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macOS Disk Utility can create four popular RAID arrays

macOS Disk Utility can create four popular RAID arrays

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macOS Sierra (10.12) saw the return of RAID support to Apple Disk Utility, a feature that was removed with OS X El Capitan (10.11). With the return of RAID support in Disk Utility, you no longer need to use Terminal to create and manage your RAID systems.

Not only has Apple brought back RAID support in Disk Utility, but it has also revamped the user interface so that your previous way of working with RAID arrays will require you to learn some new tricks.

Disk Utility lets you create and manage the same four RAID versions it has always been able to work with:

There are other RAID types and third-party RAID apps that can manage RAID arrays for you. In some cases, they do a better job.