How can I show hidden partitions in the new Disk Utility?

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How can I show hidden partitions in the new Disk Utility?

In Yosemite (10.10) and previous versions of Disk Utility I have been able to enable debug mode to show the hidden recovery partitions via a Terminal command. However, in El Capitan (10.11) the terminal command changed nothing. So how do I view/show hidden partitions in El Capitan?

I'm trying to use an external HDD for a diagnostic tool and I do not want the recovery partitions on the external so that I save space.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4), Disk Utility

Posted on Apr 11, 2016 8:07 AM

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Jan 31, 2017 9:18 PM in response to Lexiepex

Does this command show all hidden partitions?
I realise that it shows the recovery/EFI OSX partitions, which I assume are probably hidden. But I've heard of other ways of changing a partition to hidden by using a third party program to change the UUID or something like that. Will Diskutil list display all partitions, regardless of the method used to hide them?

~ Cheers.

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