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On El Capitan - Can I split a partition in two?
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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1817065" data-attributes="member: 67742"><p>I have a large 8 TB external hooked up to my Mini.</p><p></p><p>When I initially formatted it, I made a few 1 and 2 TB partitions to use as backups.</p><p></p><p>Three of these partitions have a fair amount of data on them; there are still a few of these 1 TB partitions that have no data, just the formatting.</p><p></p><p>If possible, I would now like to split one of these "empty" 1 TB partitions into two 500 GB partitions.</p><p></p><p>I keep reading that this is possible without affecting the other partitions - especially the ones with data, but when I go to Disk Utility there doesn't seem to be an option to create two 500 GB partitions from one 1 TB partition.</p><p></p><p>So...can that actually be done?</p><p>Can I do it with Disk Utility?</p><p>And where do I start? When I select the partition I want to split into two, the partition icon is greyed out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krs, post: 1817065, member: 67742"] I have a large 8 TB external hooked up to my Mini. When I initially formatted it, I made a few 1 and 2 TB partitions to use as backups. Three of these partitions have a fair amount of data on them; there are still a few of these 1 TB partitions that have no data, just the formatting. If possible, I would now like to split one of these "empty" 1 TB partitions into two 500 GB partitions. I keep reading that this is possible without affecting the other partitions - especially the ones with data, but when I go to Disk Utility there doesn't seem to be an option to create two 500 GB partitions from one 1 TB partition. So...can that actually be done? Can I do it with Disk Utility? And where do I start? When I select the partition I want to split into two, the partition icon is greyed out. [/QUOTE]
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