[mac4theblind] Re: changing a partition size in mac osx 10.7.4
- From: John Panarese <jpanarese@xxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:00:17 -0400
There are a couple of Apple knowledge base articles on partitioning drives
and what might cause problems. If you can't find them, let me know.
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On Jun 1, 2012, at 8:48 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> No time machine. just my 1.8 tb and my 200 gig partition on that drive. both
> mac oxs extended journaled. No tm or boot vcamp on any of my partitions. I
> cannot reveal some of the stuff on the partition, as I'm under an nda but
> now that you mention it I think I mgiht have to reformat that particular 200
> gig partition as it has an os on it
> On Jun 1, 2012, at 5:24 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>
>> That is very odd. What else is on the drive? What is the partition
>> layout? How many other partitions are on the drive? Is there any time
>> machine backups or any boot camp partitions present?
>>
>>
>>
>> Take Care
>>
>> John D. Panarese
>> Director
>> Mac for the Blind
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>> On Jun 1, 2012, at 3:20 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>
>>> Actually it was a No go. Download the appropriate file at
>>> http://marrie.no-ip.org/~SA/misc
>>> You'll see whichis it. lol!
>>>
>>> Take care.
>>> On Jun 1, 2012, at 12:01 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think it changed in Lion. It used to be with the VO-shift-space, yes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Take Care
>>>>
>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>> Director
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>>>> On Jun 1, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hmm will try it out. I was doing a vo shift space to click on it like the
>>>>> article said to on the mac for the blind site. will keep ya updated.
>>>>> On Jun 1, 2012, at 11:39 AM, John Panarese wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> OK, I have an external drive with 5 partitions. I selected the actual
>>>>>> drive itself in Disk Utility and then choose the partition tab. In the
>>>>>> scroll area that shows the 5 partitions, I selected one with
>>>>>> VO-spacebar. When I stop interacting with the scroll area, I see the
>>>>>> name of that partition, it's format, which is dimmed, but I can change
>>>>>> the size, as the edit field can be altered.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Take Care
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>>> Director
>>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>>>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>>>>> On Jun 1, 2012, at 1:09 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello to all. I wish to change a partition size in mac osx 10.7.4. I
>>>>>>> navigated to the drive then clicked partition. Then clicked the
>>>>>>> partition I wanted to change. the size is dimmed, the format is
>>>>>>> dimmed,the name is dimmed. How can I change this with out recreating
>>>>>>> the partition? i really don't want to do that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thanks.************
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