You can select among GUID Partition ... is labelled “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” in Disk Utility. Format always appears when you select an item and click Erase, but Scheme never for you.

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years ... options for MBR (Master Boot Record), APM (Apple Partition Map), and GUID partitioning schemes for the system. On Intel-based systems you ...

Although a PPC machine cannot boot up from a GUID-partitioned disk, an Intel machine can boot up from an Apple partition scheme disk. Running an Intel machine, you can't install a system onto an ...

When I received my new Intel-based iMac, I attempted to install Mac OS X on an external FireWire hard drive. Imagine my surprise when I hit a brick wall attempting this formerly simple task. While the ...

GUID Partition Table ... Depending on the partition scheme, these are the file systems Mac OS 10.4 supports: Use HFS+ with journaling if possible, especially on external drives.

But as of Mac OS X 10.4.6, Terminal also lets you ... (Ignore any partitions labeled GUID_partition_scheme or EFI.) Although you can resize the first partition, you can’t change its format ...

Currently, Disk Utility supports GUID, Apple Partition Map (APM), and ... but still supported partition map scheme. APM was used on early versions of Mac OS which ran on PowerPC-based Macs ...

Your Mac is compatible with several file systems ... Pick the APFS option in the Format menu and be sure to set “Scheme” to “GUID Partition Map.” To format the drive with the selected ...

Likewise, an APFS drive will be readable by a Mac ... Scheme option, Apple recommends using Master Boot Record to ensure the drive is compatible with all Windows PCs. You could also use GUID ...

Ars has its Fusion Drive-equipped Mac Mini in hand ... None Content (IOContent): GUID_partition_scheme OS Can Be Installed: No Media Type: Generic Protocol: SATA SMART Status: Verified Total ...

If you're creating a partition to use with Boot Camp on a Mac, use the Boot Camp Assistant, also among your Mac OS utilities, rather than Disk Utility. Unless a Disk Utility Volume-Scheme listing ...