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I have a 1TB SSD. I created 2 partitions.
I created a 300GB partition for the Operating System. With the eDrive occupying another 25GB why would that leave me with only 475GB for my Videos partition? See the attached images to see what I mean.
A 1TB SSD and I can only access 800GB?
Help!
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 11.6
Paul Williams3 wrote:
I have a 1TB SSD. I created 2 partitions.
I created a 300GB partition for the Operating System. With the eDrive occupying another 25GB why would that leave me with only 475GB for my Videos partition? See the attached images to see what I mean.
A 1TB SSD and I can only access 800GB?
Help!
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/3e5e655a-8bd3-4230-bf2c-8534e2c81402
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/22ff71e2-e196-4106-9e0f-fb15484a277c
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/2e714186-00ce-4b46-a66e-13d150e32f87
Lets see the output from the Terminal.app copy & paste:
diskutil list internal
Paul Williams3 wrote:
I have a 1TB SSD. I created 2 partitions.
I created a 300GB partition for the Operating System. With the eDrive occupying another 25GB why would that leave me with only 475GB for my Videos partition? See the attached images to see what I mean.
A 1TB SSD and I can only access 800GB?
Help!
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/3e5e655a-8bd3-4230-bf2c-8534e2c81402
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/22ff71e2-e196-4106-9e0f-fb15484a277c
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/2e714186-00ce-4b46-a66e-13d150e32f87
Lets see the output from the Terminal.app copy & paste:
diskutil list internal
Paul Williams3 wrote:
Thank you for helping. Here is what Terminal put out -
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/c0aab20c-db6a-484c-b7c4-6237388708e8
Well it looks like you have borked something here—
I can say all Volumes share space within a Container without penalty.
You have created multiple Containers (partitons) and / or tried to redo and have lost access to free space.
You maybe best to erase reformat the drive and then restore your data from backup.
Is there is really a reason to partition here...
How to erase your Intel-based Mac - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208496
How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
this reference— you can add Volumes on the fly if that suits your desire to isolate your videos...
Add, delete, or erase APFS volumes in Disk Utility on Mac
Update: I wiped the drive clean and reinstalled everything. This resolved the problem.
Thank you for helping. Here is what Terminal put out -
I had 3 partitions, I deleted one and this is what happened. I'm not sure what I did wrong but you think erasing the drive is the only way to remedy this situation?
Thanks,
Paul
What is the best way to preserve everything on my current Macintosh HD so that after the clean install I can return things like my apps to their current state?
Thank you,
Paul
I can only access 800GB of a 1TB SSD? Why?