The boot drive's format and partition structure can be checked both in the OS X graphical interface and in the Terminal. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing ...

Sometimes installing OS X may result in odd behavior if the partition scheme on the drive is not set up properly. If you are experiencing problems, a simple repartition during setup may be an easy ...

FIX Boot Camp Assistant stops responding, Installation failed, Startup disk cannot be partitioned, Installer doesn’t open, USB drive couldn’t be created issues.

The question arises: Will my Boot Camp partition remain when I upgrade my copy of the Mac OS? Chris Breen suggests that safe is better than sorry.

This is a pretty interesting addition to the OS. When you install Lion, it puts a little partition on the boot drive with some of the OS utilities.

How to Fix the Time Machine Mavericks Install Issue We’ve seen Mac OS X Mavericks users report problems involving Time Machine.

3. The Recovery Partition, What Is It? Part of the problem with digitally distributing an operating system is that if something goes terribly wrong with your installation, perhaps to the point were ...