Of course, you can use Disk Utility for many other things, such as mounting or unmounting disks, creating a partition of your disk, and erasing or formatting your disks completely, among other things.īut for the sake of this post, we’ll only show you how you can use it to scan your Mac’s disks-whether they’re internal or external hard drives-for problems and how you can try to fix them. From apps shutting down unexpectedly to your Mac failing to function altogether. These problems can hurt your Mac in many different ways. With a feature called First Aid, your Mac scans internal or external disks to find problems related to their formating or directory structure.
What Is Disk Utility?ĭisk Utility, much like Apple Diagnostics, is a built-in Mac program that lets you detect and try to repair problems related to your Mac’s disks. We’ve already seen how you can use the Diagnostic Tool if your Mac is having problems, but you can also use Disk Utility for other software-related issues.
Fortunately, your Mac has programs (to try) to fix itself.
