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		Tsiklon on Nov 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities If you have a modern Mac you have very little business using `pdisk`. It is only for editing disks mapped with an “Apple Partion Map”. This is obsolete replaced in practice by GPT on modern apple machines.

zazaulola on Nov 6, 2024 [–]

`gdisk` supports GPT, but to partition system SSD you need to deactivate System Integrity Protection:

    gdisk /dev/disk0

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