Disk Utility - where?

I have a problem with my separate hard drive, how do I access (without a disk) Disk Utility? where is it please

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  • Airport Disk Utility- where is it?

    Hey gang-
    I just bought an external USB drive to connect to my new Gigabit Airport Extreme, so experimenting with AirDisk for the first time. I kept seeing references to "Airport Disk Utility" in some messages, but I realize now I don't have it. I'm running Leopard 10.5.6 and the latest Airport Utility and Airport firmware. I looked in my Utilities and Applications folder and searched Spotlight as well. I ran the Airport installer disk as well when I first bought it. I definitely don't have it.
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    Dave

    OK, so that answers one question. I just bought a USB hard drive and have connected it to my Airport Extreme and it was not automatically mounting. Found articles in Apple Support directing me to this utility which did not exist on my computer (Macbook Pro).
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    What I did with the drive was first connect it directly, then I partitioned it using default settings (Extended/Journaled, I believe) and what I'd love to see is one of the partitions automatically mount when I am connected to this network. Is that possible? I’d rather not have to do it manually every time.

  • DISK UTILITY - WHERE DO I FIND IT?

    I have a Mac mini. I need to run the disk utility. The mini was bought with OS X 10.4 installed and come with a disk to upgrade to 10.5 which I did. I now need to run Disk Utlity but the original, 10.4, start-up disk asks me to decide if I wish to revert to 10.4 while the upgrade disk looks as though it is going to re-install 10.5.
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    1. Insert your Mac OS X Install DVD, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
    2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
    3. Click the First Aid tab.
    4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
    5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
    6. Click Repair.
    If you repair errors run it until no errors found.
    -mj

  • In Disk Utility, WHERE is "Volume Scheme List"?

    In Disk Utility, I need to change the "Volume Scheme" from the Volume Scheme pop-up menu, as listed clearly in the Disk Utility help files, from whatever it is now to a "GUID Partition Method." (Mac OS X 10.8.4)
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    I am screwed until I get an answer to this problem.
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    Then boot from your backup drive if you can instead of from an installer disc. Once you've partitioned and formatted the new drive you can clone your backup to it:
    Clone Lion/Mountain Lion using Restore Option of Disk Utility
    Boot to the Recovery HD:
    Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
         1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu then press the Continue
             button.
         2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
         3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
         4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it
             to the Destination entry field.
         5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
             the Source entry field.
         6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
    Destination means the new drive. Source means the old drive.
    If your backup was is a Time Machine backup using Mountain Lion 10.8.2 or later, then it should be bootable using OPTION booting:
    Boot Using OPTION key:
      1. Restart the computer.
      2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the
          "OPTION" key.
      3. Release the key when the boot manager appears.
      4. Select the desired disk icon from which you want to boot.
      5. Click on the arrow button below the icon.

  • Disk utility can't repair this disk.... Is it still possible to back up my files?

    I was just on Word earlier and the mac crashed, I restarted it and it wouldn't load past the grey screen. I then used my install disc to go into disk utility, where it tried to verify and repair my Macintosh HD but failed to do both. I don't know what's cause this but more importantly I need to know where it's still possible to back up my files without having to purchase Disk Warrior. If I was to take it to the Apple store, what would they suggest?
    I don't know what my operating system is, I recently did a system update last week I believe if that means anything?
    Thanks for your time
    Luke

    Okay thanks Thomas Reed, it's a shame this has happened. It was so sudden...one minute I'm typing on word, the next minute it's broke beyond repair?
    It's peculiar how it says Disk Ultility can't repair the drive but to try and back up your files...when it's actually impossible to do so without any software. I'm assuming things like creating a new image etc. won't help at all.
    I'm hoping the Apple Store people will be able to help me out, I've heard DiskWarrior is good so I may check that out.

  • Disk Utility (Zero Out)

    I'm looking to Zero out my HD and I've gone into Disk Utility where I have something that looks like this:
    *HD IMAGE* 232.9 GB ST#######AS Q Media
    *HD IMAGE* B1U3B0Y (this one is tabbed in a bit.. kinda like a sub menu..)
    Do I want to Zero out the top one or the one below it?
    Thanks for your help!

    The top one is the drive, the other is the volume on the drive (if the drive is partitioned, there cane be more than one volume). Since you have only one volume, it doesn't make much difference whether you select the dive or volume.

  • Where are the "backups"-files listed in the disk utility program come from?

    Hi community,
    I recently tried to "tidy up" my macbook air and wondered why there is so much HD-space occupied by "backups". My disk utility program shows almost 15 GB of "backups", although I use a USB-HD for time machine backup (which works fine). Where do these files come from? Do I need them? How to delete them?
    Thanks for helping!

    Welcome to Apple Support Communities
    Lion and Mountain Lion create local snapshots on MacBooks, MacBooks Air and MacBooks Pro with Time Machine activated > http://pondini.org/TM/30.html
    Time Machine will delete them automatically when the hard drive gets full, so you should leave this as it is. If you want, you can turn them off or delete them, but you don't need this. Also, some tasks may turn them on

  • Hi, how do I manage storage? Disk Utility says "other" is taking up most of my storage but I don't know where to find "other".  Please help!

    Hi, how do I manage storage? Disk Utility says “other” is taking up most of my storage but I don’t know where to find “other".  Please help!

    For information about the Other category in the Storage display, see this support article. If the Storage display seems to be inaccurate, try rebuilding the Spotlight index.
    Empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash first:
              iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
    Do the same in other applications, such as Aperture, that have an internal Trash feature. Then restart the computer. That will temporarily free up some space.
    According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation—not the mythical 10%, 15%, or any other percentage. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of the data. There is little or no performance advantage to having more available space than the minimum Apple recommends. Available storage space that you'll never use is wasted space.
    When Time Machine backs up a portable Mac, some of the free space will be used to make local snapshots, which are backup copies of recently deleted files. The space occupied by local snapshots is reported as available by the Finder, and should be considered as such. In the Storage display of System Information, local snapshots are shown as  Backups. The snapshots are automatically deleted when they expire or when free space falls below a certain level. You ordinarily don't need to, and should not, delete local snapshots yourself. If you followed bad advice to disable local snapshots by running a shell command, you may have ended up with a lot of data in the Other category. Ask for instructions in that case.
    See this support article for some simple ways to free up storage space.
    You can more effectively use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) or GrandPerspective (GP) to explore the volume and find out what's taking up the space. You can also delete files with it, but don't do that unless you're sure that you know what you're deleting and that all data is safely backed up. That means you have multiple backups, not just one. Note that ODS only works with OS X 10.8 or later. If you're running an older OS version, use GP.
    Deleting files inside a photo or iTunes library will corrupt the library. Changes to such a library must be made from within the application that created it. The same goes for Mail files.
    Proceed further only if the problem isn't solved by the above steps.
    ODS or GP can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To see everything, you have to run it as root.
    Back up all data now.
    If you have more than one user account, make sure you're logged in as an administrator. The administrator account is the one that was created automatically when you first set up the computer.
    Install the app you downloaded in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
    Triple-click anywhere in the corresponding line of text below on this page to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
    sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper 2>&-
    sudo /Applications/GrandPerspective.app/Contents/MacOS/GrandPerspective 2>&-
    Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
    ☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
    Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator. Ignore any other messages that appear in the Terminal window.
    The application window will open, eventually showing all files in all folders, sorted by size. It may take a few minutes for the app to finish scanning.
    I don't recommend that you make a habit of doing this. Don't delete anything as root. If something needs to be deleted, make sure you know what it is and how it got there, and then delete it by other, safer, means. When in doubt, leave it alone or ask for guidance.
    When you're done with the app, quit it and also quit Terminal.

  • "/" symbol where my disk should be mounted in disk utility.

    I have a "/" symbol where my disk should be mounted in disk utility. I was just wondering if this is normal. I feel like it used to be a bunch of numbers and letters (probably saying where my disk was mounted). I have been having a bunch of hardware and CPU issues and maybe this could be why?

    diskutil list:
    /dev/disk0
       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
       2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            499.2 GB   disk0s2
       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
    /dev/disk1
       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
       0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *16.1 MB    disk1
       1:        Apple_partition_map                         32.3 KB    disk1s1
       2:                  Apple_HFS Flash Player            16.1 MB    disk1s2
    Diskutil cs
    No CoreStorage logical volume groups found
    Mount:
    /dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
    devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
    map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
    map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)

  • What & where to get version of disk utility to use for mac os x 10.6.3?

    i recently installed snow leopard to my macbook 13 inch and wanted to reformat my usb flash drive and external buffalo mini station. the disk utility cannot be used. the computer said i cant use this version of disk utility with mac os x snow leopard coz i have disk utility version 11.1.
    what now? can somebody please advice what version of disk utility to get and where to get it.
    thanks.
    gina

    You either messed up the install or you subsequently copied an older version of Disk Utility from another machine, an old backup or the like. It's hard to know exactly what happened, but without more info I would view your system as potentially compromised and would recommend reinstalling it. Just run the installer and install on top of the system you have currently installed. It'll replace all the system components and leave everything else alone. (Of course, it should go without saying that you should have a good set of backups before doing anything like this.)

  • HT1782 Disk Utility tells me my disk can be repaired  by "Recovery HD" Where is it?

    I am trying to partition the HD.
    I have burned the DVD to do this.
    When I try "Install", the installation disc cant be found.
    Using Disk Util. I am unable to veryify the disk and the instructions state
    that if the disck cant be verified, then it can be repaired by "Recovery HD"
    Where is this utility?

    If you are using OSX 10.7 Lion, you will get a faster and more experienced response by posting on the Lion forum.  This is the Tiger forum for Macs running a 6 year old operating system. If you are using Lion (which has a specific recovery partition vs. Tiger which does not) then we can request your post be moved.

  • DIsk Utility fail: Where are the "temporary back up files" ?

    I was running out of space on my hard drive, so i freed up 50G by backing up and then deleting some photo and video files. I thought, like on a PC, i could run the disk utility to "erase free space" (and possible give me even more free G's) but it got stuck near the end, saying there was no longer enough disc space to continue. I deleted some more files, but it didn't help. Now my hard drive is COMPLETELY FULL (when I use inspector, it literally says "Available: Zero KB"). I think disk utility was making a temporary backup file, and that's what used up all of my free space (although I might be wrong), and sinbce it didnt finish the job, the files are still on the computer taking up unnecessary space. But now i have no idea where all of those files are! Where should they be stored? I need to free up some space ASAP! I'm a Graphic Designer, and I need this computer for work, asap.
    Is there perhaps a free program that will show me a full look at my HD space, and say which files are taking up the most space, so that I can delete -or back up- accordingly? Or maybe one that will delete unnecessary cached files or something.... I'm in panic mode!
    Thank you so much in advance for your time and help!

    Sarah CMac wrote:
    I dont understand how to carry out the action that the article mentions. I dont know where to find "/var/root/Library/Caches" no do i know what to do with "sudo rm -f /var/root/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/*"
    This is serious greek. Can you explain what I should do with this information, please?
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    In Terminal, the prompt looks like this: user-xxxxxx:~ <your name>$
    (where <your name> is your short user name). It's followed by a non-blinking block cursor.
    Copy the following after the prompt:
    sudo rm -f /var/root/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/*
    and press Return. It should then ask for your Admin password (which won't be displayed). Press Return again.
    There may or may not be any messages displayed; you'll know it's done when you see the prompt again.

  • HT203161 When turn on computer just get envelope with ? so did a internet recovery.   If I pick install mac os x lion it is blank where you pick where you want to install.  When I go to disk utility everything grayed out under the tabs

    When I turn on computer just get envelope with ?, so did an internet recovery.   If I select reinstall mac os x (it is nac os x lion), it is blank where you pick where you want to install, nothing to pick.   If I go to disk utility, to the left it lists "mac os x base system", but if I click on any of the tabs it is all grayed out.

    Your HDD needs to be replaced.  It apparently is dead.
    Ciao.

  • Where does Disk Utility define NFS mounts?

    Hi, I used to use Disk Utility to define a NFS mount point for my Drobo, but then I sold the Drobo and deleted the mount point from Disk Utility.  However, my system.log file shows that rpc.statd is trying to find the Drobo once every hour still.  I double checked and there is nothing listed in auto_master, so the only place I can think of that Disk Utility defines the mounts within is Directory Services but I can't find where.  Does anyone know where Disk Utility defines NFS mounts and how I can clear it out?

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  • TS2176 my mac disk utility option is not showing drive where to install

    my mac disk utility option is not showing drive where to install

    Sadly, it sounds like the drive has died if it isn't  showing there, but on the off chance it's just really messed up...
    "Try Disk Utility
    1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
    2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
    *Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
    3. Click the First Aid tab.
    4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
    5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
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