Re:hdiutil is deprecated in macOS 27 Golden Gate
by KlayLay on Saturday August 22, 2026 @05:26PM
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diskutil is for disks (e.g., volumes) while hdiutil is for disk images ("file system as a file"). They're not two versions of the same thing, so it doesn't make sense to dub deprecating hdiutil as "progress."
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Re:hdiutil is deprecated in macOS 27 Golden Gate
by Klonoar on Saturday August 22, 2026 @05:54PM
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The former has been taking the latter’s job for years now.
Nobody really cares that they were originally for separate things.
Re:hdiutil is deprecated in macOS 27 Golden Gate
by KlayLay on Saturday August 22, 2026 @06:59PM
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What are you talking about? You can't operate on disk images with diskutil outside of the few commands diskutil image gives you. For example, if you need to check whether or not a disk image is encrypted, you can use hdiutil info and hdiutil isencrypted. If you use diskutil image info, you may be prompted for a password, which doesn't make sense to handle in a program.
A disk image is not just a fancy disk. Disks and disk images operate on different planes, which is why the distinction between diskutil and hdiutil exists.