I have an OS X EI Capitan (with a capacity of 500 GB). I had 2 partitions and tried to merge all partitions. Now I do not have an access to all space and around 340 GB is missing:
Mac partition is using 173.6 GB:
I searched for the solution but I could not solve it. I re-installed my mac but did not work.
Would you please guide me on that? How can I restore my space?
MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.11
Hello fatemehramezani,
Thanks for that info and for choosing the Apple Support Communities. If we understand correctly, you are having an issue with missing space on the hard drive of your Mac. First, try running First Aid on your hard drive with the built in Disk Utility tool while in macOS Recovery, as this can correct simple issues like you're experiencing.
Disk Utility for Mac: Repair a disk using Disk Utility
Next, use safe mode to start up your Mac as it does the following things:
Log in to your user account and test the issue while in safe mode and then restart normally and test the issue again.
How to use safe mode on your Mac
Graphics performance limited in macOS Recovery, safe mode, or Guest User mode
Cheers!
Hello fatemehramezani,
Thanks for that info and for choosing the Apple Support Communities. If we understand correctly, you are having an issue with missing space on the hard drive of your Mac. First, try running First Aid on your hard drive with the built in Disk Utility tool while in macOS Recovery, as this can correct simple issues like you're experiencing.
Disk Utility for Mac: Repair a disk using Disk Utility
Next, use safe mode to start up your Mac as it does the following things:
Log in to your user account and test the issue while in safe mode and then restart normally and test the issue again.
How to use safe mode on your Mac
Graphics performance limited in macOS Recovery, safe mode, or Guest User mode
Cheers!
Thanks for replying, fatemehramezani, and that additional info, it really helps! Since you are still having an issue with missing storage space, you can make a backup of your personal data and put a fresh copy of macOS on your Mac using macOS Recovery mode, making sure to erase the hard drive before reinstalling macOS:
Back up your files with Time Machine
How to back up your Mac - Official Apple Support
Have a great day and thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
I see it in Paragon Hard Disk Manager:
Hi,
I tried them but unfortunately the same issue. There was windows on another drive of my macbook and I bought it from someone else and I deleted windows and after that I lost 300 GB:
Missing Storage Space on Mac
