I have a large HD which I divided into 2 partitions. One is just for saving photos. the other actually contains a software program which drags photos out of my Macbook Pro HD (from My photos, email etc) and puts them in one place. I was having problems with it and the tech support for the program told me to reformat the HD and install the update (stupid if you ask me when most times for mac software, you just launch the .dmg and it updates the program without erasing anything). after erasing the Hard drive (I did not tell them I was using a partitioned HD), and reformatting it, installing the update and then doing a bunch of stuff in terminal - then I would have to run the program again. Sounds to me like this program was written by PC people.
anyhow, my question is, using disk utility, can I safely just erase the portion of the external Hd with the program on it and then do all their ridiculous steps? or is it not possible to format just part of a HD? I've been working with Macs for 20 years and this question has never arisen.....so help please?
anyhow, my question is, using disk utility, can I safely just erase the portion of the external Hd with the program on it and then do all their ridiculous steps? or is it not possible to format just part of a HD? I've been working with Macs for 20 years and this question has never arisen.....so help please?