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MacSl0th Author

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How to remove partitions from an external SanDisk Extreme 500GB

Hello,

I recently partitioned the aforementioned SSD using Disk Utility into 3 partitions and one of the partitions isn't working despite mounting and detecting fine. I cannot copy anything. into it although I can seem to reformat it via "partitioning" it again.

I have no data on the drive and am actually trying to just remove all 3 partitions and have the full 500GB available again. I'm running a 2018 Mac mini on 10.15.5.

Please, any info or advise will be most welcome!

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jun 15, 2020 3:42 AM

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dialabrain

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Posted on Jun 15, 2020 5:35 AM

Make sure "Show All Devices" is selected from the Disk Utility "View" menu, select the top level of the drive and click "Erase".

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