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2039 points Gadiguibou | 3 comments | | HN request time: 0.758s | source
1. codetrotter ◴[] No.36494442[source]
Shoutout to the `diskutil` command line utility on macOS.

I had problems with some slices on a disk today, and was not able to fix it with the graphical Disk Utility that comes with macOS. These slices were remnants from experimenting with running Asahi Linux on the machine in the past.

I knew there had to be a way to fix it with diskutility cli program.

I found a thread, and the solution for what to do in such situation.

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/411544/cant-reclai...

Now the disk can be fully utilised by macOS again.

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2. wpm ◴[] No.36494810[source]
`diskutil` is great but it's a travesty what they did to Disk Utility.app. It never really got any love after the APFS transition and there are things it straight up fails to do the `diskutil` command doesn't. Before they re-designed the interface, it was such a rock-solid tool that even if it failed during some task, would typically tell you why. Now it's a baby LEGO Duplo interface meant for nothing more than reformatting a flash drive.
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3. IggleSniggle ◴[] No.36505182[source]
I still open it sometimes thinking it's going to be a great experience, forgetting about this.