Increasing size of Time Machine storage partition
I have a 500G hard drive attached to my iMac. When it was first attached a friend partitioned it equally for storage and backup (Time Machine). Now the backup part is full but the storage is hardly being used. I'd like to increase the proportion of the drive dedicated to backup but when I click on this part it says 'This partition can't be modified.' There's no problem resizing the storage part though.
How do I increase the size of the Time Machine backup target partition?
It's on an external hard disk, in case that makes a difference.
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I have a 500G hard drive attached to my iMac. When it was first attached a friend partitioned it equally for storage and backup (Time Machine). Now the backup part is full but the storage is hardly being used. I'd like to increase the proportion of the drive dedicated to backup but when I click on this part it says 'This partition can't be modified.' There's no problem resizing the storage part though.
How do I increase the size of the Time Machine backup target partition?
It's on an external hard disk, in case that makes a difference.
macos partitioning time-machine
edited Aug 19 '14 at 20:26
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asked Aug 19 '14 at 20:22
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Hi K b. I have edited your question slightly to try to emphasize what you are trying to do. If you feel my edits changed the intent of your question in any way, feel free to either roll back the edit (click the "edited ... ago" link, then "rollback" next to the revision you wish to roll back to), or simply edit further. Welcome to SuperUser and Stack Exchange.
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I have a 500G hard drive attached to my iMac. When it was first attached a friend partitioned it equally for storage and backup (Time Machine). Now the backup part is full but the storage is hardly being used. I'd like to increase the proportion of the drive dedicated to backup but when I click on this part it says 'This partition can't be modified.' There's no problem resizing the storage part though.
How do I increase the size of the Time Machine backup target partition?
It's on an external hard disk, in case that makes a difference.
macos partitioning time-machine
edited Aug 19 '14 at 20:26
a CVn
24.4k873120
asked Aug 19 '14 at 20:22
K bK b
111
I have a 500G hard drive attached to my iMac. When it was first attached a friend partitioned it equally for storage and backup (Time Machine). Now the backup part is full but the storage is hardly being used. I'd like to increase the proportion of the drive dedicated to backup but when I click on this part it says 'This partition can't be modified.' There's no problem resizing the storage part though.
How do I increase the size of the Time Machine backup target partition?
It's on an external hard disk, in case that makes a difference.
macos partitioning time-machine
macos partitioning time-machine
edited Aug 19 '14 at 20:26
a CVn
24.4k873120
asked Aug 19 '14 at 20:22
K bK b
111
edited Aug 19 '14 at 20:26
a CVn
24.4k873120
asked Aug 19 '14 at 20:22
K bK b
111
edited Aug 19 '14 at 20:26
a CVn
24.4k873120
edited Aug 19 '14 at 20:26
a CVn
24.4k873120
edited Aug 19 '14 at 20:26
a CVn
24.4k873120
24.4k873120
asked Aug 19 '14 at 20:22
K bK b
111
asked Aug 19 '14 at 20:22
K bK b
111
asked Aug 19 '14 at 20:22
K bK b
111
111
Hi K b. I have edited your question slightly to try to emphasize what you are trying to do. If you feel my edits changed the intent of your question in any way, feel free to either roll back the edit (click the "edited ... ago" link, then "rollback" next to the revision you wish to roll back to), or simply edit further. Welcome to SuperUser and Stack Exchange.
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Hi K b. I have edited your question slightly to try to emphasize what you are trying to do. If you feel my edits changed the intent of your question in any way, feel free to either roll back the edit (click the "edited ... ago" link, then "rollback" next to the revision you wish to roll back to), or simply edit further. Welcome to SuperUser and Stack Exchange.
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You can use the disk utility, here is a general tutorial: http://macs.about.com/od/applications/ss/diskutilitysize.htm
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You can use the disk utility, here is a general tutorial: http://macs.about.com/od/applications/ss/diskutilitysize.htm
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Hi K b. I have edited your question slightly to try to emphasize what you are trying to do. If you feel my edits changed the intent of your question in any way, feel free to either roll back the edit (click the "edited ... ago" link, then "rollback" next to the revision you wish to roll back to), or simply edit further. Welcome to SuperUser and Stack Exchange.
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