The biggest names in data recovery software require subscriptions, which seems wasteful given you should only need these apps ...

OS X’s Disk Utility—which enables you to format, partition, repair, and perform other kinds of maintenance on disks (including SSDs, flash drives, and disk images)—is good for what it does. Yet for ...

A handful of macOS apps let you make near-exact copies of your Mac's storage devices, which can be handy for backing up in case of a data emergency. Sometimes it's handy to make a full, complete, ...

Disk Utility is Apple's go-to macOS app for finding and repairing common disk errors, but if it's your Mac's internal disk that's the problem, then your Mac might not even start up into macOS.

A good way to separate your data is to partition your Mac hard drive. A partition splits your storage into two spaces, like putting a trunk divider in your car. The most common use case is to install ...

Disk partitions can be a good way to keep personal and system data separate or useful if you want to run Windows alongside macOS. Setting them up can be a bit tricky, so it’s a good idea to use ...

MacOptimizer keeps your Mac in top shape. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals No matter how great you are at updating your Mac and closing all your windows, you’ll inevitably run into some performance issues now ...

Repair Disk isn’t the first option you should choose if your Mac is ailing, but it is helpful when (for example): Performance has degraded Data is missing You are experiencing degraded system ...