Im unable to remove the partition to free up space. I tried using boot camp assistant but I can't get in, it shows 'The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.'
There is no minus sign for me to delete in disk utility. When I try to erase "Container disk1", it shows up error.
The partition I want to remove is Container disk1 that is 39.9GB large.
Last login: Wed Apr 25 12:45:06 on console
Yees-MacBook-Pro:~ H$ diskutil apfs list
APFS Containers (2 found)
|
+-- Container disk1 8A650489-E04F-40FC-8444-C4D84648CDA4
| ====================================================
| APFS Container Reference: disk1
| Size (Capacity Ceiling): 39882588160 B (39.9 GB)
| Minimum Size: 106639360 B (106.6 MB)
| Capacity In Use By Volumes: 92348416 B (92.3 MB) (0.2% used)
| Capacity Not Allocated: 39790239744 B (39.8 GB) (99.8% free)
| |
| +-< Physical Store disk0s4 3BB4DEEA-03A3-40DD-A3D5-1901785B0B8C
| | -----------------------------------------------------------
| | APFS Physical Store Disk: disk0s4
| | Size: 39882588160 B (39.9 GB)
| |
| +-> No Volumes
|
+-- Container disk2 D201CC0F-9D16-48B6-B881-EFD464E90205
====================================================
APFS Container Reference: disk2
Size (Capacity Ceiling): 72999997440 B (73.0 GB)
Minimum Size: 42550460416 B (42.6 GB)
Capacity In Use By Volumes: 41042505728 B (41.0 GB) (56.2% used)
Capacity Not Allocated: 31957491712 B (32.0 GB) (43.8% free)
|
+-< Physical Store disk0s2 C9AFA221-E5BD-408D-A3A2-92D9CCA8F9DF
| -----------------------------------------------------------
| APFS Physical Store Disk: disk0s2
| Size: 72999997440 B (73.0 GB)
|
+-> Volume disk2s1 8C85506E-569D-3680-B273-444731A698B2
| ---------------------------------------------------
| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s1 (No specific role)
| Name: Macintosh HD (Case-insensitive)
| Mount Point: /
| Capacity Consumed: 39306129408 B (39.3 GB)
| FileVault: Yes (Unlocked)
|
+-> Volume disk2s2 C949E45D-6227-4CCD-9165-2364C3CC8486
| ---------------------------------------------------
| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s2 (Preboot)
| Name: Preboot (Case-insensitive)
| Mount Point: Not Mounted
| Capacity Consumed: 22933504 B (22.9 MB)
| FileVault: No
|
+-> Volume disk2s3 7036A91A-D8B4-4D5A-BD23-37AD53194589
| ---------------------------------------------------
| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s3 (Recovery)
| Name: Recovery (Case-insensitive)
| Mount Point: Not Mounted
| Capacity Consumed: 517750784 B (517.8 MB)
| FileVault: No
|
+-> Volume disk2s4 E1E4EE55-5680-421F-A336-38DF50362829
---------------------------------------------------
APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s4 (VM)
Name: VM (Case-insensitive)
Mount Point: /private/var/vm
Capacity Consumed: 1073762304 B (1.1 GB)
FileVault: No
Yees-MacBook-Pro:~ H$
Run
diskutil apfs deleteContainer 8A650489-E04F-40FC-8444-C4D84648CDA4
diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ BC1 disk0s3
diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ BC1 disk0s4
diskutil mergePartitions jhfs+ BCMP disk0s3 disk0s4
diskutil list
If you only see disk0s3, then
diskutil eraseVolume fat32 BC1 disk0s3
and run BC Assistant and click on Remove/Restore.
Post the text output of
diskutil apfs list
It is much easier to provide exact commands to use using copy/paste.
Please help?
Last login: Wed May 2 14:36:54 on ttys000
Nabils-iMac:~ NabZ$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 399.5 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
4: EFI NO NAME 104.9 MB disk0s4
5: EFI NO NAME 104.9 MB disk0s5
6: Microsoft Basic Data 97.6 GB disk0s6
7: EFI NO NAME 104.9 MB disk0s7
/dev/disk3 (disk image):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Boot Camp +1.4 GB disk3
Nabils-iMac:~ NabZ$
Thank you so much!!
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