Disk Utility – The New Hard Disk / SSD Manager on OS X El Capitan

He Captitan OS X It will be released and available at download si installation in just a few hours, and among the most important updates is the new one Disk Utility. Storage manager.

Although the El Capitan Graphics Interface is based on the system YosemiteSome applications default they suffered significant changes. In some of them even held a total redesign of the GUI.

One of the applications that have undergone major changes is Disk Utility. This utility helps us to manage everything related to internal and / or external devices Dedicated data storage and operating system. Hard disk (HDD) internal al Mac, SSD, hard disk-hate external, sdcardATVs and USB drives Stick connected to Mac.

Presentation Disk Utility on OS X El Capitan 10.11

For those who have used this tool on Yosemite, the first thing that "catches their eye" is the completely modified interface. The management functions / buttons have all been moved to the top, in a "menu bar". Storage devices and partitions remained in the bar on the left.

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New options Disk Utilities on the main menu are:

First Aid - check for errors and if possible fix errors on partition, hard diskthe CPC or the storage device selected in the devices list on the left.
Partition – resizing the partitions on diskthe selected This seems very cool to me. Resizing can be done by dragging the mouse or trackpad in the circle on the left.

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Erase - with this option we can format and delete the data on the selected volume.
Mount / Unmount - Mounting / Making storage unit connected to Mac. Hard disk external, data card or USB memory.
Info - with this option we have access to very detailed data about the volume / diskthe selected The occupied space. the free space. total volume, format type, type disk-, connectors and other technical details.

Another novelty a Disk Utility is Detailed graphical presentation of the content on disk. More precisely, in the application we can see exactly how much space it occupies photos, audio files (music) video files (movies) installed applications system and other files.

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Disk Utility is a utility developed by Apple for management disk storage on the systems Mac. The application is installed with the OS X operating system.

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