Resolved Default partition name: 'Macintosh HD'

[MacRumors' FAN]

Why do all Macs have as the default partition name 'Macintosh HD'?

 

[Intell]

Because a volume has to have a name. What else would it be called?

 

[MacRumors' FAN]

What does 'Macintosh HD' mean?

 

[Intell]

Macintosh is the full name of the "Mac" part of Mac OS X. It is the name of the first Mac line ever made. HD is short for hard drive.

 

[inscrewtable]

What else would it be called?

a space?


@OP The name can be anything you like at any time as many times as you like without causing any problems.

You can even name it with a single space so in effect it has no name for that ultra minimalist look, as I have done on my gf's computer.