Q: macintosh hd should show 500gb as space but its showing only half i.e 240 gb and rest of the space is not locatable...problem occu ... macintosh hd should show 500gb as space but its showing only half i.e 240 gb and rest of the space is not locatable...problem occured after i tried dual booting using boot camp assistant more
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Oct 7, 2015 1:30 PM in response to Arpitmalik1000by braden85,Hey there Arpitmalik1000,
I see that you are experiencing an issue with your hard drive on your Mac after attempting to install Boot Camp, and are seeing less free space than expected on your drive. If you are trying to delete a Boot Camp partition, use the information in the following article to help you:
Boot Camp: Remove Windows from your Mac
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17861
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
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Oct 8, 2015 6:29 AM in response to Arpitmalik1000by braden85,Hey again Arpitmalik1000,
If you haven’t already tried to use the First Aid features of Disk Utility, I would like to suggest that you perform these steps on the drive:
Disk Utility (El Capitan): Repair a disk
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH22243
After running first aid, check for partitions for you to erase on the drive again:
Disk Utility (El Capitan): Partition a physical disk
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH22240
Thanks for being a part of the Apple Support Communities!
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Oct 8, 2015 12:43 PM in response to Arpitmalik1000by Arpitmalik1000,hey braden85 i tried to run first aid and its reporting that macintosh hd is having wrong storage information....however i believe in el capitan disk utility doesnt provide much option as it did in yosemite.....i think that boot camp assistant made a partition for windows but its not able to locate that partition ....attaching the first aid snapshot kindly go through it and see on the left that disk utility is not showing any 2nd partiton which i can select and delete...

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Oct 8, 2015 2:53 PM in response to Arpitmalik1000by braden85,Hello again Arpitmalik1000,
My next suggestion would be for you to boot into Internet Recovery (as opposed to simply booting to the recovery partition on your internal drive) and see if this helps you to resolve the issue:
These steps reinstall the latest version of OS X that you previously had installed on your Mac. If you want to reinstall the version of OS X that came with your Mac, hold Command-Option-R at startup instead. This starts your Mac from Internet Recovery.
How to reinstall OS X on your Mac - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
If that does not resolve the issue, you may wish to make a backup of the information in your hard drive using Time Machine before you proceed further:
Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250
Once you have ensured the integrity of your backup of your personal data that you wish to save, you may need to erase and repartition your drive:
Erase and repartition a device
You can erase all volumes on a device and create new ones. For example, if you want to change the partition map of a USB, Thunderbolt, or other storage device from Master Boot Record to GUID Partition Map. If you simply want to erase a volume, see Erase a volume.
WARNING: Erasing and partitioning a device destroys all data on all volumes of the device.
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Select the device in the sidebar you want to erase and repartition, then click the Erase button
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Enter a name for the initial volume.
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Click the Map pop-up menu, then choose a format for the initial partition.
For MS-DOS and ExFAT partitions, the name must be eleven characters or less.
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GUID Partition Map: Used for all Intel-based Mac computers.
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Master Boot Record: Used for Windows partitions that will be formatted as MS-DOS (FAT) or ExFAT.
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Apple Partition Map: Used for compatibility with older PowerPC-based Mac computers.
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Click Erase, then click Done.
Disk Utility (El Capitan): Partition a physical disk
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH22240
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
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Oct 10, 2015 9:22 AM in response to braden85by Arpitmalik1000,hey braden85 thanks for your help apparently none of the head banging worked accept installing the os x el capitan again from apple store .....apparently it looks like the whole problem existed on paper but not in reality.....in reality it didnt showed any partition because their was none....and i was trying lo locate the partition which was not their in actual....it was simply an error that was only sorted out after reinstalling the os from app store...
thanks again
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Oct 21, 2015 8:30 AM in response to Arpitmalik1000by braden85,Well I'm glad you were finally able to resolve the issue. Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities, Arpitmalik1000.
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Mar 20, 2016 12:01 AM in response to Arpitmalik1000by ZA_Mac_Traveller,Hi Arpitmalik1000
I am experiencing the same issue as you did last year.
I erased all partitions and I re-installed OSx via the recovery tools but still I only see half the disk space. You say the solution was to install el capitan from the Apple Store - does this mean physically going in to the store to have it re-installed or via some online link?
Appreciate your help

