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Old December 12th 16, 10:49 PM posted to comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage,alt.comp.periphs.hdd
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Default Resizing existing partitions on an external USB2 HDD in Mac OS?

In alt.comp.periphs.hdd Lewis wrote:
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Hello.


Mac OS (Mountain Lion v10.8.5 & Sierra v10.12.1)'s Disk Utility won't
let me resize 2 existing partitions (FAT32


That's why.


Does its Disk Utility not let me do that like in Linux and Windows?


Not with FAT partitions.


Oh. So they need to be HFS+ to repartition. Darn it. I was hoping it
would be like old PartitionMagic, qtparted, etc.
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