Hi all I have done it through trial and error, but how in vein does one easily remove partitions? Thanks!
> On 10 Jun 2015, at 05:30, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > This would now be a multi-step process whereby you shrink the second > partition first, then have the main partition expand to use up the remaining > space. So, in Disk Utility, select your HD, then the Partition tab ,Interact > with the list of partitions, and VO-shift-space to simulate the mouse-click > on the second partition. Stop interacting with the list of partitions then > enter 50 into the Edit field for that partition and apply the change. This > will make the second partition the correct size and leave the remainder as > free space. You should then be able to select your Macintosh HD partition in > the same manner and resize it. this is where my memory is failing me. I > seem to recall that I had to do something special to make it use up the free > space but I can't remember what I did at this point. It is totally doable > using Terminal with the diskutil resize command if you feel like using the > command line but should be doable in Disk Utility as well. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jun 9, 2015, at 19:20, jeff `greene <greenebo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Tom, the best way I've found to do this is to get camptune x from > paragon software. I purchased both this and bootcamp backup for > $19.95. It allowed me to enlarge my bootcamp partition without > reinstalling anything. The software is totally VO compatible. > HTH Jeff > > On 6/9/15, Tom Moore <tommym2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi guys, >> I am wanting to resize the main partition on my drive from 512 gigs >> down to 450 gigs. >> I booted in to recovery mode so that the system was not running to >> have the best luck resizing the drive with out any side effects, and I >> was able to split the drive into two partitions of 256 gb each. >> How do I now down size the second partition to 50 and resize the first >> up to 460? >> I can't seem to be able to change the size by editing the text field >> that contains the size or find any slider for doing this using >> VoiceOver. >> I did find an article on Applevis but the instructions I found there >> didn't seem to work for me. >> >> Thanks for any suggestions you can offer. >> >> Tom >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
