Merge Partitions

I need help deleting or merging one of my partitions. I cannot get it to work through disk utility (minus sign greyed out) so I suppose, after doing some research, that it needs to be done through terminal but I'm not sure how to go about it. The partition that I've accidentally titled, "BC1" is the one I want deleted/merged to my main HD. I've attached screenshots. Thank you.

Update:

I can now use the minus sign in disk utility (partition) to attempt to remove the partition but I get an error stating:


"An internal state error occurred"


"Operation failed..."


This all started because of an unsuccessful attempt at Bootcamp. My computer currently cannot finish the Bootcamp installer as well. Thanks.


Specs:

macOS Mojave

Version 10.14.3

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)

MacBook Pro 15", 10.14

Posted on Feb 7, 2019 3:10 PM

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Posted on Feb 7, 2019 3:46 PM

Last login: Thu Feb  7 17:11:26 on ttys000


Taylors-MacBook-Pro:~ taycornin$ diskutil apfs list


APFS Containers (2 found)


|


+-- Container disk1 DEE89D7F-D373-45BC-82EE-5A934996D7FE


|   ====================================================


|   APFS Container Reference:     disk1


|   Size (Capacity Ceiling):      202534531072 B (202.5 GB)


|   Capacity In Use By Volumes:   26807476224 B (26.8 GB) (13.2% used)


|   Capacity Not Allocated:       175727054848 B (175.7 GB) (86.8% free)


|   |


|   +-< Physical Store disk0s2 16D8A405-68A9-4FE8-AE1B-64A5377A43D5


|   |   -----------------------------------------------------------


|   |   APFS Physical Store Disk:   disk0s2


|   |   Size:                       202534531072 B (202.5 GB)


|   |


|   +-> Volume disk1s1 22A44274-7BD2-3672-B8BD-48EEB8CF648F


|   |   ---------------------------------------------------


|   |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s1 (No specific role)


|   |   Name:                      Mac HD (Case-insensitive)


|   |   Mount Point:               /


|   |   Capacity Consumed:         25038213120 B (25.0 GB)


|   |   FileVault:                 No


|   |


|   +-> Volume disk1s2 BBA6FC03-CB07-4836-AA2B-FED097922D3F


|   |   ---------------------------------------------------


|   |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s2 (Preboot)


|   |   Name:                      Preboot (Case-insensitive)


|   |   Mount Point:               Not Mounted


|   |   Capacity Consumed:         44630016 B (44.6 MB)


|   |   FileVault:                 No


|   |


|   +-> Volume disk1s3 8FCF3FD7-7432-426F-8BEF-788692084757


|   |   ---------------------------------------------------


|   |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s3 (Recovery)


|   |   Name:                      Recovery (Case-insensitive)


|   |   Mount Point:               Not Mounted


|   |   Capacity Consumed:         516947968 B (516.9 MB)


|   |   FileVault:                 No


|   |


|   +-> Volume disk1s4 3EA1AB62-EA27-46B3-85ED-4A8A3A85C900


|       ---------------------------------------------------


|       APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s4 (VM)


|       Name:                      VM (Case-insensitive)


|       Mount Point:               /private/var/vm


|       Capacity Consumed:         1073762304 B (1.1 GB)


|       FileVault:                 No


|


+-- Container disk2 8413A19D-6DEF-44ED-A5D3-2C7AFE1D74E4


    ====================================================


    APFS Container Reference:     disk2


    Size (Capacity Ceiling):      48134270976 B (48.1 GB)


    Capacity In Use By Volumes:   109006848 B (109.0 MB) (0.2% used)


    Capacity Not Allocated:       48025264128 B (48.0 GB) (99.8% free)


    |


    +-< Physical Store disk0s4 35747AC0-BBE9-40C0-B3C6-23E0A0FBF991


    |   -----------------------------------------------------------


    |   APFS Physical Store Disk:   disk0s4


    |   Size:                       48134270976 B (48.1 GB)


    |


    +-> No Volumes


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Feb 7, 2019 3:46 PM in response to Loner T

Last login: Thu Feb  7 17:11:26 on ttys000


Taylors-MacBook-Pro:~ taycornin$ diskutil apfs list


APFS Containers (2 found)


|


+-- Container disk1 DEE89D7F-D373-45BC-82EE-5A934996D7FE


|   ====================================================


|   APFS Container Reference:     disk1


|   Size (Capacity Ceiling):      202534531072 B (202.5 GB)


|   Capacity In Use By Volumes:   26807476224 B (26.8 GB) (13.2% used)


|   Capacity Not Allocated:       175727054848 B (175.7 GB) (86.8% free)


|   |


|   +-< Physical Store disk0s2 16D8A405-68A9-4FE8-AE1B-64A5377A43D5


|   |   -----------------------------------------------------------


|   |   APFS Physical Store Disk:   disk0s2


|   |   Size:                       202534531072 B (202.5 GB)


|   |


|   +-> Volume disk1s1 22A44274-7BD2-3672-B8BD-48EEB8CF648F


|   |   ---------------------------------------------------


|   |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s1 (No specific role)


|   |   Name:                      Mac HD (Case-insensitive)


|   |   Mount Point:               /


|   |   Capacity Consumed:         25038213120 B (25.0 GB)


|   |   FileVault:                 No


|   |


|   +-> Volume disk1s2 BBA6FC03-CB07-4836-AA2B-FED097922D3F


|   |   ---------------------------------------------------


|   |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s2 (Preboot)


|   |   Name:                      Preboot (Case-insensitive)


|   |   Mount Point:               Not Mounted


|   |   Capacity Consumed:         44630016 B (44.6 MB)


|   |   FileVault:                 No


|   |


|   +-> Volume disk1s3 8FCF3FD7-7432-426F-8BEF-788692084757


|   |   ---------------------------------------------------


|   |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s3 (Recovery)


|   |   Name:                      Recovery (Case-insensitive)


|   |   Mount Point:               Not Mounted


|   |   Capacity Consumed:         516947968 B (516.9 MB)


|   |   FileVault:                 No


|   |


|   +-> Volume disk1s4 3EA1AB62-EA27-46B3-85ED-4A8A3A85C900


|       ---------------------------------------------------


|       APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s4 (VM)


|       Name:                      VM (Case-insensitive)


|       Mount Point:               /private/var/vm


|       Capacity Consumed:         1073762304 B (1.1 GB)


|       FileVault:                 No


|


+-- Container disk2 8413A19D-6DEF-44ED-A5D3-2C7AFE1D74E4


    ====================================================


    APFS Container Reference:     disk2


    Size (Capacity Ceiling):      48134270976 B (48.1 GB)


    Capacity In Use By Volumes:   109006848 B (109.0 MB) (0.2% used)


    Capacity Not Allocated:       48025264128 B (48.0 GB) (99.8% free)


    |


    +-< Physical Store disk0s4 35747AC0-BBE9-40C0-B3C6-23E0A0FBF991


    |   -----------------------------------------------------------


    |   APFS Physical Store Disk:   disk0s4


    |   Size:                       48134270976 B (48.1 GB)


    |


    +-> No Volumes


Taylors-MacBook-Pro:~ taycornin$ 

Feb 7, 2019 3:53 PM in response to Loner T

Last login: Thu Feb  7 17:39:23 on ttys000


Taylors-MacBook-Pro:~ taycornin$ diskutil apfs deleteContainer 8413A19D-6DEF-44ED-A5D3-2C7AFE1D74E4


Started APFS operation on disk2


Deleting APFS Container with all of its APFS Volumes


Unmounting Volumes


Deleting Volumes


Deleting Container


Wiping former APFS disks


Switching content types


Reformatting former APFS disks


Initialized /dev/rdisk0s4 as a 45 GB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume with a 8192k journal


Mounting disk


1 new disk created or changed due to APFS operation


Disk from APFS operation: disk0s4


Finished APFS operation on disk2


Taylors-MacBook-Pro:~ taycornin$ diskutil list


/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):


   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER


   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0


   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1


   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         202.5 GB   disk0s2


   3:                        EFI NO NAME                 104.9 MB   disk0s3


   4:                  Apple_HFS Untitled                48.0 GB    disk0s4




/dev/disk1 (synthesized):


   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER


   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +202.5 GB   disk1


                                 Physical Store disk0s2


   1:                APFS Volume Mac HD                  25.0 GB    disk1s1


   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 44.6 MB    disk1s2


   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                516.9 MB   disk1s3


   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4




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