It's easy to check your Mac storage with these two simple methods. Here's how to check Mac storage via "About This Mac" and ...

We previously noted several limitations of Mac OS X 10.3's Disk Utility, which is supposed to replicate much of the functionality present in Mac OS X 10.2's Disk Copy. Among the noted limitations are ...

New version of Disk Utility can fix "overlapped extent allocation" errors As noted in Knowledge Base article #25770, the version of Disk Utility (10.5.1) included with Mac OS X 10.4.2 can fixed ...

You can turn any Mac folder into a disk image to lock its contents behind a password. Here's how to password protect your ...

Practically everyone has files or folders they keep on their Mac that they don't want anyone else to access. AppleInsider explains how to keep these files secure by turning a folder into a protected ...

I'm running Snow Leopard v10.6.8 on a Mac Book Pro 13" that I received for Christmas last year. Everything is fine with this computer but a couple weeks ago I went to open Disk utility because I ...

In last week’s column, I explained the use and benefit (and some of the drawbacks) of turning on full-disk encryption (FDE) with Apple’s built-in FileVault 2. Readers had a few questions—I answered ...

Hey all, thanks in advance for any help here. I have a 2012 Mac Mini acting as a media server / storage repository / Time Machine target / etc. that has long since reached the end of its service life.

A hiccup gave me the opportunity to create my own bootable drive using the latest version of DiskWarrior Recovery Maker (v1.1), a three-minute process. I tested DiskWarrior's three main functions. S.M ...