Many diskutil commands, if improperly used, can result in data loss. It generally manipulates whole volumes instead of individual files and directories. This includes hard disks, solid state disks, optical discs, disk images, APFS volumes, CoreStorage volumes, and AppleRAID sets. It provides information about, and allows the administration of, partitioning schemes, layouts, and formats of disks. Diskutil - modify, verify and repair local disks Synopsisĭiskutil verb Descriptionĭiskutil manipulates the structure of local disks.