i cant find disk utility

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hello

ive just got a mac and im trying to format an external hard drive but i cant find disk utility

ive looked in applications!

any ideas
thanks jason
 
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Look in the Utilities folder within Applications.

Another neat trick - click the magnifying glass in the upper-right corner and type in "Disk Utility", it should serve it right up.
 
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holding cmd and hitting the space bar will also bring up spotlight :)
 
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hello again

im sorry i mean it not on my system, should it be?
ive just tried spotlight and its not there.


thanks jason.
if its not on my system where can i get it from!
 
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Is this a used system?
 
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im so sorry for messing you around but.

yes it is a new machine.

i went to finder and couldn't find it!
i went to spotlight and could find it!


i then went to the hard drive, applications and it was there........ strange!
thanks for your help anyway

jason
 
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I haven't got disk utility

Hey guys,
I might be missing something but i don't seem to have disk utility. I cannot find it in spotlight or the utility folder in applications. Is there a way of retrieving or downloading it?

Thanks,
Max
 
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How about filling us in on which Mac you have and what version of OS X you're running?

You're likely going to have to reinstall OS X in order to get Disk Utility back. It can not be downloaded from Apple.
 
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chscag said:
How about filling us in on which Mac you have and what version of OS X you're running?

You're likely going to have to reinstall OS X in order to get Disk Utility back. It can not be downloaded from Apple.
Click to expand...

Or use Pacifist if you have the original install DVD'd to extract just the Diskutility.app
 
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Or just run Disk Utility from your install DVD. It works better that way anyway, it's a little limited for certain tasks when running "on the fly".
 
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Kevriano said:
Or just run Disk Utility from your install DVD. It works better that way anyway, it's a little limited for certain tasks when running "on the fly".
Click to expand...

Good point Kev. It always alludes my mind. Thanks for the reminder :)

Cheers
 

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