How do I merge my APFS Container with my APFS Volume?

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How do I merge my APFS Container with my APFS Volume?

For the past month I've been stuck with disk full messages and not being to able Photoshop and other software since the scratch disks are full.

I've had a bootcamp partition that I no longer use and have been trying to delete it and merge it with my original hard drive so it becomes one piece again. But with the new apple APFS system it has become a bit confusing. My mac is currently running Mojave.

These are the hard drives I'm dealing with, when I try to partition it gives no option to turn the container into "Free Space" so I can add it back to my original Volume.

Many thanks in advance.

Disk 1: APFS Volume Disk

Volume name : Untitled

Volume type : APFS Volume

BSD device node : disk2s1

Mount point : /

File system : APFS (Encrypted)

Connection : PCI

Device tree path : IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/RP06@1C,5/SSD0@0/PRT0@0/PMP@0

Writable : Yes

Is case-sensitive : No

File system UUID : EB0CB413-78E4-4FC4-BC0B-A8CFB3B37D4D

Volume capacity : 73.000.792.064

Available space (Purgeable + Free) : 5.602.957.031

Purgeable space : 246.744.807

Free space : 5.356.212.224

Used space : 62.118.088.704

File count : 863.158

Owners enabled : Yes

Is encrypted : Yes

System Integrity Protection supported : Yes

Can be verified : Yes

Can be repaired : Yes

Bootable : No

Journaled : No

Disk number : 2

Partition number : 1

Media name :

Media type : Generic

Ejectable : No

Solid state : Yes

SMART status : Not Supported

Parent disks : disk2

Disk 2: APFS Container Disk

Volume type : APFS Container

BSD device node : disk1

Connection : PCI

Device tree path : IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/RP06@1C,5/SSD0@0/PRT0@0/PMP@0

Writable : No

Is case-sensitive : No

Volume capacity : 47.988.060.160

Available space (Purgeable + Free) : 47.879.671.808

Purgeable space : 0

Free space : 47.879.671.808

Used space : 108.388.352

Owners enabled : No

Is encrypted : No

Can be verified : Yes

Can be repaired : Yes

Bootable : No

Journaled : No

Disk number : 1

Media name : AppleAPFSMedia

Media type : Generic

Ejectable : No

Solid state : Yes

SMART status : Verified

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Apr 12, 2019 5:00 AM

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Answer 1

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Glenn Leblanc

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Apr 14, 2019 5:45 AM in response to Yinka_

From you last image, with the disk selected in the sidebar, click on the Partition button. Then in the circle area select container disk1 on the left side to highlight it and select the minus sign under the image. Everything should restore to Untitled partition.

This should not erase the Untitled Container partition, but you should have a backup just in case something goes wrong.

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Answer 2

Apr 12, 2019 6:44 AM in response to Yinka_

In the upper left hand corner, click "Views" and select show all devices.

This will display the physical drives and what is arranged on them.

Post a screen shot of that with everything expanded.

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Answer 3

Barney-15E

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Apr 12, 2019 5:29 AM in response to Yinka_

Is there anything in Untitled?

If not, just erase the entire drive.

You are currently only viewing the Volumes, not the devices.

Click on the View button and choose "Show All Devices." You should then have better control.

You will also need to use this to erase the entire drive as I suggested above.

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Answer 4

Yinka_ Author

Level 1

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Apr 12, 2019 5:27 AM in response to Barney-15E

How exactly do I go about doing that, there's nothing on "Container disk 1" but I can't find an option to delete it and, when in the partitioning menu the "-" sign is greyed out.

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Answer 5

Apr 14, 2019 9:45 AM in response to Yinka_

And from the image you show, it looks like you already clicked the plus sign to add. You need to do what I said before that point. The resizing selection point will not be showing. If you can't accomplish it while booted from the drive, then try from Recovery Mode. Just be sure not to erase the partition to the right containing your information.

Well I see a screen shot will cause the points around the circle to appear, so possibly you didn't do it wrong. You may just need to do it from Recovery mode.

Also, if you intend to erase the disk completely, then you can't be booted into it. You will have to boot from recovery mode, or from another drive. When you erase the disk, you would have to restore your software. If you have a Time Machine backup, you can do that from recovery mode.

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