Macintosh HD - Data Icon doesn't appear on my desktop

Richard Everington wrote:

My Macintosh HD - Data Icon doesn't appear on my desk top? How do I get into it? Thx

The macOS reads both the "Macintosh HD" & "Macintosh HD - Data" and presents as 'Macinthosh HD' for simplicity sake.

Introduced in Catalina—

ref: About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina - Apple ...

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210650


Your Data populates the Finder Sidebar.

Your Data is in your Home folder

If you want a HD icon on your Desktop for some reason you can Check

Finder> Preferences>General>Desktop>Hard Disk

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Richard Everington wrote:

Thanks

Good computing Richard Everington ! Onward and upward.