Boot Camp not enough space when there is

Ran First Aid. Still getting the same message.

Disk utility won't let me add a sizable new partition to the disk. When I click the '+' button, the maximum space it allows me to set for the new partition is 649 MB.

How can I add a partition in this case? (I'm on macOS High Sierra 10.13.5, is that helps.)

Please help me! I had the same issue.

I followed @Loner T:

but it still not work : (

After that I did try: "Run Disk Utility and create a FAT partition of the size you want Windows to be. Post any failures or corresponding screen shots." and the result:

I hope that my English is reasonably understandable, I am a Dutchman.

I am experiencing the same problem and I have implemented the instructions as mentioned in this topic.

It just does not work.

I see in the terminal that the first Local Snapshot has been removed, but when I request the overview again, the deleted record is still in the list, see Appendix 1.

Am I doing something wrong.

I use Carbon Copy Cleaner and it looks like it has created the Local Snapshots.

I see on my Harddisk that a "Other Volume" of 1.75 Gb is positioned behind the data partition, see appendix 2.

I have never seen this Volume before.

Your advice is what to do.

Found an interesting article here that gave a good answer. If you check out my disk info below all the numbers add up so it must be to do with how the SSD organises it's data and that a clean install is probably the easiest way to reset everything.

Post the output of

sudo tmutil listlocalsnapshots /

See the last line of the last paragraph in About Time Machine local snapshots - Apple Support as a reference.

That's why Finder and Get Info windows don't include local snapshots in their calculations of the storage space available on a disk.

I have the same issue here, but mine shows even before I get to any partition option. As soon as I hit "Continue" on the first window I get the error message saying I need at least 40GB of free space. I currently have 332GB free on a 500GB drive!

Local snapshots simply cannot explain that in my case, as I barely have any. Apart from a clear install, what else can I try?

Hi, I am trying to install boot camp and I get the same error message that you did saying that I need at least 40GB of free space.

I saw that you followed these instructions "Local Snapshots first, and try before we look for other APFS-related issues. You also need contiguous disk space for partitioning." However I have no idea what any of that means.

Could you help me out?

Thanks

this is my output....help plz?

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-182923

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-192930

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-202922

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-212953

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-222918

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-232923

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-002919

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-013105

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-022921

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-033055

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-043019

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-052956

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-063306

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-072953

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-083027

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-164633

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-174646

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-182923

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-192930

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-202922

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-212953

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-222918

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-232923

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-002919

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-013105

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-022921

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-033055

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-043019

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-052956

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-063306

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-072953

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-083027

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-03-164633

com.apple.TimeMachine.--------- 8335578555

Run

sudo tmutil deletelocalsnapshots 2018-06-02-182923

and repeat for each entries.

355preetis wrote:

com.apple.TimeMachine.--------- 8335578555

Also, is this a cut/paste error? 😕

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-192930

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-202922

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-212953

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-222918

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-232923

8335578555

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-192930

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-202922

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-212953

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-222918

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-02-232923

daniel6876 wrote:

it says in terminal

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-14-185120

com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-06-14-192927

Run

sudo tmutil deletelocalsnapshots 2018-06-14-185120

sudo tmutil deletelocalsnapshots 2018-06-14-192927

and retry.

Hi Loner T,

Thanks for all your instructions. I've deleted all my local snapshots, but I still get the message saying I don't have 40 GB of free space. What else can I do to free up 40GB of contiguous space?

Thanks!

Good news! I was finally able to partition the disc and install windows 10 successfully.

I was not able to move the dial beyond the 0.648 GB mark shown. When I put in the bigger number there, it would automatically revert itself to 0.648 GB.

Then I deleted the local snapshots again, ran first aid on the disc, and them ran the 'repair disc permissions task' on CleanMyMac 3. Restarted the Mac, and I was able to partition without a problem.

Thanks for your patience and all your help 🙂

Run

diskutil eraseVolume fat32 BOOTCAMP disk0s3

and run BC Assistant and click on Remove/Restore. Once it is restore back to a single macOS partition, re-run BCA and try to install Windows. The APFS implementation on High Sierra has many bugs.