OS X Mavericks :: 10.9.4 - External HDD Partition Expansion
Sep 1, 2014
I have NTFS Paragon installed on my mac and I have recently purchased a 4TB Seagate expansion external HDD.
I wanted to change the name of it so when I plugged it into my TV, the name would come up correctly. It didn't work by just clicking on it and renaming it, so I tried erasing it and restoring with a new name.
My problem now is this;
Now that I have reformatted the HDD, when I plug it into my TV it always shows up as having two partitions...
Seagate Desk (1) (Usually around 399mb)
Seagate Desk (2) (Remainder of space)
When I plug the HDD into the Mac, it doesn't show up as two partitions, only when it's plugged into a TV (and possibly a windows based PC, not sure). I also had the same problem a while back when I tried to reformat a USB thumb drive using disk utility...
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), Seagate 4TB expansion HDD
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Jun 24, 2014
I recently purchased a 3TB Seagate® Expansion® external hard drive for PC. My plan is too reformat it so that I can use it, but it has been acting wierd on me. It says on Disk Utility that it is 4 gbs but I have a 3TB one. Im on OSX mavericks by the way.
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I wish to change partition scheme, sizes, in an external drive. All the partitions are MacOS extended (Journaled) and they map, according to the layout in Disk Utility, as follows: Partion 1, 2, 3,4 where 1 is at the top and 4, the bottom. I want to make partition 2 larger, so I decreased partition 1 by half. Now the layout is 1 a, 1b, 2,3,4., where 1b is now free space. Disk Utility will not allow me to increase the size of partition 2 by dragging the corner. Which of the following options (if any) will allow me to increase the size of partition 2, without erasing the data, using Disk Utility:Select partition 2 and manually writing a new value in the size box, equal to the present partition’s size plus the free space?If I delete partition 1 completely, will I then be able to increase the size of partition 2?If I delete partitions 1, 3, and 4, will I then be allowed to increase the size of partion 2?Is there another option?
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SeagateHD 1.5TB USB drive.
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Time Capsule 802.11n (2nd Gen), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), MacBook Pro, iBook Dual USB
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), External Hard Drive
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Mac mini, OS X Mavericks (10.9), 2.6GHz / 16GB Ram
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MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), 20" iMac, 250GB H/D, 512Mb RAM.
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