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Boot disk layout in macOS Monterey

In Monterey, these haven’t changed much since Big Sur. However, those small differences are significant, particularly on M1 Macs.

December 16, 2021 Macs, Technology

Juggling with HFS+ and APFS partitions and volumes: a primer

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The differences between HFS+ and APFS volumes explored. What a container is, and how to add new HFS+ and APFS volumes to a disk.

October 12, 2021 Macs, Technology

Inside the file system: 4 Summary and references

Disk structure diagrammed for comparison, from the partition table, to HFS+ and APFS volumes, with further references.

October 10, 2020 Macs, Technology

Inside the file system: 3 APFS containers and volumes

What you need to know about the APFS file system, its containers and volumes, so you can understand errors and how to repair them.

October 8, 2020 Macs, Technology

Inside the file system: 1 Disks and partitions

What you need to know about disk formatting using the GUID Partition Table (GPT) to understand its problems and how to repair it.

October 6, 2020 Macs, Technology

What does Disk Utility’s First Aid really check in Catalina?

Apple says that if you run First Aid on a disk, each of its volumes is checked too. Is that really true?

October 3, 2020 Macs, Technology

Imaging APFS storage in Disk Utility, and size of the VM volume

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Disk Utility can’t image APFS volumes, and normally returns an error if you try to image a container. Here’s the workaround.

September 18, 2020 Macs, Technology

Where did all that free space go on my APFS disk?

The volume should only be half full, but installers and other software complains there’s insufficient free space. What to do.

April 9, 2020 Macs, Technology

When should you use APFS Containers, Volumes, and Folders?

There isn’t as much choice in HFS+: you have just two devices for dividing a disk, volumes and […]

October 7, 2019 Macs, Technology

Hitting the limits of APFS is both easy and confusing

What’s the minimum size of a container, or a volume, in APFS? The answer can range from 1.05 MB up to 167.8 MB, it appears.

August 12, 2019 Macs, Technology

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