Okay, thanks, I think I see what happened. I was trying to do all this after clicking "add"; I'm instead supposed to shrink my current partition before configuring the new one. It's shrinking now, so this should work better next time I add the new one and try to set it up. Hopefully I can figure out how to rename it, too. On Jul 26, 2014, at 11:54 AM, Barry Hadder <bhad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You should be able to resize macintosh hd. All I can suggest is to make sure > you deleted the new partition and double check that you have macintosh hd > selected with vo-space. > You have to delete the new one first because you can only move the end point > of a partition using disk utility. You can't move the partition itself. > > > On Jul 26, 2014, at 10:17 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Good idea, thanks. I tried resizing the main partition (Macintosh HD), but > the size is always dimmed, as though I can't edit it at all. It's the startup > disk so of course I can't erase it, but I don't seem able to resize it to > give the new partition more space. > On Jul 26, 2014, at 11:10 AM, Barry Hadder <bhad...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> If you can't resize it then it is as large as it can be. Removing your vm >> freed of 19 gigs on your main partition. That does not meen that you have >> 19 gigs free on the drive. >> You probably need to delete the new partition and then shrink the main >> partition. >> >> >> On Jul 26, 2014, at 7:28 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> I made sure to select the proper partition from the scroll area, and the >> size did show up. The thing it, any value I enter in the size text field is >> replaced by 8.34 no matter what. VO indicates that, in the scroll area, >> there is a "resize control", but I can't figure out how that is supposed to >> work. The options button is also dimmed for no apparent reason. >> On Jul 26, 2014, at 1:32 AM, Barry Hadder <bhad...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Sounds like you don't have the partition in question selected. >>> Interact with the scroll area containing the partitions and vo-space on the >>> one you want. Then all the things you want should be enabled. >>> Also note that unless it has been fixed, the installation does something >>> strange to an existing partitioning scheme. After the install, all of your >>> partitions may be contained in a logical partition of the same name as the >>> Yosemite. Not to worry however as erasing the Yosemite partition will put >>> everything back to normal. At least that has been my experience. >>> >>> On Jul 25, 2014, at 11:31 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> I'm trying to test Yosemite, and I've been running it off an old thumb >>> drive. Needless to say, I've hit serious lag issues that practically >>> prevent me from using the system. I'd like to partition my (admittedly >>> small) internal disk instead, so I've moved my Windows VM off for now, >>> leaving me with what Finder tells me is about 19GB free. >>> >>> I opened up Disk utility and selected my internal disk, then hit the >>> Partition tab, then Add. I did this same thing to the afore mentioned thumb >>> drive, and it was a snap. Now, trying to do this on my internal disk, I'm >>> getting odd behavior. >>> >>> * Despite having almost 19GB available, the new partition is stuck at >>> 8.34GB and I can't change it. When I type a new size, it automatically >>> reverts to 8.34 seconds later. >>> * I can't open the options to check my table is correct because the button >>> is dimmed. >>> * I can't find a place to name the new partition. >>> * The number of partitions (the popup menu) is dimmed. This is not a >>> problem since the add/remove buttons work, but it was not dimmed when I >>> partitioned my thumb drive. >>> >>> What am I missing? Do I need to shrink the existing partition? If so, I >>> don't know that I can - I tried, but that seemed to make no difference. I >>> don't know why this is so much harder than that thumb drive, but it's >>> giving me no end of trouble for some reason. Can anyone offer any help? >>> Thanks! >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex Hall >>> mehg...@icloud.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> Barry Hadder >>> bhad...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> mehg...@icloud.com >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> Barry Hadder >> bhad...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > Barry Hadder > bhad...@gmail.com > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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