Q: Alternative to Disk Utility?

Weirdest thing, Kurt.

The Partition Magic Mac page just downloads the Stellar Partition Manager!  Maybe the Partition Magic Mac was older version of Stellar.

One must be an old page. Or, one company bought out the other. Symantec did something similar years ago. I had a very nice cloning and restoration app I used for Windows. Symantec had their own Ghost software for the same process. Symantec bought out the other company and basically lifted the entire code for the app I was using and called it the new version of Ghost. If you run both apps, it's clear to anyone they're identical.

The forum won't let me mark any more post as helped me.

You can assign two Helpful stars and one Solved. So you're out of Helpful's in this topic. Though in the latest iteration of the Jive software these forums run on, any post where five or more users click on the "This helped me" link at the bottom left of a post will also earn that one a Helpful star.

Kurt Lang, are you the Font Guy ??

Assuming you're referring to this font article, guilty as charged.

linda2009 wrote:

 

The Yosemite Disk Utility is missing the Debug Menu.  I tried the Terminal command to get it and it just does nothing.  I guess Mavericks is the last OS DU with Debug.  I liked Debug, because it can "Graphically" show you all the hidden partitions.  Dang!  I was thinking I would up my Mav to YM.  Fiddlesticks.

Linda, (my sister's name btw)

I don't mean to be funny (maybe a little) and I know you really like some features of the older version of DU, but not moving up to a better version of OSX because of DU sounds a little like saying you aren't ever going to buy a new car because they don't come with 8-Tracks.

i am lucky! It's easy to remember.

As far as Fusion drives, I did mess the one up once something like 3 or 4 years ago but not since. And I did order my 2015 5k with one.

As far as El Capitan, I do like some of the new features and unlike some others my age, I like the interface look better. If I had to absolutely run a particular piece of software (my livelihood depended on it) that wouldn't run on 10.11 and I only had one computer, I suppose I would stick to whatever would run said software.

One minor note. Yosemite is the last version of OS X with the older Disk Utility interface. Mavericks of course is the same.

I have the Debug menu for DU in Yosemite on all the time. If I remember correctly, the Terminal command to turn it on is different between older versions of OS X and newer. However, I think the following command works for both Mavericks and Yosemite. Disk Utility must not be running when applying the changes.

defaults write com.apple.DiskUtility DUDebugMenuEnabled 1

To reverse it, shut down Disk Utility again and repeat the command, except change the 1 to a 0.

This was the older command. If that's the one you were trying, that's why it doesn't work.

defaults write com.apple.DiskUtility advanced-image-options -bool true

To be perfectly clear, the article you linked mentions 4 apps, but I would only recommend 2 of them for the average user.

iPartition is quite well known and I've used it myself and can attest to its reliability.

Stellar Partition Manager I hadn't heard of until reading about it in this thread, which means its probably not well-known. (Not to toot my own horn, but I work in tech support and keep up with these things, so if I haven't heard of it, usually there is a reason for that). If you do want to read about it, this is a much better link than what that article provides: http://www.stellarinfo.com/mac-software/partition-mac/partition-mac-drive.php

GParted is well known in the Linux community and although they provide a version that will work on the Mac, it is a bit of an eyesore compared to the Linux version (which also isn't anything special, but easier on the eyes), so I can't recommend it.

I have never heard of Partition Magic Mac, and based on the poor English on and construction of the website for this software, it seems like a potential adware/malware risk. You'd be better off with one of the first two options.

Also, keep in mind that Apple's own Disk Utility app was rewritten for El Capitan, so I'm guessing that it will see many improvements over a short period of time, just as other apps they rewrote changed and improved fairly quickly (i.e. Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Final Cut Pro, Photos/iPhoto).

Cheers!

To be perfectly clear, the article you linked mentions 4 apps, but I would only recommend 2 of them for the average user.

Hi mfvisuals,

When I posted the link, I hadn't done anything other than do a generic web search for "Disk Utility alternatives". That was the top page that came up, and with four choices in there, it would be a fairly good place to start.

From what you've written, I'd say then that there's only one of those I'd recommend. It was found out about halfway through this topic that Stellar Partition Magic and Partition Magic Mac will now download the same software. So that gets it down to three right there. GParted I simply wouldn't trust on an HFS+ system. Down to two. And with your notes on Stellar/Partition Magic, I'm not sure I'd use that one now, either.

So that only leaves iPartition, which I have also heard of, has been around for quite a while and gets very good reviews.

Hi,

Let me place a remark about Coriolis iPartition - it does NOT SUPPORT Core Storage

(and i think i will never)

I am also looking for a disk/partition manager that will support CS

I am going to give Stellar a go

There is also a Pre Release version of a Diskmanager from Paragon (and according to their site it supports CS)

Good note, WolffLord. I hadn't even thought to look on Paragon's site.

Has anyone found or made a Disk Utility which restores/brings together all the stuff that was lost from the new one?

The disk burners, imaging, scan-image-for-restore, verification, partitioning not for idiots etc. ?