Hi, I don't need the 3rd partition, and I want to remove it to increase the space of the one partition that contains my growing itunes library, so I figured I'd have to remove the unneeded one to expand the itunes partition. Courtney On May 29, 2012, at 1:06 PM, Travis Siegel wrote:
> You certainly can remove an unused partition, but reclaiming that space by > growing another partition is problematical. Possibly, bootcamp could do this > for you, but I tend to doubt it, since it's primary function is to create > such things, not remove them. > On the other hand, having another partition really doesn't hurt anything, and > often times, could come in handy. When you're using the computer, the > partitions are simply mounted on your finder just as if it was a regular file > system, (which in actuality it is) so if you really don't need to reorganize > things, then don't, simply rename the partition to data or something, and use > it for saving things you don't want lost on your regular usage partitions, or > (as I've done here) rename it applications, then drop all your apps on it, > freeing up all that space otherwise used for the apps folder for other things. > If you hav another place to put the data that is on the partition next to the > one you want to remove (temporarily) you can copy all the data off, delete > both partitions, then create a single one that uses all the disk space, then > copy the data back, but honestly, that's more work than it's worth, > considering how simple it is to just use the partition as is. > > You could always sim-link the extra partition to somewhere under your regular > file system if it's really that big of an issue, that way it's still > separate, but it's also integrated with your main filesystem, which kind of > gives you the best of both worlds. > Using the fstab file (the file system table file) you could even mount it > somewhere else, though I'm sure apple frowns on this sort of thing by normal > users, but unix admins have been doing this sort of thing for years, so no > real reason not to do so if it will help you out. > Just a few ideas, use/ignore them as you see fit. > hth. > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
