look to enable writing to the drive to try and get things >> straightened out. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Bob Hill >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> and your owner is Cara Quinn - you >> can reach Cara at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/3306A7D1-EA51-4FF3-9EAB-55BF2CC1B2B5%40gmail.com. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/702BE524-2368-4044-B10E-6CC47AC755A2%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/702BE524-2368-4044-B10E-6CC47AC755A2%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/9208E4FA-2747-48EB-8882-2124D0518E91%40gmail.com.
