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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: DU partitions 2 -> 1?
Date: 20 Oct 2015 20:43:24 GMT
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On 2015-10-20, M. John Matlaw <nouser@invalid.com> wrote:
> On 10/20/15 10:49 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> M. John Matlaw <nouser@invalid.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Actually, I don't care.  I'd just like to reformat the drive with no
>>>> partitions.  Earlier versions of DU (I think) let you re-partitions with
>>>> one partition.  Couldn't figure out how to do it in this version of DU.
>>>
>>> Have you clicked on the other side of the pie chart or tried dragging
>>> the circular "handle" at the bottom? I have never used El Capitan's Disk
>>> Utility, but it looks like the first partition (on the right) is the one
>>> selected (blue).
>>
>> Yes. I'm pretty sure you can't delete the very first partition, which is
>> why I asked.
>>
> In addition to deep sixing extra partitions by erasing the drive it 
> looks like the way to re-format is to simply pick a format version and 
> hit apply in the partition menu.  Looks like I spent a lot unnecessary 
> time avoiding the obvious.

Maybe. I'm still running Yosemite at home, but from what I've seen, lots
of people are having a hard time adjusting to the new interface.

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