[mac4theblind] Re: changing a partition size in mac osx 10.7.4

  • From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 18:29:46 -0700

Well for now I won't worry about it. I'll repartition when I have the energy to 
do so lol!
On Jun 1, 2012, at 6:00 PM, John Panarese wrote:

>     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.
> 
> 
> Take Care
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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
>>> 
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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
>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
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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
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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.
>>>>>>>> 
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