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Title: Hands-on with Disk Utility in El Capitan: Tool for storage devices gets a facelift
Post by: HCK on October 03, 2015, 03:00:17 pm
Hands-on with Disk Utility in El Capitan: Tool for storage devices gets a facelift

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Disk Utility hadn’t changed much over the years. The hoary app used for creating logical divisions in disks, applying first aid to ones with data damage, and repairing permissions seemed a thing from a previous age. With El Capitan, Apple has done more than slap on a fresh coat of paint. It has most of the same features, but the interaction and display is entirely different.</p><p>
Expert users may be frustrated and resort to learning the ins and outs of <code>diskutil</code>, the command-line utility available via Terminal that’s always had more switches and controls than the graphical Disk Utility.</p><p>
But for many users who need to make quick and rare trips to this software, it could be an improvement: less frightening, easy to use, and harder to make mistakes.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2987201/operating-systems/hands-on-with-disk-utility-in-el-capitan-tool-for-storage-devices-gets-a-facelift.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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