(Disk Utility, with the Partition button highlighted)Īs you can see above, I’ve gone ahead and clicked on the drive named “Fusion Drive” - it’s currently partitioned into one big volume called “Macintosh HD”. If it’s not currently highlighted, it’s because Disk Utility usually shows the current Mac volume information, not the Mac disk information. The partition tool is one of six buttons at the top of the Disk Utility window (see image below). Or, since you’re running macOS Sierra, you can just click on the Siri icon and say “Launch Disk Utility”. Next, there’s a keyboard shortcut to get to the Utilities folder - Command + Shift + U from the Finder. First, one can go to Finder > Go > Utilities, then double-click on the Disk Utility icon.
During the macOS Sierra beta, my “test machine” was partitioned with Mac OS X El Capitan on one partition and macOS Sierra beta on another.ĭisk Utility can be launched several different ways. Running beta operating systems in their own boot partition.At startup, it’s possible to select which operating system is to be loaded. When using Apple’s Boot Camp environment, two partitions are set up - one for macOS, the other for Microsoft Windows. Creating a multi-boot setup, with different operating systems on the same computer.Separating macOS and application files from user files, which means that clones of the operating system and apps can be made separate of the documents created by the Mac.
So why would you want to divide a drive into two or more partitions?
Partitioning is usually done before installation of an operating system in most cases, Apple and other computer manufacturers tend to leave the drive as one big partition. Partitioning a drive essentially breaks it up into distinct, named regions so that an operating system like macOS can manage information in each of those regions separately.
In this article, we’ll take a look at how to partition and erase drives using macOS Sierra’s updated Disk Utility. While we got into the details of how to verify or repair disks using Disk Utility, we didn’t cover the new partitioning tool.
To install macOS High Sierra ► restart computer ► hold the Option (ALT) key and select Installation USB drive from the menu.At the end of September, the Rocket Yard gave you the scoop on the new version of Disk Utility that is now in macOS Sierra. Your macOS High Sierra installation USB drive is ready for use. You will also have to copy BaseSystem.chunklist and BaseSystem.dmg files from Install macOS High Sierra.app package to root of USB flash drive (OS X Base System).Īnd that's it. Open InstallESD volume in Finder, select Packages folder and copy them to System/Installation folder on USB drive (OS X Base System). Select the USB drive from the list of disks, click on Restore icon and use OS X Base System option as a source. Navigate to Contents/SharedSupport ► Mount InstallESD.dmg file and BaseSystem.dmg fileĬonnect USB drive and open Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities) Now Open Finder ► Applications ► Install macOS High Sierra.app ► right click ► Select Show Package Contents option. This command allows you to view hidden files in Finder. Create macOS High Sierra installation USB flash drive with Disk Utility and Finderĭefaults write AppleShowAllFiles 1 & killall Finder To install macOS High Sierra ► restart computer ► hold the Option (ALT) key and select Installation USB drive from the menu. Wait a few minutes until your macOS High Sierra installation USB drive will be ready.
In our case "Untitled" is the name of USB flash drive! Replace "Untitled" by name of your flash drive. Sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia -volume /Volumes/Untitled -applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app -nointeraction &say Done The createinstallmedia is a command line tool, which allows users to simply create installation drive, distributed with macOS High Sierra installer.Īfter you have prepared your USB flash drive and downloaded the macOS High Sierra Installer from the App Store, open the Terminal and type command: The minimal capacity of USB drive must be of at least 8 GB.Ĭreate macOS Sierra installation USB flash drive with createinstallmedia tool If you did not already, you will have to format the USB drive with GUID Partition Table scheme selected and name it as Untitled. Prepare a USB flash drive with the Apple Disk Utility.