macOS
brew install gptsynclocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für gptsync in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install gptsynclocal Homebrew formula metadata
Überblick
GPT and MBR partition tables synchronization tool
Verlauf
gptsync is the GPT-to-MBR partition table synchronization utility from the rEFIt EFI boot toolkit. Its niche is Intel Mac dual-boot maintenance, where legacy BIOS-style operating systems expected an MBR view of a disk that was really partitioned with GPT.
rEFIt began as an EFI boot menu and maintenance toolkit for Intel Macs. Its version history records a first public release on 2006-03-02 and says version 0.7, released on 2006-05-14, added a tool to synchronize GPT and MBR partition tables.
The rEFIt project later stopped active maintenance and pointed users toward rEFInd, a fork. gptsync remains packaged separately in Homebrew as a small system utility extracted from that older rEFIt codebase.
gptsync mattered most during the Intel Mac and Boot Camp era, when hybrid GPT/MBR layouts were a practical compatibility layer for booting Windows or other legacy systems.
The tool's adoption is therefore narrow but historically useful: it appears in package managers because disk-repair and dual-boot workflows sometimes need the utility without installing the full rEFIt boot menu.
The utility reads a device's GPT partition table and synchronizes the legacy MBR view. It is a low-level disk tool, so usage belongs in recovery, bootloader, or dual-boot maintenance contexts rather than routine application workflows.
gptsync is a classic small extracted utility: package managers keep it around because it solves a specific historical systems problem and has almost no substitute inside general application stacks.
Sicherheitslage
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
gptsync | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
showpart | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
Aktualität
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Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:gptsync |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.14 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://refit.sourceforge.net/ |
| Bottle | nicht erfasst |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Quellspur
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