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Q: Disk Utility stuck on "Shrinking File System"?

I am using OS X Yosemite, having Macintosh HD on MacBook Air 13 inch. My Drive has 49 Gb left and I wanted to partition it to 30 GB. I got to 33 Gb and clicked on partition process and it's stuck on Shrinking File system.

 

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What do I do now? Am I in trouble?

 

Please Help me.

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Jul 25, 2016 8:20 AM

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Q: Disk Utility stuck on "Shrinking File System"?

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  • by Drew Reece,

    Drew Reece Drew Reece Jul 25, 2016 8:35 AM in response to cnu swiss
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    Jul 25, 2016 8:35 AM in response to cnu swiss

    How long has it been 'stuck'?

     

    Sometimes progress bars report progress very badly. You have to leave it a reasonable amount of time before you try to abandon it.

     

    I would try to leave it for several hours at the least, possibly overnight. It will need to rearrange files to make sure they fit into the new sized partitions.