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Re: Resizing existing partitions on an external USB2 HDD in Mac OS?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage, comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage, alt.comp.periphs.hdd
Subject	Re: Resizing existing partitions on an external USB2 HDD in Mac OS?
Date	2016-12-13 00:07 +0000
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Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
> In alt.comp.periphs.hdd Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>> In message <IMidndMbMskWftDFnZ2dnUU7-KvNnZ2d@earthlink.com> 
>> Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>>> Hello.
> 
>>> Mac OS (Mountain Lion v10.8.5 & Sierra v10.12.1)'s Disk Utility won't 
>>> let me resize 2 existing partitions (FAT32
> 
>> That's why.
> 
>>> Does its Disk Utility not let me do that like in Linux and Windows? 
> 
>> Not with FAT partitions.
> 
> Oh. So they need to be HFS+ to repartition. Darn it. I was hoping it 
> would be like old PartitionMagic, qtparted, etc. :(

Yes, it's oh so limited and sub-par! I mean everyone knows PartitionMagic,
qtparted, etc would resize HFS volumes! </sarcasm>

Your expectations are unrealistic.

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Resizing existing partitions on an external USB2 HDD in Mac OS? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-12-11 17:38 -0600
  Re: Resizing existing partitions on an external USB2 HDD in Mac OS? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-12-12 13:34 +1300
  Re: Resizing existing partitions on an external USB2 HDD in Mac OS? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-12 06:50 +0000
    Re: Resizing existing partitions on an external USB2 HDD in Mac OS? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-12-12 16:49 -0600
      Re: Resizing existing partitions on an external USB2 HDD in Mac OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-12-13 00:07 +0000

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