. Select the device in the sidebar, then click the Partition button. Internal storage devices appear under the Internal section in the sidebar. External devices appear under the External section in the sidebar. When you select a volume that already has data on it, the pie chart shows a shaded area representing the amount of data on the volume and an unshaded area representing the amount of free space available for another volume. Disk Utility also reports whether the volume can be removed or resized.
If you see a small volume with an asterisk, the partition is smaller than can be represented at the correct scale in the chart. Click the Add button.
Disk Utility splits the volume into two, leaving the data in one volume, and creating a new, empty volume. If the existing volume is less than half-full, Disk Utility creates two volume of equal size.
Otherwise, it creates one volume large enough for the existing data, and another volume with the remaining space. Depending on the space available, you can create multiple volumes by selecting the new partition, then clicking the Add button. Click each volume in the pie chart on the left, then enter a name for it. For MS-DOS (FAT) and ExFAT volumes, the name must be eleven characters or less. Enter the size or drag the divider to increase or decrease the size of each volume. For each volume, click the Format pop-up menu, then choose a format. Mac OS Extended (Journaled): Uses the Mac format (Journaled HFS Plus) to protect the integrity of the hierarchical file system.
Dec 27, 2018 Possibly the best solution to using a hard drive with both Windows and Mac without the use of third-party software is creating two partitions on the drive, one for Windows and one for Mac. But OS X Doesn’t recognize these partitions at all, not even in Disk Utility, and my Macintosh HD is now “downsized' to 875 GB I don’t want the last three partitions, just want them to be merged to Macintosh HD, so I can use my Mac with just one main hard drive.
Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted): Uses the Mac format, requires a password, and encrypts the partition. Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled): Uses the Mac format and is case sensitive to file and folder names. For example, folders named “Homework” and “HOMEWORK” are two different folders. Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted): Uses the Mac format, is case sensitive to folder names, requires a password, and encrypts the volume. MS-DOS (FAT): Use for Windows volumes that are 32 GB or less. ExFAT: Use for Windows volumes that are over 32 GB.
Click Apply. Click Show Details to view the step-by-step process of creating a new volume. When Disk Utility is finished creating the volumes, click Done. After you partition a storage device, an icon for each volume appears in both the Disk Utility sidebar and the Finder sidebar. Note: You can’t erase the device that contains your startup volume. Enter a name for the initial volume. Click the Map pop-up menu, then choose a format for the initial partition.
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For MS-DOS and ExFAT partitions, the name must be eleven characters or less. GUID Partition Map: Used for all Intel-based Mac computers. Master Boot Record: Used for Windows partitions that will be formatted as MS-DOS (FAT) or ExFAT.
Apple Partition Map: Used for compatibility with older PowerPC-based Mac computers. Click Erase, then click Done.
Wanna buy it? I tried finding someone around the office to buy it but nobody is going for that. Plus, I paid 1500 bucks for it and nobody is willing to shell that out for the hardware they get. I want to like that Mac.
I really did when I first got it. But then I tried to get things done on it and all I ever managed to do was get a spinning wheel that would pop up and just hand there for about 10 minutes. Then it would go away and the machine was frozen. So I would reboot, and go through it all over again in about 30 minutes. So I took it to the apple store to see what's doin. That was fun. I felt more like I was just suppose to be happy to look at my Mac.
Like it was more of some status symbol that a tool to be used to get work done. Do after getting no help but plenty of attitude I hit some forums to see what might be wrong.
'It's part of the Mac experience.' Is what I heard more than once. God, if Windows stalls for a second it is proclaimed a great injustice to man. If the freakin wheel of happy death appears I should feel honored I guess. Anyway, the hardware seems straight.
While in Windows it runs fine and everything is nice and fast. So no complaints on that end. Even after installing Leopard over and over I still have the same problems. So now I just want to make a clean break and at least get some use out of the hardware I have. Have you installed 3rd party RAM? Some manufacturers chips cause more issues than they're worth on OSX. If so it may be worth removing the RAM for a couple of days and seeing if you get a smoother experience.
BTW, the spinning beach ball thing is most definitely NOT a Mac feature. If you get it when your Mac isn't actually doing something you've set it doing it indicates a problem. As to your original question, it is possible to install Windows directly onto the Mac and do away with OSX, but I would recommend keeping a small OSX partition in case any firmware updates are released by Apple that require it for installation. It seems to be any application I run. Browsing, flash video, music, Word.
I can only run for about 25 to 30 minutes and then I am rebooting again. Here is something else that is weird. One night I was importing a CSV file into Excel (hard since i don't know how to use a computer ) It was a pretty big project so I was saving often while I setup the CSV.
I would freeze up and force a reboot. But my CSV file did not reflect the changes that had been saved prior to the freeze. This happened a few times. So I saved my file and did a normal restart. This time the files were actually saved. I tried to get some help at the Mac store in Annapolis but getting crapped on for an hour wasn't fixing the problem. I did suspect some hardware issue but things go great while I'm in Windows.
Now, I am not a fan of Vista at all but it runs fantastic on the iMac. That is why I am thinking of just using all the HDD for it. But, I bought a Mac because of all the great features in it. But if I freeze up all the time I really can't use them. Shouldn't be Happening Something doesn't seem quite right. Have you tried a memtest86 to check your RAM?
I would have to agree with you, I have a Windoze Vista Bootcamp partition that runs like a dream compared to my old Dell Laptop (or custom built work machine for that matter). No, there is definitey something the matter, I think there is some unresolved hardware that Windows is somehow overlooking/bypassing. Wait, this is a possibility, (not entirely sure, but just a thought). I am not exactly sure how the drive is partitioned when bootcamp is run. Maybe there's an existing bad sector on the HDD where OSX resides that would keep popping up regardless of the number of fresh installs where the Windoze partition hasn't contained the bad sectors, thus bypassing the bad sectors. Bad hardware just happens, regardless o the type of computer, it's just the nature of mechanical devices and computers.
It just sucks when YOU are dealt the lemon. I don't know, it was just a thought, it seems like most hardware failures generally includes memory or HDDs. Let me know what you find. If you get crapped on by the genius in the store, please call the corporate number to let them know. I recently had to do that - it was the most horrid experience i've EVER experienced with Apple. They actually cared and wanted to know things weren't up to par in the store. 'We can't fix what we don't know about'.
I got a free gift out my phone call - which isn't why i called, i just wanted to tell someone that would care about it (the manager of the store when i called to complained hung up on me). Have you tried calling?
You can ask for a level 2 support right away to break out of the 'do this over and over' thing. That said, it does sound like a hardware issue - if you have added the 3rd party RAM pull it out for now (they will make you when you call anyway), if you have RAM in 2 slots, and its Apple's - swap them slot to slot and see what happens. I had a bad RAM chip in Slot 2 and it made for some interesting times until i figured it out. It seems to be any application I run. Browsing, flash video, music, Word. I can only run for about 25 to 30 minutes and then I am rebooting again. Here is something else that is weird.
One night I was importing a CSV file into Excel (hard since i don't know how to use a computer ) It was a pretty big project so I was saving often while I setup the CSV. I would freeze up and force a reboot.
But my CSV file did not reflect the changes that had been saved prior to the freeze. This happened a few times. So I saved my file and did a normal restart.
This time the files were actually saved. I tried to get some help at the Mac store in Annapolis but getting crapped on for an hour wasn't fixing the problem. I did suspect some hardware issue but things go great while I'm in Windows. Now, I am not a fan of Vista at all but it runs fantastic on the iMac.
That is why I am thinking of just using all the HDD for it. But, I bought a Mac because of all the great features in it. But if I freeze up all the time I really can't use them.
Click to expand.I'm a long time Windows user and recently made the switch. I too think there's something messed up with your system. My system has been rock solid. There are certainly things that are not 'intuitive' to someone coming from a Windows environment but as I'm working with more I'm liking it more and more. And I really like the clean integration of many of the included applications; iCal, the address book, Mail, iPhoto, etc., all seem to play real nice with each other. I really think if you're having stability issues something's broken. No, it's not part of the user experience, as what your claimed is not normal.
It's like claiming windows BSOD every 30 minutes. It's not the hardware specs (and no, the hardware is reasonable in pricing, because Macs are SILENT compare to typical PC). It's how everything works. With a PC, out of the box you lose 10% of your clock cycle because you need to install anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-adware, not to mention the huge number of problem and inconsistencies of windows. Right, Apple Store can't fix whatever it is? If it's hardware they'll repair it.
They have booted your iMac with an external drive with a clean OS install and diagnostics tools and they have checked your computer. I am guessing the iMac works fine. The more likely reason is that they have determined that the problems are the software you installed, as Macs normally do not experience any of the things you mentioned.
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You probably tinkered with it like you would with windows, and messed up the OS or the account. Or perhaps since you did not mention 'where to sell my software', then you probably didn't actually buy a retail version of software, and that might be the problem.