New version of Disk Utility can fix "overlapped extent allocation" errors As noted in Knowledge Base article #25770, the version of Disk Utility (10.5.1) included with Mac OS X 10.4.2 can fixed ...

It appears that, under Mac OS X 10.5.6, Disk Utility seems to have a few quirks, namely a glitch in which it does not properly format some drives. Many users have attached both external and internal ...

Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac A good way to separate your data is to partition your Mac hard drive. A partition splits your storage into two spaces, like putting a trunk divider in your car. The ...

hello, all,<BR><BR>we've seen a number of threads here about the different disk utilities available for OS X, but there hasn't been an attempt to centralize all the information, tips, and horror ...

THE SET UP:<BR><BR>I have a Mac Pro with two internal hard drives. The first one is partitioned, with a Windows Vista partition and an OS X partition containing the OS, all apps, etc. (The second hard ...

Repair Disk isn’t the first option you should choose if your Mac is ailing, but it is helpful when (for example): Performance has degraded Data is missing You are experiencing degraded system ...

Mac OS X’s included Disk Utility may be more flexible than you think. One enterprising Mac user named Daniel Blade Olson has managed to craft together a RAID system using, of all things, a series of ...

Mac OS X Mountain Lion gives users several ways to access the Terminal and three common options for formatting a hard drive. You can launch Terminal within Mac OS X to format hard drives currently not ...