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  1. L

    DELETED MACINTOSH? HELP

    Hey guys I was trying to reboot my Apple MacBook Air 7.2 to a factory reset and I think I deleted the harddrive? Any help would be good.
  2. Rizvi1

    Can't delete partition on my Sonoma 16" 2019 Intel MacBook Pro

    Hey all, I had a test partition on my old 16" 2019 Intel MacBook Pro I was using. Now I want to get rid of it, but I can't do the "-" on it to delete. The error I'm seeing is "You can't remove this volume because the preceding volume can't be resized." I've never had issues deleting partitions...
  3. supergaia

    is there a way to protect an exFat partition files to be overwritten ?

    Hi I have an external hard disk , and i have created an exFat partition and a folder called audio with only audio files , mp3 and aac I created this partition exFAT just because I want to share with windows in windows it 's pretty easy , i can select all of them and set them read only , but i...
  4. W

    Disk Utility in Yosemite vs newer release

    Why is it that in the Yosemite version you can partition a drive without erasing it first while on newer releases, you have to first erase the drive then partition afterwards? It seems to me that the only good thing about Disk Utility post-Yosemite is you can immediately set a partition scheme...
  5. Alvin777

    2KB Partition Infront of EFI Partition?

    Hello Mac & Apple friends, whenever I boot to Windows Boot Camp and use partitioning apps to view macOS's partition, there is a small 2KB partition (or volulme) infront of the EFI partition. On Terminal this 2KB partition (or volume) has a type of Microsoft Reserved (what can it store in 2KB?)...
  6. M

    Unable to reclaim free space after bootcamp uninstall

    Hi people. I'm unable to reclaim free space after uninstalling Bootcamp (done through Boot Camp Assistant). I've already search this and other forums with related problems, but none could solve mine. Here are some screenshots from Disk Utility and results from diskutil: $ diskutil list...
  7. G

    can't extend partition

    I just installed monterey. The history, I was running Mojave on a mac OS journaled ssd I needed to upgrade, but could not because of the format of the drive 125gb (1tb packed up 4 weeks ago) I cleaned up as much as I could and partitioned the drive with a 50GB APFS partition. Downloaded monterey...
  8. blackxacto

    Need help w a Leopard partition on a Monterey SSD

    Is it possible to simulate a Leopard HD in a partition on a Monterey SSD? How do I simulate Rosetta? I want to clone the Leopard HD contents, then run a Leopard application.
  9. A

    Free space . Partition error

    I was installing windows on my mac. For that reason I made a 351gb partition on my mac. But there happened some mistakes and I decided to remove the partition. But when I was removing the partition suddenly my charger got detached from the plug and my mac turned of. When I started it again I was...
  10. J

    Hard Disc full after system update to Monterey

    Hello! First of all I like to disclose that I don't know much about computers, so I hope I'm using the right terminology. I just updated to Mac OS Monterey. During the update, a new partition was automatically made as a backup (called "Nieuw"). When the software update was done, I tried to put...
  11. K

    Mac Studio Internal SSD partition

    Hi, We are a sound studio, and we are about to buy 2 Mac Studio. I'm struggling between 2 options on how to store our data. Currently, I'm using the latest intel mini with an external SSD to work on my protools sessions. That drive is the OWC TB3 drive which I love, but there are some...
  12. meshaun

    Partitions and Local Disk

    Hello MacR forum! First time poster here. First time to the whole Mac world :) I've been a Windows user for the past 17 years and making my transfer to the MBA M1 today. In Windows, we usually Install the Windows OS to the local drive C, and use the other partitions with the files and stuff...
  13. T

    Triple Boot OSX/OS9/Linux

    I am looking to triple boot my Titanium G4 with OSX, OS9 and Linux... I have a few questions. 1. Should I partition the drive into 3 separate partitions. Or should there be only 2 (1 for OSX/OS9 side by side and 1 for Linux) 2. I have ISO files of all the OS I want to use I assume I can still...
  14. blackxacto

    Why is a folder ghosted on my 256GB usb thumb drive?

    I partitioned a 256GB thumb drive. 13GB & the remaining. One stores Mojave installation, the other copy of my Music folder. When I finished copying the Music folder which is only 90GB, it appears untouchable or ghosted. Not sure what is correct term. Why did this happen?
  15. Owlservice

    Restricted Partition Resize Issue

    Good morning, I have bootcamp installed, but I've decided I need more space on that partition. In disk utility, I have followed the protocol of creating an additional partition within my MacOss. This is where I get a little confused. On my MacOss partition I have 299gb of free space. But on...
  16. Z

    partitioning a drive with data

    Can i partition a drive that has already got data inside it, without deleting/corrupting them?
  17. robertcoogan

    Reimaging MBP SSD, erasing as root?

    I removed an installation of Ubuntu from my MBP and now I have a 1.06 GB partition that won't mount and won't let me recombine it with the main macOS partition. I had read (yes, on the Ubuntu forums) that I should boot from and install from a flash drive and use Disk Utility on the installer to...
  18. A

    USB-Stick working under MacOS and Windows -> which Format? Help plz

    Hi guys, rookie to MacOS, coming from Windows. I am sittin in front of the new MBA and we bought a "SanDisk Dual Drive USB-C" 64GB from the Apple Store as well. It's got those two swivelling sides. I can't get it to work on both machines. Here's what we want to do: Put it into a...
  19. S

    Set size limit to Time Machine backup drive

    I have searched online for solutions to limit the total size of my Time Machine backup on my 4TB external Western Digital drive. Before, I had two partitions: 3TB for Time Machine, and 1TB for Other Files. I deleted the 1TB partition, and allocated the free space to Time Machine, so now I have...
  20. rhimbo

    Resolved Problems with partition sizes in Disk Utility?

    Hi folks, I'm trying to repartition an external 3TB drive. Currently I have 1 TB partition, 663 MB used space (basically not used, I think the 663 MB is the amount used in formatting) 2 TB partition, 853 GB used space (TimeMachine back ups) I'd like to create 3 1-TB partitions. So I do...