Technical Note TN2166: Secrets of the GPT

Finally, a Technote on GUID Partition Table, the new disk partitioning scheme used on Intel-based Macs:

Apple has switched to a new disk partitioning scheme known as the GUID partition table, or GPT. This new scheme offers a number of advantages over the previous scheme, but it also presents some new challenges. This technote describes GPT in general, and gives some specific details about how Apple uses GPT.

★ Monday, 6 November 2006