

(Read: How to partition a Mac hard drive or SSD, or create a APFS volume for more information.) Think of your hard drive as the house, and the volumes as different rooms. A hard drive is typically a single volume, but it is then split up into multiple areas, known as partitions or volumes.


They just see the whole drive as one thing. Afghanistan, Africa, Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Asia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Central America and Caribbean, Chad, Comoros, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gambia, Germany, Gibraltar, Guam, Guernsey, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Jersey, Kiribati, Latvia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mayotte, Micronesia, Middle East, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niue, North America, Norway, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Croatia, Republic of Cuba, Reunion, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South America, Southeast Asia, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U.S.Most people don’t really think about their hard drives (well, SSD these days) in terms of partitions.
