This question

I'd like answers to form something like:

• a shortlist of things that appear illogical or impossible in Disk Utility.

I'll seed at least one answer to exemplify what I have in mind.

For some of the things mentioned, there will be answers elsewhere in Stack Exchange – so here, commentary may be minimal.

Background

Maybe more noticeable with Mountain Lion than with Lion:

1. some capabilities that are integral to the operating system are misrepresented or impossible within Disk Utility
2. some capabilities that are added by third part software are misrepresented within Disk Utility

… and so on.

Recall that features such as Core Storage and FileVault 2 are relatively new, and without native support in Snow Leopard, so let's be gentle in our observations – for any peculiarity, assume that an overriding mantra of 'first do no harm' is applied by Apple.

Beyond this question

A redesign of Disk Utility, by Apple, is desirable but that will be beyond the scope of Ask Different so please: no design suggestions here.

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