I have a 2T ext HDD. I split it into 510GB for time machine and 1.45 for ext storage, and the rest for windows ext. storage.
Now I got a 750GB new HDD. I wonder how I can adjust the parition so that the time machine portion can increase up to at least 750? coz otherwise the time machine portiong will get full very soon and has to delete older back-up all the time, which is what i don't want to see.
i guess what i want to do is to increase the Time Machine part
Ext HDD is in the way of that, obviously.
If it's never been much fuller than it is now, you should be able to split it, per the link above. Then copy the data from it to the new 3rd partition, via the Restore tab, per #7 in the link above.
Then delete the (now smaller) Ext HDD partition, and stretch the Time Machine partition down into some or all of the vacated space.
Lemme try and let you know!
before i really do it. shall i ask for some further instruction?
assume i did wt u said, i should now have a bigger TM partition. while some empty space is left over between TM and ext HDD 2 - the 3rd partition.
How should I proceed to get the result of resized TM (larger), resized ext HDD, and the rest for other uses?
Create a new partition in the vacated space, per the same link.
If you want, you can then restore the 3rd partition into it, delete the 3rd, and expand the new one down.
this is the problem. i want a bigger ext HDD above 1T (now it's less than that). TM has ideal capacity. and so the rest for other storage. I have no idea how to change the capacity of ext HDD.
I am stuck...
strangetml wrote:
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this is the problem. i want a bigger ext HDD above 1T (now it's less than that).
As explained in #4 of the link above, you can't move the top of the lower partition up.
Plus, there's too much data to copy it to the same disk.
If you have another HD, copy it there, delete the partition, and create a new one in the vacated space.
If not, you might look at a 3rd-party app, such as iPartition, that may be able to move things around. You can't do that with Disk Utility.
How to readjust ext HDD partition?
