About Macs: Apple Partition Types: Which Ones Should You Use?

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Macs Macs Basics Reviews Tips & Tricks From Tom Nelson, your Guide to Macs Earlier this week I received a question about partitioning a hard drive. Specifically, the reader wanted to know which of the Apple partition schemes to use. In addition to responding to the reader, I thought it would be helpful to share this information with everyone. The past week had its ups and downs, but one of my ups was spending time with the newest version of Apple's Aperture. I've added a review of this highly capable yet easy-to-use image organizing and editing application to About: Macs. If you're an iPhoto user looking for something with a bit more capabilities, be sure to check out the review. Apple Partition Types: How and When to Use Them Partition types, or as Apple refers to them, partition schemes, define how the partition map is organized on a hard drive. Apple directly supports three different partition schemes: GUID (Globally Unique IDentifier) Partition Table, Apple Partition Map, and Master Boot Record. With three different partition maps available, which one should you use when you format or partition a hard drive?... Read more Review: Aperture 3, Apple's Image Organizer and Editor Aperture 3 is a workflow tool for both amateur and professional photographers. It allows them to organize images, retouch and enhance images, share images with others, and manage the photo printing process. That's quite an undertaking, but after working with Aperture 3 for a week or so, I can say it more than lives up to its billing as one of the easiest image organizers and editors available for the Mac... Read more Use iChat to Keep in Contact With Your Facebook Friends Facebook has a built-in chat system that allows you to keep in contact with your confirmed Facebook friends. The only problem with this chat system is that you need to keep your Facebook web page, or at least your browser, open if you use the Facebook Chat pop-out window. There's a better way. Facebook uses Jabber as its messaging server, and iChat can communicate with Jabber-based messaging systems... Read more iPad Pre-Orders Start March 12th, Shipping Starts April 3rd Apple will start accepting iPad pre-orders on March 12th; the Wi-Fi-only iPad models will start shipping April 3rd. If you want to pre-order one of the Wi-Fi plus 3G models, you'll have to wait until late April for delivery... Read more Macs Ads Mini Macs Remote Control Macs Cheap Macs Macs for Sale Buy Macintosh Featured Articles The Complete List of Reader's Choice Awards 2010 Winners Getting Surround Sound From Your Mac to Your AV Receiver 27-inch iMac Review Back Up Your Safari Bookmarks   More from About.com Share Your Dog's Tale Share your tale of what it's like to live with a specific breed of dog - or even a mutt. Your submission will help prospective owners decide what dog breed is right for them. More > Reader's Choice Tech Awards Learn what apps, smartphones, email clients, and more were chosen by About.com readers as their favorites. More> This newsletter is written by: Tom Nelson Macs Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Macs newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   This Week's News and Events Valve Confirms Its Own Rumors: Popular Games Coming to Mac Apple Drops Price, Changes Name of Apple Developer Program Permissions Reset: Tom's Budget Software Pick Advertisement