How to change a partition?
imac 24-inch
imac 24-inch
cyclistgeorge wrote:
I have already partitioned my 1TB external drive for 2 partition 600GB for the TM partition 1 and 400GB for partition 2.I do have stuff on both of them and just now I realized that I like to increase partition 1 TM to 750GB and have partition 2 250GB.Can this be done easily,I am pretty bad when it comes to MacsI just came over from Windows.
I am pretty bad when it comes to MacsI just came over from Windows.
baltwo wrote:
Copy the data elsewhere
Jolly Giant wrote:
iPartion claims to be able to
+Repartition without reformatting+
+Want to change the size of a partition that’s currently full of data? iPartition supports non-destructive resize of HFS+ (including case-sensitive and journaled), FAT and NTFS partitions.+
not true ?
Jolly Giant wrote:
iPartion claims to be able to
+Repartition without reformatting+
+Want to change the size of a partition that’s currently full of data? iPartition supports non-destructive resize of HFS+ (including case-sensitive and journaled), FAT and NTFS partitions.+
not true ?
*1. How safe is iPartition?*
*We should start by saying that we strongly recommend that you back-up any valuable data before using any disk utility . . .*
V.K. wrote:
Jolly Giant wrote:
iPartion claims to be able to
+Repartition without reformatting+
+Want to change the size of a partition that’s currently full of data? iPartition supports non-destructive resize of HFS+ (including case-sensitive and journaled), FAT and NTFS partitions.+
not true ?
true but I was only talking about disk utility. I should have mentioned ipartition too but then I saw that you've done it already. as mentioned, ipartition is not free and the kind of resizing it does involves moving a lot of actual data on the drive. the much simpler method used by disk utility does not. as such it's much safer, MUCH quicker and more reliable. but it's certainly tru that ipartition does offer more flexibility that disk utility. i prefer cloning (or just copying) to another drive in such sitiations as a much safer and free alternative and would not pay money for ipartition but sometimes it may be the best option.
i'm +all Apple+ most of the times. just trying to give the OP options ... 😉
V.K. wrote:
i'm +all Apple+ most of the times. just trying to give the OP options ... 😉
by all means. I don't have any problems with mentioning ipartition as an option although some caveats as those mentioned above might be in order when recommending it.
How to change a partition?