If I format iPod using disc utility?

I need to use my iPod as a USB deive (temporarily). I was wondering if I format it using disc utility? My question is will I be able to restore iPod software after that? I have all my music and iPod settings backed up.

You don't need to format it. Click here and follow the instructions.
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Cannot format iPod using Disk Utility

My iPod (5th Generation) has been displaying a -48 error for weeks, and i tried to follow the advice to format my iPod using Disk Utility. However, after leaving my iBook 1.2Ghz G4 on over night with Disk Utility erasing it, the little bar was still stuck on partitioning, never moving. What can i do?

try reset in iTunes. Then follow the steps in Jason Creasey's excellent procedure in the long thread ref Code -48. Good luck.

I want to password protect an external dvd. I try using disc utility, but it won't format with encryption as it claims in the Help instructions. I am using Lion. Any ideas?

I want to password protect an external dvd. I try using disc utility, but it won't format with encryption as it claims in the Help instructions. I am using Lion. Any ideas?
Using Disk Utility, I select the disc image that contains the data that I want to backup to a DVD and select Burn. The program asks that a blank DVD be inserted. When I do that, no format pop-up appears as is indicated in the Help instuctions. If I procede with the burn, there is no password protection. Before I converted to Lion, I used to use Disk Utility to burn backup DVDs without any problems.

AFAIK, you create an encrypted disk image and burn that to DVD. There's nothing else to do, but I might be mistaken.

Using Disc Utility to copy my hard drive to a brand new external drive and am having the error "Unable to create...(Cannot allocate memory)".

I'm not very tech savvy but am trying my best to use Disc Utility to copy my hard drive to a brand new external drive and am having the error "Unable to create...(Cannot allocate memory)".
Last night no problems, woke this morning and it was freezing so I forced a restart and got the grey screen with the folder and question mark. Ran off to best buy to get an external drive... Please help! Thank you!

I have done both. When I hold down the "C" key it pauses for a few seconds while the cd spins and then the flashing folder icon appears.
Could be you have the wrong cd/dvd. The mac will only boot a supported cd/dvd for your machine. The flashing question mark indicdates your machine could not find a valid os.
When I hold down the "option" key for the startup manager the cursor comes up and moves but the actually manager doesn't come up no matter how long I leave the laptop on.
Not sure. Could be your machine does not support the startup manager. You would think the machine would ignore the key.
Where did you get the dvd? What is the number on the DVD?
What machine do you have anyway?
This site provides more information, but lacks security.
"A serial number is a unique, identifying number or group of numbers and letters assigned to an individual piece of hardware or software. It's used for various things depending on the product / brand but what is your Mac's serial number for and more importantly... what is it hiding and what can it do for you ?"
http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php
or
This site provides more information, but lacks security too.
"A serial number is a unique, identifying number or group of numbers and letters assigned to an individual piece of hardware or software. It's used for various things depending on the product / brand but what is your Mac's serial number for and more importantly... what is it hiding and what can it do for you ?"
http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html
( hint by K Shaffer )

Using Disc Utility to verify disc error message reccurs

Using Disc Utility to verify disc and after repairs will get another error. Here is the message
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD” Performing live verification. Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume. Checking extents overflow file. Checking catalog file. Check
Mac Pro-10.6.8-2.8ghz-quad core

here is the rest of the message. sorry.
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Invalid volume file count
(It should be 648257 instead of 648258)
Invalid volume directory count
(It should be 197458 instead of 197457)
The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk.

Power Mac G5 2.7Ghz. Only one hard drive, other bay is empty. Can I clone that drive by putting the new empty HDD in the empty bay and use Disc Utility. Have Tiger 10.4.11 and at the moment no internet on that machine. Thanks

Greetings. Power Mac G5 2.7GHz. (Yes, water cooled, but no leaks ...yet!) Tiger 10.4.11 Only one hard drive, the other bay is empty. Can I clone that drive by putting the new empty hard drive in the lower empty bay and use Disc Utility. Currently I do not have this computer on the internet, I assumed it would not matter. (Of course, I am writing this question from a different computer.)

Yes.
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Using Disc Utility to Make a Bootable Clone

Need some help, please.
OS 10.4.6.
I have an external hard drive partitioned to 3 volumes; I back up 3 computers on it to keep off site. Following instructions Kappy has posted, I initially set up as follows:
1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process will take 30 minutes to an hour or more depending upon the drive size.
7. Select the startup volume from the left side list.
8. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
9. Drag the startup volume to the Source entry field.
10. Select the external volume from the leftside list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
11. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Then when I would do a backup of one of the computers, I would essentially follow steps 4 - 11 above: erase and zero out that volume, and also make sure that the "Ignore Privilges" box was unchecked (Get Info) for the external volume I was backing up to (cloning to), and in Disc Utility/Restore, making sure "Erase Destination" is checked.
Also, I have always disabled Spotlight, and clone in Safe Mode (per some help Dr. Smoke has provided).
Had no problems making new clones until today. All 3 clones are at 10.4.6. Went to reclone one of my computers (just to make sure I was 100% current) so I could try 10.4.8, using the above sequence, and at about 3 minutes into the "restore" consistently got an error: "An error occurred (2) while copying. No such file directory."
Well, I erased again and tried again; rebooted and tried a 3rd time and a 4th and kept getting that same message.
Checked the website for the external and no new drivers out there.
Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
I did a CCC just to be safe, but MUCH prefer a Disc Utility clone ( I also have another external I do a Retrospect Duplicate on, but I really want a good solid Disc Utility non incremental, fresh of the hard drive clone).
Thoughts?
iMac CDRW Mac OS X (10.4.6)

For What its worth, here's my Disc Utility Log:
Oct 3 10:19:54: Disk Utility started.
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Determining correct file permissions.
Permissions repair complete
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume
Starting Restore…
Preparing source…
Copying…
An error (2) occurred while copying. (No such file or directory)
Oct 3 10:36:58: Disk Utility started.
Starting Restore…
Preparing source…
Copying…
An error (2) occurred while copying. (No such file or directory)
Preparing to zero disk : “iMac”
Secure Erase completed successfully in 31 minutes.
Preparing to erase : “iMac”
Initialized /dev/rdisk1s12 as a 50 GB HFS Plus volume with a 8192k journal
Mounting Disk
Erase complete.
Oct 3 13:14:34: Disk Utility started.
Name : iMac
Type : Volume
Disk Identifier : disk1s12
Mount Point : /Volumes/iMac
File System : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Connection Bus : FireWire
Partition Type : Apple_HFS
Device Tree : fw/node@48302e2010531/sbp-2@c000/@0:12
Writable : Yes
Universal Unique Identifier : 928B5ADE-157B-3375-835F-2E16048B6B0F
Capacity : 49.6 GB (53,213,077,504 Bytes)
Free Space : 49.5 GB (53,172,117,504 Bytes)
Used : 34.6 MB (36,241,408 Bytes)
Number of Files : 2
Number of Folders : 3
Owners Enabled : Yes
Can Turn Owners Off : Yes
Can Repair Permissions : No
Can Be Verified : Yes
Can Be Repaired : Yes
Can Be Formatted : Yes
Bootable : Yes
Supports Journaling : Yes
Journaled : Yes
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
Disk Number : 1
Partition Number : 12
Starting Restore…
You must authenticate in order to restore.
Starting Restore…
Preparing source…
Copying…
An error (2) occurred while copying. (No such file or directory)
Oct 3 13:27:38: Disk Utility started.
Oct 3 13:28:01: Disk Utility started.
Preparing to erase : “iMac”
Initialized /dev/rdisk1s12 as a 50 GB HFS Plus volume with a 8192k journal
Mounting Disk
Erase complete.
Starting Restore…
Preparing source…
Copying…
An error (2) occurred while copying. (No such file or directory)
Oct 3 13:49:36: Disk Utility started.
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Determining correct file permissions.
Permissions repair complete
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume
Preparing to zero disk : “iMac”
Secure Erase completed successfully in 30 minutes.
Preparing to erase : “iMac”
Initialized /dev/rdisk1s12 as a 50 GB HFS Plus volume with a 8192k journal
Mounting Disk
Erase complete.
Preparing to erase : “iMac”
Initialized /dev/rdisk1s12 as a 50 GB HFS Plus volume with a 8192k journal
Mounting Disk
Erase complete.
Starting Restore…
Preparing source…
Copying…
An error (2) occurred while copying. (No such file or directory)
Oct 3 15:49:25: Disk Utility started.
Preparing to erase : “iMac”
Initialized /dev/rdisk1s12 as a 50 GB HFS Plus volume with a 8192k journal
Mounting Disk
Erase complete.
Preparing to zero disk : “iMac”
Secure Erase completed successfully in 31 minutes.
Preparing to erase : “iMac”
Initialized /dev/rdisk1s12 as a 50 GB HFS Plus volume with a 8192k journal
Mounting Disk
Erase complete.
Verifying volume “iMac”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume iMac appears to be OK.
Mounting Disk
1 HFS volume checked
Volume passed verification
Preparing to secure free space : “iMac”
Creating Temporary File
Securely erasing file
Secure Erase Free Space stopped after 36 seconds.
0.5% complete.
Erase complete.
Starting Restore…
Preparing source…
Copying…
An error (2) occurred while copying. (No such file or directory)

How can I reformat my Mac Book Pro without using disc utility? My laptop keeps crashing, and needs to have everything reinstalled, but disc utility will no longer open, saying it 'quit unexpectedly'. I'm running Mac OS X10.6.8. I've lost install CD.

My laptop keeps crashing. This seems to happen only when it's streaming from sites such as Netflix, YouTube or Spotify.
Also, it stopped being able to run iTunes, and can't download Yosemite.
I want to wipe it and reinstall everything - I've already done a full back up.
The problem is disc utility will no longer open, saying it 'quit unexpectedly':
I'm running Mac OS X10.6.8 and I've lost install CD.
I have no idea what to do, but need to get this sorted as quickly as possible as I need my laptop for work.

Even if you could open Disk Utility you can't reformat a disk while you are booted from it. You will have to use the install CD. Ring the Apple Online Store at the number given at bottom left of this page and give them the serial number of your Mac. You should be able to get the Snow Leopard install disks for a nominal fee.

Can you restore an iPod using Disk Utility?

I put a new hard drive in my 1st gen iPod.
It still shows up in iTunes and music can be transferred over, but when disconnected the iPod shows a folder and exclamation mark so I can't navigate to / listen to any music.
As it's first gen ipod I can't get it to restore or update via iTunes - no options show up to restore or update the software.
Is there any other way I can restore or update the iPod - via disk utility or some other means?
I do have a back up of all the original files that were on the iPod hard drive before I swapped it over.

Hi - thanks, but unless I'm reading the article wrong that won't work for me because you need to use iTunes to restore the iPod and I can't do this - as it's a 1st gen iPod it will only sync with an old version of iTunes and the 'update' and 'restore' tabs don't appear.
So, I'm looking for a way to restore the iPod without having to use iTunes.

Can there be help for formatted Ipod using windows by mistake?

I recently reformatted using windows by mistake. I read through this board and tried the putting Ipod in disc mode, opened Ipod updater, attached Ipod when prompted and reformatted. It would start to reset to factory settings then stop and give a write to disc failure notification. I have the 30 gig Ipod (video). Please help!!

Disk cannot be Written Too -
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Restore Mackintosh formatted ipod using windows vista

Upon attempting to restore ipod using latest Itunes, I am informed that "Itunes could not contactthe Ipod software update server because you are not connected to the internet" - there is no difficulty with my internet connection.
Has anyone else had the same problem ?

"Itunes could not contact the Ipod software update server because you are not connected to the internet"
Yes, that's a known issue. If you've got XP, see the following document:
[iTunes for Windows: iTunes cannot contact the iPod or iPhone software update server|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1814]
... if you've got Vista, see:
[iTunes for Windows Vista: iTunes cannot contact the iPod or iPhone software update server|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2367]

Trying to use Disc Utility to copy a disc. What is "unattached disc file" and status "not mounted"

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As your Internet Service Providor is Cable follow this link
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Partitioning my iPod using Disk Utility help?

Hi there.
I'm trying to partition my iPod so I can back up some stuff (I lack an external HD) but every time I click on the partition tab I get "Disk Utility has lost its connection with the disc management tool and cannot continue"
Yes, I've completely deleted iTunes and all those pkg. files, still doesn't work. I've honestly no idea what to do next! It's driving me mental.
Please help, thanks!

I don't know if you are aware that partitioning the iPod means it loses it's ability to play music?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA26466?viewlocale=en_US
You can store files on the iPod without the need to partition by simply enabling disk use. Although I would caution that the iPod is not really a reliable enough device for long term back up purposes.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1478?viewlocale=en_US

If I erase my hard drive using disc utility, can I safely donate my computer without my data being used?

I would like to donate my computer without my data being stolen or compromised! Is it safe to wipe the hard drive with disk utility?

Yes, but do not forget to zero all data (even better, several times). See the article below.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1820
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Blue screen - can't use disc utility

My 2012 Macbook Pro won't start up and has a blank screen after doing the mac tune with the apple logo. I tried starting up with command R keys held down and then again with Option key held down to get to the recovery HD and then it gave me a blue screen both times.
I have pulled out all peripherals however in September last year I had the dvd drive replaced (as it wasn't working) with a Sony Apple SATA DVD drive. Don't know how to get around this.
Before it broke down yesterday the hard drive fan was running quite hot and loud.
Anything else I can try?

Try these directions:
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH14061?locale=en_GB
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