MacFixIt reader Bill reports that performing a reformat of the iPod's hard drive in Apple's Disk Utility (located in Applications/Utilities) can sometimes work as a ...

If you keep a lot of valuable information on your Mac, encrypting it will help you keep the data safe. Apple’s built-in FileVault disk encryption on macOS is an effective way to do this. But what ...

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 ...

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 ...

We previously reported a problem with OS X 10.2.8 (build 6R65) where running Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions on some Beige G3 computers and PowerBook G3 laptops would result in a blank/black ...

Plus in theory you can burn your virtual disk image to an actual disk and store it away off site somewhere. Archive a folder Open the Disk Utility app that came with your Mac. Choose File then New ...

Protecting your computer's data is essential to maintaining your physical and digital privacy. With the increasing amount of sensitive information stored on computer systems, you should take the ...