Kishan B

Posted on Nov 16, 2021 • Edited on Jan 5, 2023 • Originally published at kishaningithub.github.io

Getting hard disk info in mac using terminal

#macosx #terminal #shell #beginners

Its pretty easy. Just run the diskutil like the following

Command

diskutil info disk0

Output

   Device Identifier:         disk0
   Device Node:               /dev/disk0
   Whole:                     Yes
   Part of Whole:             disk0
   Device / Media Name:       APPLE SSD AP0256M

   Volume Name:               Not applicable (no file system)
   Mounted:                   Not applicable (no file system)
   File System:               None

   Content (IOContent):       GUID_partition_scheme
   OS Can Be Installed:       No
   Media Type:                Generic
   Protocol:                  PCI-Express
   SMART Status:              Verified

   Disk Size:                 251.0 GB (251000193024 Bytes) (exactly 490234752 512-Byte-Units)
   Device Block Size:         4096 Bytes

   Media OS Use Only:         No
   Media Read-Only:           No
   Volume Read-Only:          Not applicable (no file system)

   Device Location:           Internal
   Removable Media:           Fixed

   Solid State:               Yes
   Virtual:                   No