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#427443 - 05/06/09 09:57 PM Change default parition scheme in Disk Utility?
Christopher newbie Registered: 05/06/09 Posts: 4	Is there a way to change the default partition scheme in Disk Utility in Leopard? I would like to be able to format hard drives as one large partition with the GUID partition scheme on a PPC Mac without having to select Partition--> Options --> GUID.
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#427470 - 05/07/09 07:10 AM Re: Change default parition scheme in Disk Utility? [Re: Christopher]
MacBozo Nut Dood Registered: 04/20/02 Posts: 16605 Loc: Pinellas Park, Florida	Mine defaults to GUID but, maybe that's due to my having an Intel Mac. Other than that, two or three mouse clicks is too much? _________________________
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#427482 - 05/07/09 10:10 AM Re: Change default parition scheme in Disk Utility? [Re: MacBozo]
KateSorensen Obama's Registered: 05/19/01 Posts: 3303	Quote: be able to format hard drives Maybe he's going to format 100 hard drives. or 1,000 /kidding _________________________
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#427556 - 05/07/09 05:54 PM Re: Change default parition scheme in Disk Utility? [Re: MacBozo]
Christopher newbie Registered: 05/06/09 Posts: 4	This is for work not my personal use. We sell custom built external hard drive solutions. Three clicks across 300-500 drives a day adds up.
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#427558 - 05/07/09 06:06 PM Re: Change default parition scheme in Disk Utility? [Re: Christopher]
John Rougeux Here? Registered: 11/06/08 Posts: 5031	Is there a way to make an AppleScript or Automater task to do this for you? I agree...that would add up!
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#427561 - 05/07/09 06:16 PM Re: Change default parition scheme in Disk Utility? [Re: John Rougeux]
Christopher newbie Registered: 05/06/09 Posts: 4	I've never used AppleScript or Automator, but I'll give Automator a try tomorrow.
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#427562 - 05/07/09 06:18 PM Re: Change default parition scheme in Disk Utility? [Re: Christopher]
John Rougeux Here? Registered: 11/06/08 Posts: 5031	There used to be a guy here by the name of nutty who could have helped you (he worked at Apple) but he has disappeared.
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#427577 - 05/07/09 08:37 PM Re: Change default parition scheme in Disk Utility? [Re: Christopher]
MacBozo Nut Dood Registered: 04/20/02 Posts: 16605 Loc: Pinellas Park, Florida	Yeah, in your case, those clicks do add up. Are the drives only for use on Intel based Macs? GUID will not boot a PPC based machine. _________________________
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#427580 - 05/07/09 09:08 PM Re: Change default parition scheme in Disk Utility? [Re: MacBozo]
Christopher newbie Registered: 05/06/09 Posts: 4	We made a decision to change from APM to GUID recently based on the browser statistics from our website. There were substantially more hits from Intel Macs than PowerPC Macs. We will include an insert that describes how to reformat the drive to APM for those on PowerPC Macs.
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#428095 - 05/12/09 04:51 PM Re: Change default parition scheme in Disk Utility [Re: Christopher]
Jim_ aka Reboot Registered: 04/21/02 Posts: 11340 Loc: Columbus OH	Welcome to the joint. If you find a solution I would be interested. Thx. _________________________ AppleCentral Trivia MM-MCF Trivia Call the Doctor
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