Apple's built-in disk management utility for the mac. Erases, formats, and restores volumes and drives.
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Restoring User from Compressed Disk Image
Is it possible to restore a user's account and home folder from a compressed disk image of the Macintosh HD? The image was created using Disk Utility.
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What is the difference between a “sparse disk image” and a “sparse bundle disk image”?
What are the differences between sparse and sparse bundle disk images?
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can't partition hard drive
I tried to make a partition on my macbook for windows. I was unable to do so, because, apparently, the hard-drive has been damaged. Since I do not have osx installation cd, I tried to recover using 1) ...
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Can't format an external HDD :Error: -9944: File system formatter failed
I have MacOs 10.6.6 and a Western Digital external 2.5'' HDD USB 3.0 pre-formatted to NTFS. I try to format the drive do HSF+ with DiskUtility program, but it says:
Error: -9944: File system formatter ...
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Bootcamp and Windows 7 - Mounting the .iso onto a blank DVD-R
So im trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate via Bootcamp on my Macbook Pro 13"....Managed to partition the HDD but for some reason whenever I click install, the Macbook restarts and I'm met with a ...
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HFS on Snow Leopard read only
Snow Leopard seems to have dropped support for the HFS (not HFS+) filesystem in Disk Utility. I have an HFS disk image that I created on a Leopard system. In Snow Leopard, this disk image is read ...
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I have 21.5GB free. Why won't my MacBook Air 2010 let me use Boot Camp?
I'm trying to install Windows 7 on my MBA, 2010.
I open up Boot Camp and attempt to use it, but after the first screen it comes up with an error saying it can't install unless theirs 10GB of free ...
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Can Disk Utility format an SD card with FAT32?
In the pulldown for "Format", there are only the following options (other than various Mac OS Extended variations): MS-DOS (FAT) and ExFAT.
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Software update never completes
I have an eMac (PPC G4) with 512 MB RAM, running 10.5.8. When I run Software Update, the "Checking for new software..." process never completes. I have tried deleting my ...
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“Not enough space” on partitioning?
I have a 320GB harddrive with 95GB free. I boot to a 10.5 disk, open disk utility, and add a 40GB partition. Halfway through the progress bar, though, it tells me that there's not enough space. I'm ...
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Macbook: Flashing Folder with Question Mark At Startup
So, I've been hearing a clicking sound coming from my macbook for about a week now. The last few days the system has just been locking itself up when I try to type anything.
Now, at startup I see ...
