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Disk Utility
Jul 31, 2013 OK, I got the gparted iso burned a cd so now I have Gparted-live, but how do I get this to boot up? When I restart, hold the c key down it gives a number 1 & a number 2 on a black screen and I can do anything with either number that I type in the blank.
Disk Utility is a disk utility on macOS operating system. It supports creating, splitting, merging, resizing, deleting and formatting partitions on the hard disk. Disk Utility only supports partition creation and formatting for Mac OS Extended (Journaled), exFAT, MS-DOS (FAT) and since MacOS High Sierra (10.13), it supports APFS.
If you are a Linux user or operating systems other than macOS, you probably use another tool. In another case, if you are using a Seagate, WD My Passport or any other hard drive that you previously partitioned with another tool. Disk Utility will report MediaKit reports not enough space on device for requested operation. This error occurs because the partitions created do not comply with Apple’s partition policy. In this case, you can use other tools instead of Disk Utility.
In this article, I will guide you to create a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partition with GParted. If you want to install macOS High Sierra or later versions, just use the Convert to APFS feature on Disk Utility.
GParted
GParted is a well known disk partitioning program. It supports many partition formats such as FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, Ext4 and of course supports Mac OS Extended. We can use GParted to create Mac OS Extended partitions in just a few simple steps.
Timer for mac. GParted comes pre-installed on many Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint… If you already have GParted installed, just use it. If not, you can download GParted or 4MParted ISO files then integrate into AIO Boot. You should use these two operating systems, as they have pre-installed programs that support the format. If you use GParted on Ubuntu, Linux Mint or Debian, you need to install hfsprogs.
The format of Mac OS Extended is HFS+. There are some commercial softwares that support creating HFS + partitions on Windows, but GParted is free. Now we will create the HFS+ partition with GParted.
- Run GParted and select the hard disk in the dropdown list at the top right. My hard disk is /dev/sda.
- You can only create new partitions if your hard disk has unallocated space. Right-click on the unallocated space and select New. You can also format existing partitions to HFS+. Right-click the existing partition, select Format to, and then select hfs+. Or delete the existing partition to recreate it.
- Select hfs+ in the File system. Then select and enter some information for the other items you want.
- Click Add, then click Apply to apply the changes.
The Mac OS Extended partition created by GParted will not be journaled. However, we can use Disk Utility to Enable Journaling. Or use the following command to format Mac OS Extended to Mac OS Extended (Journaled):
/dev/sdaX is the partition you want to format.
Convert to APFS
From the MacOS High Sierra version, Apple announced a new file system called APFS. By default, macOS High Sierra can only be installed on an APFS partition. You can use Disk Utility to convert Mac OS Extended partitions to APFS without losing data.
If the Mac OS Extended partition is not Journaled, please journaled it first. Run Disk Utility, select the Mac OS Extended partition in the left column, then select File and select Enable Journaling.
Gparted For Windows 10
Now you can convert Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partitions to APFS without losing data. Just select Edit and select Convert to APFS…
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By using GParted with the simple steps above, we can easily create Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partitions and many other formats that Disk Utility does not support. If you need to create macOS High Sierra bootable USB from Windows, you can try Clover Boot Disk. Good luck!
Download Gparted For Mac
Your MacBook Pro computer comes with the default 1 partition. Creating additional partitions is a important one to manage your files. You can create, edit, merge or delete additional partitions with Disk utility.
Some 3rd party apps also help you to create and manage mac partitions.
Stellar Partition Manager for Mac ($39)
Full versions version software offer tools to create, delete, format, hide/show, resize mac hard drive partitions.
Its also offer demo version. But this version only allows you to hide, reveal, delete and format a Mac partition.
iPartition ($50)
Its natively support NTFS, FAT, HFS+ and HFS file systems. Make repartition without reformatting using simple tools.
GParted – GNOME Partition Editor (Free)
Free partition editor to mange your Mac partitions. Resize, copy, move partitions without data loss. Create additional space for new operating systems.
Partition Magic Mac Tool
Create, resize, or merge partitions using Partition magic mac tool. Its also allow user to create partition of external USB drives.
Camptune ($19.95)
Rearrange space between HFS and NTFS volumes. Its also support fusion drive/file vault.
MacDrive
Another software to create disk partition. Its have additional tools to repair Mac drive.
If you knew any other partition software, do let us via comment.