hey glen, you can’t really do that with the mac. i must say that the instructions in disk utility could be made more clearer in regards to partitioning the system. i’m going to boot from an external drive because then none of the partitions on the internal drive will be in use. On 25 Jul 2014, at 11:31 pm, Glenn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Michael, > Although I'm not sure how you do it with a Mac, I think the problem is that > you are looking at the free space as a partition, and in fact, I believe > that is just unpartitioned space on the drive. > You should be able to get rid of the free space by expanding the size of an > adjoining partition. > HTH. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Marshall" <[email protected]> > To: "mac access" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 3:16 AM > Subject: Desperately seeking assistance regarding a problem with a partition > > > hey all, > i’m having a very big problem and am at my wits end. i tried to make a > partition but the system malfunction and now i’m stuck with a 1.2 TV > partition calling itself free space. > Know matter what I try I cannot delete the partition. every option is Grade > out. i wiped the Macintosh HD volume to no avail, it’s still there and what > is worse is that now I can't even revert to a time machine back up since the > system is telling me that my drive does not have enough space. My time > machine backup is only around 200 GB. > This morning I went from a nice 3 TB hard drive to this mess. > I am tearing my hair out in frustration and am sending an SOS. > thanks for any help > > Michael > <--- 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> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences 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> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences 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> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
