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    Mac HD not showing Mac partition?!

    Hi, I have a mac harddrive where I installed bootcamp on one partition of it (windows 10). For some reason the mac won't boot into mac anymore. So to recover my data I have removed the hard drive and put it in a caddy and connected it to another mac laptop. The problem is that the harddrive...
  2. ajn360

    Missing HDD space after removing Bootcamp Partition

    Hey guys, this is probably not the first case but I have tried various methods to recover my lost 50GB of space from different threads, all didn't work. (After removing bootcamp partition, took a little effort to finally remove all the partitions but the space used went missing) Tried Internet...
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    The lost space, partition gone.

    Hey lads, I've been dual booting Linux for a while now, which I partitioned myself using diskutil commands. So the process for me to setup Linux took a while but everything worked out perfectly, util now. So I was interested in doing a fresh install of MacOS and dedicate the entire drive for...
  4. iglaoftheninth

    External SSD issue: EFI partition missing after reformatting, now can't be read altogether

    (MacBook Pro 13" late 2013, 8 GB RAM, i5 2.4 GHz) Hi all! I recently got a 1 TB Seagate Backup Plus external SSD and was planning to install Mojave on it. After plugging it in for the first time, I opened Disk Utility to change the partition map from MBR to GUID and then started up the...
    • iglaoftheninth
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    • disk utility diskutil drive efi external partition ssd
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  5. iglaoftheninth

    External SSD issue: EFI partition missing after reformatting, now can't be read altogether

    (MacBook Pro 13" late 2013, 8 GB RAM, i5 2.4 GHz) Hi all! I recently got a 1 TB Seagate Backup Plus external SSD and was planning to install Mojave on it. After plugging it in for the first time, I opened Disk Utility to change the partition map from MBR to GUID and then started up the...
  6. rchomskis

    Bootcamp partition map got messed up after recent Windows 10 update

    After a recent Win10 update I can no longer boot into Windows, which is installed with Bootcamp Assistant. I use MBP15" (mid-2018). Now when I try to boot into Windows I get the following error This is how my internal MacBook SSD disk looks like Tried the First Aid route via MacOS Disk...
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    Bootcamp error

    Bootcamp on my Mojave says that “your sis could not be partitioned, please check disk Utility” . This occurs when I set the partition space to max on the BootCamp Assistant which is 80gb. But if I set the partition space to like 70gb it successfully partitions it and after it says “copying...
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    Missing volume after updating to High Sierra

    I've got an old MacBook (Mid 2010) with a physical HDD containing 3 volumes - each is a boot volume and all use FileVault2. Under Sierra all of the volumes were visible in Disk Utility and in the Startup Disk System Preferences. After updating from 10.12.6 to 10.13.6 one of the volumes is no...
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    Bootcamp Doesn’t let me create a partition bigger than 36gb

    So I wanted to install windows 10 with bootcamp so that I could play a few windows games. However, when i’m prompted to select the partition size, the only two options I have are 8gb and 36gb. I’d like at least 50gb. My free disk space is over 100gb. Ive read something about contiguous space...
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    Half my storage missing after fusion drive partitioning

    Hi, I have a late 2015 5K iMac with a 3TB fusion drive running High Sierra 10.13.6. Until now i was using it as one big HD but yesterday decided to partition it into two equal halves using Disk Utility, so that I could install MojaveOS onto the second partition. Everything was running smoothly...
    • armhol
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    • fusion drive imac missing volume partition
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
  11. Lyrik

    Disk Partition Problem

    I used this common in terminal (diskutil partitionDisk disk2 GPT HFS+ newdisk R) from another post here to try to get my 1TB Toshiba External USB HD to work on both PC and Mac. I was trying to do this WITHOUT erasing any files on the drive. Not only did it repartition, it erased everything and...
  12. Jimingle10

    Resize partition / new SSD

    Hello all. I have a 500gb ssd and the kit with thermal sensor to install into a mid 2011 iMac running high Sierra. My question is, the Mac has a 1tb HDD currently with just a single partition. I want to shrink the partition to 480gb so that I am able to clone it. Only 44gb is used so it...
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    Can't remove partitions on High Sierra 10.13.6

    Hello everyone. So, I need some help, I have these partitions created I suppose by installing bootcamp and stuff and I can't remove any of these. If anyone knows how to remove them please help XD. I really need a way to only have 1 solid disk instead of 5. The "-" sign does not work on any of them.
    • crimtz
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    • bootcamp disk disk utility help help !! high sierra imac mac partition unable to remove
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
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    Windows bootcamp partition replaced by System Reserved after install and reboot

    Hey everyone, First of all, I have posted and asked for help on apple discussions but it has been more than 48 hours and no one replied. If someone here can help me I promise I will include the solutions on the apple discussions post and link to this thread. UPDATE: This might be solved soon...
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    After windows partition change, OS X partition goes to NTSF

    I'm struggling with lack of OS X system, after i've used ESUS partition tool in Windows (i have High Sierra and Windows installed via bootcamp). Recently i've found that windows partition resize operation change osx partition to NTSF. Is there any way to get it back working ? I see that...
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    Add extra space to main Mac Partition

    Hi: I have the following situation: -main Mac partition on Container disk 118 GB -Data partition total 369 GB (DADRA_2) -empty partition created when I was trying to resize things 20GB (untitled) I want to move the 20GB to my main partition because right now I don't have enough space to...
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    Two disk or partition?

    Hi guys, I've a question about a macbook air 13 (early 2015) with OS High Sierra installed. I do understand if it has a 256 SSD with two partitions or two separate SSDs one for mac and one for windows. I though the first because the sizes of the "two disks" are ~100GB and ~150GB, but it looks...
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    Option to Partition Macintosh HD Unavailable after reformatting another partition

    In brief, I want to delete that APPLE SSD MEDIA > Container disk3 partition completely and add it back into the Mackintosh HD file where it originally was. But the partition option isn't available under Macintosh HD. And the Partition option under Container disk3 doesn't allow me to use the "-"...
    • adamsn00
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    • disk utility macintosh hd partition
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
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    Installing Older OSX Onto High Sierra Partition

    Trying to install OSX 10.5.2(Leopard) from original install discs onto a separate partition. However, no luck as it just reboots to main partition. I'm not sure if there's any other way to get the install disc to run. Anyone know how I can get around this large gap in OS versions?
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    Partition via Disk utility does not work

    Hi guys, I'm trying to partition my main drive, but the + is greyed out. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this? Thanks!
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