Disk First Aid - wikipedia Disk First Aid Disk First Aid Developer ( s ) Apple Inc. Stable release 8.6. 1 / May 3, 2001 Development status Merged into Disk Utility Operating system Classic Mac OS Type software utility Website http://support.apple.com/kb/TA26794 Disk First Aid is a free software utility made by Apple Inc. that was bundled with all computers running the classic Mac OS. This tool verifies and repairs a limited number of directory structure problems on any HFS or HFS Plus hard disk or volume. Disk First Aid is a very simple tool, with it only being able to detect and repair directory damage and many books are critical of its sometimes inaccurate reporting of errors, and often suggest to run the tool more than once to ensure you are receiving a consistent result. Disk First Aid is located in Applications : Utilities : Disk First Aid. The classic Mac OS provides an option to run Disk First Aid on startup, although it has been reported that it provides little gain and sometimes can amplify a problem. Its capabilities were incorporated into Disk Utility in macOS. Contents 1 Situations to use the tool 2 Analysis 3 See also 4 Notes Situations to use the tool One source suggests that disk utility should be used when there are : Frequent system crashes Disappearing files Files changing size Problems copying files from one place to another. Problems saving files. Cryptic error messages. as well is for general maintenance every 6 months. Analysis Disk First Aid has built - in capabilities to check for damage to : Partition Map, Device Driver, Boot Blocks, Master Directory Block, Volume Bitmap, Catalog File, Extents File, Finder Attributes, Disk volume, Extent B - tree, Catalog B - tree, Catalog Hierarchy, Volume Info, and to search for locked volume name. After analyzing the disk directory, Disk First Aid determines whether it is able to repair any damage that was detected. The utility can commonly only fix problems associated with the catalog / extents files and the volume bitmap. Commonly, the program reports that there is an error, but can not fix it. See also List of data recovery software Notes ^ Jump up to : Watson, Andrew ( 2008 - 02 - 07 ). `` Disk First Aid Utility in Mac ''. Retrieved 2009 - 01 - 12. Jump up ^ Stauffer, Todd ( 2004 ). How to Do Everything with Your iMac. McGraw - Hill Professional. p. 456. ISBN 0 - 07 - 223188 - 2. Retrieved 2008 - 01 - 12. ^ Jump up to : Breen, Christopher ( 2002 ). Mac 911. Peachpit Press. pp. 104 -- 5. ISBN 0 - 201 - 77339 - 2. Retrieved 2008 - 01 - 12. ^ Jump up to : Landau, Ted ( 2000 ). Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters : And what to Do about Them. Peachpit Press. pp. 805 -- 11. ISBN 0 - 201 - 69963 - X. Retrieved 2008 - 01 - 12. ^ Jump up to : `` In OS X, what is First Aid, and when and how should I use it ? ''. University Information Technology Services Knowledge Base. Indiana University. 2008 - 12 - 18. Retrieved 2009 - 01 - 12. Jump up ^ `` Disk First Aid for Macintosh ''. IT Service Desk ( 8help ). Ohio State University. 1999 - 06 - 04. Archived from the original on 2009 - 03 - 17. Retrieved 2009 - 01 - 12. Jump up ^ `` Mac OS 9 - How to Use Disk First Aid ''. Computing@UW-MADISON KnowledgeBase. University of Wisconsin - Madison. 2001 - 02 - 09. Retrieved 2009 - 01 - 12. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Disk_First_Aid&oldid=800067036 '' Categories : Classic Mac OS Classic Mac OS - only software made by Apple Inc. Hard disk software Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from September 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links Pages using deprecated image syntax Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 11 September 2017, at 09 : 52. About Wikipedia

Question: what does first aid in disk utility do
Answer: verifies and repairs a limited number of directory structure problems on any HFS or HFS Plus hard disk or volume