Disk Utility
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Disk Utility is a built-in macOS application used to manage disks and storage devices, including formatting, partitioning, repairing volumes, and creating disk images.
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
disk management tool
ⓘ
macOS application ⓘ |
| accessibleFrom |
Applications/Utilities folder
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macOS Recovery environment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canCreate |
compressed disk images
ⓘ
encrypted disk images ⓘ read-only disk images ⓘ sparse bundle disk images ⓘ sparse disk images ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| firstAppearedIn | Mac OS X 10.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
APFS container and volume management
ⓘ
First Aid volume repair ⓘ RAID creation and management (legacy OS X) ⓘ erase free space (legacy OS X) ⓘ partition map editing ⓘ restore from disk image ⓘ |
| includedWith | macOS installation ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
OS X
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
macOS ⓘ |
| platform |
Apple silicon Macs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Intel-based Macs ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Disk Copy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Drive Setup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
check S.M.A.R.T. status of drives
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create disk images ⓘ erase disks ⓘ format volumes ⓘ manage RAID sets (legacy OS X) ⓘ manage disks and storage devices ⓘ mount and unmount volumes ⓘ partition disks ⓘ repair disk permissions (legacy OS X) ⓘ restore volumes from images ⓘ verify and repair volumes ⓘ |
| replacedBy | APFS-related command-line tools ⓘ |
| supportsDeviceType |
CDs and DVDs (legacy OS X)
ⓘ
Thunderbolt drives ⓘ disk images (.dmg) ⓘ external USB drives ⓘ internal hard drives ⓘ solid-state drives ⓘ |
| supportsEncryption |
AES-128
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
AES-256 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsFileSystem |
APFS
NERFINISHED
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FAT32 ⓘ HFS+ NERFINISHED ⓘ MS-DOS (FAT) NERFINISHED ⓘ NTFS (read-only by default) ⓘ exFAT ⓘ |
| usedFor |
preparing disks for macOS installation
ⓘ
securely erasing data (legacy OS X) ⓘ troubleshooting disk-related issues ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
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