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Resizing existing partitions on an external USB2 HDD in Mac OS?
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Mac OS (Mountain Lion v10.8.5 & Sierra v10.12.1)'s Disk Utility won't let me resize 2 existing partitions (FAT32 [datas and sharing with other OSes like Windows] & encrypted HFS+ [Time Machine + other datas]). I wanted to make its FAT32 partition smaller & HFS+ partition bigger without losing data, redoing from scratch, etc. It doesn't seem to let me. Does its Disk Utility not let me do that like in Linux and Windows? Thank you in advance. -- Quote of the Week: "The fact that we can't easily foresee clues that would betray an intelligence a million millennia farther down the road suggests that we're like ants trying to discover humans. Ask yourself: Would ants ever recognize houses, cars, or fire hydrants as the work of advanced biology?" --Seth Shostak Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail privately. If credit- ( ) ing, then please kindly use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. |
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Resizing existing partitions on an external USB2 HDD in Mac OS?
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Ant wrote: 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. -- Let the Wookiee win. |
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Resizing existing partitions on an external USB2 HDD in Mac OS?
In alt.comp.periphs.hdd Lewis wrote:
In message Ant wrote: 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. -- Quote of the Week: "The fact that we can't easily foresee clues that would betray an intelligence a million millennia farther down the road suggests that we're like ants trying to discover humans. Ask yourself: Would ants ever recognize houses, cars, or fire hydrants as the work of advanced biology?" --Seth Shostak Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail privately. If credit- ( ) ing, then please kindly use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. |
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Resizing existing partitions on an external USB2 HDD in Mac OS?
Ant wrote:
In alt.comp.periphs.hdd Lewis wrote: In message Ant wrote: 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. Yes, it's oh so limited and sub-par! I mean everyone knows PartitionMagic, qtparted, etc would resize HFS volumes! /sarcasm Your expectations are unrealistic. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR |
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