SSD shows up 3x in disk util. Help needed....

[Mr.Bonehead]

I installed a 1T Samsung SSD in Jan'20, that's been working very smoothly, quickly...
But lately MBA has been slowing down at startup (takes a while after password entered), and atb shut down (takes a while to shut down...

I checked disk utility, and noticed there were multiple entries for the same stick of SSD.
I tried removing the extra 2, but not sure how. Can anyone help??

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello and welcome.

Depending on your version of macOS, you don't want to remove those. You may be seeing the APFS virtual volumes/containers. In Disk Utility, you can toggle the view of the SSD to Show Only Volumes or Show All Devices, by clicking the View button.

Feel free to upload a screen shot, and we'd be happy to review.

C

 

[roskruge]

When using Disk Utility, I do a disk 'First Aid' on all three, starting from the top, so I personally would not hide any volume.