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View APFS snapshots in Disk Utility on Mac
On your Mac, you can view a list of APFS snapshots, copy information about the snapshots and delete them. An APFS snapshot is a read-only copy of its parent APFS volume, taken at a particular moment in time. An APFS volume can have zero or more associated APFS snapshots.
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View APFS snapshots
In the Disk Utility
app on your Mac, choose View > Show APFS Snapshots.
In the sidebar, select a volume.
The APFS snapshots on the selected volume are listed in a table at the bottom of the window.
To change the columns shown in the table, click the More pop-up menu
, choose Show Columns, then do any of the following:
Add a column: Choose an item you want to display in the table so that a tick appears next to the item.
Remove a column: Choose an item you want to remove from the table so that the tick disappears.
The columns you can add or remove from the table are: XID, UUID, Date Created, Tidemark, Private Size, Cumulative Size and Kind.
To change the order of the columns shown in the table, drag a column heading to the right or left into the order you prefer.
Copy APFS snapshot metadata
In the Disk Utility
app on your Mac, choose View > Show APFS Snapshots.
In the sidebar, select a volume.
The APFS snapshots for the selected volume are listed in a table at the bottom of the window.
Select one or more snapshot rows in the table, click the More pop-up menu
, then choose any of the following:
Copy: Copy table rows (only data shown in the table is copied).
Copy XID: Copy the XID for each selected snapshot.
Copy UUID: Copy the UUID for each selected snapshot
Rename an APFS snapshot
In the Disk Utility
app on your Mac, choose View > Show APFS Snapshots.
In the sidebar, select a volume.
The APFS snapshots for the selected volume are listed in a table at the bottom of the window.
Select a snapshot in the table, click the More pop-up menu
, then choose Rename.
Note: If you rename an APFS snapshot, it may no longer be valid for its intended purpose.
Type a new name, press Return, then follow the on-screen instructions to verify that you want to rename the snapshot.
Delete an APFS snapshot
In the Disk Utility
app on your Mac, choose View > Show APFS Snapshots.
In the sidebar, select a volume.
The APFS snapshots for the selected volume are listed in a table at the bottom of the window.
Select one or more snapshots in the table, then click the Delete Snapshot button
.
When you’ve finished working with snapshots, choose View > Hide APFS Snapshots.