SanDisk SSD 2TB will not work as a boot disk after using Mac's Disk Utility via Ventura OS upon completion

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SanDisk SSD 2TB will not work as a boot disk after using Mac’s Disk Utility via Ventura OS upon completion.

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HI @rumba,

Have you opened a Support Case? If not opened, for more information, please contact the SD Technical Support team for best assistance and troubleshooting:
https://kb.sandisk.com/app/ask

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What error message did you receive on Mac? Did it say “APFS disks may not be used as bootable install media” ?

If you attempted to install macOS Sierra or earlier, such as Ventura, on an APFS-formatted disk, you are likely to see such an error prompt, since those old versions of macOS don’t support APFS.

To solve the ‘disks may not be used as bootable install media’ error and create a bootable installer successfully, you may try one of the following solutions:

  1. Create a new separate APFS partition on your Mac’s internal hard drive

  2. Format the external disk to HFS+ and use GUID as the Scheme

A related tutorial blog: Fix APFS Disks May Not Be Used As Bootable Install Media Error