Creating Disk Images in OS X is relatively simple and an easy way to package items either for presentation, portability over electronic media, or encryption to protect data on otherwise unencrypted ...

Disk Utility provides features for creating disk images, RAID, and repairing disks. In the second part of our deep dive, we'll look at those options. In part 1 of this series, we looked at the basics ...

Disk cloning and disk imaging are two processes that accomplish the same goal: They copy all of a hard drive's contents. It's possible to clone a disk by using a disk image, but the two are distinctly ...

Disk images used by Macs are useful for managing files and folders together, backing them up, and simplifying software installation, but they have had performance issues. In particular, when an ...

With a disk image, it's exactly as if you have saved them to a CD or DVD. Opening the disk image is like inserting a physical disk. Your Mac shows you all of the files on that and then when you've ...