Does the same go with creating additional partitions ? ? For example I've got a 2tb external drive here, all of which i'm using for data storage right now. I've thought about setting up a separate partition on it to use for TIme Machine backup, as the time capsule i have, a first gen time capsule, which only has a 500 gig drive in it, is almost full. So could i safely create a second partition on my external, without having to reformat it? On 2012-05-29, at 1:06 PM, Travis Siegel <tsie...@softcon.com> 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 mac-access@mac-access.net 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/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/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 mac-access@mac-access.net 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/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/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/>
