![]() I had thought that was it, but after I published this article, eagle-eyed readers clued me in to three additional uses: My search confirmed my initial hunch about one remaining use of the word “Macintosh” by today’s Apple: the default “Macintosh HD” name of the internal drive on a new Mac.If you choose Finder > About Finder, you get a dialog that includes the phrase “The Macintosh Desktop Experience.”.On the back of the box for the iMac, and possibly for other models as well, Apple has somewhat oddly put the words “Macintosh Think different.” below the specs and fine print. ![]() It’s a nice nod to the Think Different ad campaign, though I’m surprised to see Apple mentioning it.All Apple press releases include a description of the company that leads off with “Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984.” As a historical reference, this usage seems entirely reasonable, but it’s still notable.(If you’ve never done it, just click the name once to select it and a second time to start editing it, just like a file or folder.) Many Mac users personalize that name immediately, although less experienced Mac users often don’t realize they’re allowed to change it. Of course, in macOS 10.15 Catalina, with its bifurcated system approach, you actually have two volumes: Macintosh HD and Macintosh HD – Data, the latter of which holds your files. Oddly, our friend Jeff Carlson reports that if you start with a new Mac and rename its internal drive in the Finder, the APFS data portion of the drive will still be called Macintosh HD – Data in Disk Utility. He had no trouble renaming it to match in Disk Utility (again, just click the name and type a new one), and he has experienced no subsequent problems. What’s most curious about this vestigial naming is that everything about it is wrong. Besides the anachronistic use of “Macintosh,” the “HD” abbreviation for “hard disk” or “hard drive” refers to a spinning disk drive, whereas most Macs rely on SSDs (solid-state drives). Even the case-less hard drive icon in the Quick Look preview window incorrectly uses an image of a spinning disk to represent an SSD. (Yes, you can buy the 21.5-inch iMac with a 1 TB hard drive, but you shouldn’t-the performance was poor before APFS and will likely be worse with APFS in Catalina. I don’t recommend the Fusion Drive either a straight SSD provides better performance, and you can add an external drive for more storage if necessary.
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