How to use Disk Utility on an Apple iMac or Macintosh

Author: Dana Haynes
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http://www.accularian.com/lps/YouTube/ - This short video covers the basics of using Apple's Disk Utility application to erase and partition a hard drive. This is an important lesson to have in your tool box because you will use it every time you buy a new hard drive. Hard Drives are typically formatted with the Windows FAT32 format. A Mac can read that just fine and you can use that if you want to use the disk on both computer operating systems but my preferred method for Mac only use is to format a drive using the information is this tutorial. Here are some keywords that will help people find this lesson more easily... Macintosh Disk Utility Macintosh HSF Format Mac Disk Utility Mac HSF Format GUID Partition Map Apple SSD Apple Disk Utility Apple HSF Format Apple Disk Utility Apple HSF Format Apple Hard Drive Apple Hard Drive Media Apple Hard Drive Apple Hard Drive Media Mac Hard Drive Mac Hard Drive Media Erase a Hard Drive Format a Hard Drive Partition a Hard Drive Disk First Aid Repair Disk Permissions Verify Disk Permissions Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Erase Free Space RAID Restore How to Erase a Hard Drive How to Format a Hard Drive How to Partition a Hard Drive How to Use Disk First Aid How to Repair Disk Permissions How to Verify Disk Permissions Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Erase Free Space

Comments

  1. allah hu al'adeaf
  2. great video! thanks
  3. very clear, very useful. Thanks
  4. okay I have a power mac g4 computer running 10.2 what option would work to use so I can use it on my windows comouter
  5. I tried to reinstall my software and when I got to utilities it asked me to sign in to my Apple ID I put my details in and it keeps telling me iTunes is unavailable?
  6. Hi, Dana,
    I am having trouble with Disk Utility. When I select the disk to erase, it comes up on the format item, but it dimmed. I cannot alter anything. (format, name, or erase) I am not sure what I doing wrong. I am using Mac OS X ver. 10.6.8 -- I am attempting to wipe the hard drive to give it away.
  7. Just what I was looking for! Thx
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  9. Disk Utility changed in El Capitan. What version of the OS are you using?
  10. my disk utility looks different to the one in this video and i don't have a tab called 'new image' - i'm trying to encrypt a folder.
    Any reason why, or if not is there any other way?
  11. Hi Dana,
    could you explain to me Restore option mode. I need to restore a file from my HD.
  12. sorry I am new to apple, I have done till the disk utilities>first aids>show details, but the "clear history,verify disk permissions, verify disk, repair disk permissions and repair disk options aren't coming.Please help as I am new apple user. By the way your explanation is too good. Please help I am in a great trouble as I have demanded my parents to by this and now I am not able to show them its uses as it doesn't support windows.
  13. I want to completely wipe my old SSD that I have replaced my old optical drive with because I have a new 1TB SSD in the hard drive location. But it won't let me erase anything - the erase button is greyed out! I'm not sure what to do...

    I hope someone can help me with this, please.
  14. Hi, you mention that 'in the past' you have spoken about repairing disc permissions. Do you happen to have a link to those past tutorials? I'd be curious to learn about using this utility on my macbook. Thanks you.
  15. Thank you, Dana! Your video helped me a lot! 
  16. Hi, I have a question for you. What is the difference between 251 GB APPLE SSD... and Macintosh HD? are they the same thing?
  17. very good
  18. I have a question. I took my iMac too the Apple store for service and they inadvertently partition my hard drive. When my desktop startup now, I have to logout with one name and sign in with another in order to access what was already on my hard drive prior to the hard drive/DVD repair. I am working on project and need to get some items (copy or moved) from one part of the hard drive to other. i.e a images to create slideshow to add to an iMovie on the other partitioned side. I would prefer to have it unpartitioned but I was told that cannot be done. Worse still is that did not resolve all the original problems I took it in for either. Part of the original problem (among many) was a defect with the hard drive and also Time Machine which corrupted my external hard drive that is now a read only file device and iPhoto along with some iMovie files were affected by it. In the middle of a job I was doing for a client. So now I am trying to create a new project and need what is on the other side of the wall, as it where.
  19. What's the pros and cons for using MS-DOS (FAT) format over Mac OS Extended (journaled)? For instance, If I only use an external hard drive on my mac but decided to format it as MS-DOS (FAT) would I be at any disadvantage?