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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Resizing existing partitions on an external USB2 HDD in Mac OS?
Date: 13 Dec 2016 00:07:24 GMT
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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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