Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac 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 ...

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 ...

Q. Is there a utility for Apple computers that is like the defrag or chkdsk utilities on Windows? A. The tool Apple has for this is called Disk Utility and you can find it in the Utilities folder ...

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 ...