Partitioning troubles | The Apple Den | Page 1

polar mauve Mar 29, 2025, 10:00 PM

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I haven’t been here in a while, but I’ve got a problem. I would like to delete big partition and have the space go to my main partition Im on. But it won’t let me delete it. I’ve erased it, tried to remove it as a volume. Nothing works. Please help ]:

lavish marten Mar 29, 2025, 10:03 PM

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polar mauve I haven’t been here in a while, but I’ve got a problem. I would like to delete b...

Are you booted into Big Sur?

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Actually, shouldn’t matter

polar mauve Mar 29, 2025, 10:04 PM

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It’s named Big Sur lol

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Im in Monterey

lavish marten Mar 29, 2025, 10:05 PM

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So, you’re gonna wanna create (if you don’t already have one) a Linux live boot and boot into that
Then use gparted to edit stuff, and apply it

polar mauve Mar 29, 2025, 10:05 PM

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Oh what. Mk. So Thats how I’ll delete that partition and it will transfer the storage over to my main?

lavish marten Mar 29, 2025, 10:08 PM

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Yeah, in GParted:

Remove Mojave partition
Resize Big Sur partition to 1TB
Apply changes
Backup everything before you do, because it’s Linux working on a macOS partition it can cause data loss

polar mauve Mar 29, 2025, 10:10 PM

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How do I install Linux live boot?

lavish marten Mar 29, 2025, 10:17 PM

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Are you on an M-series Mac, Intel Mac, or hackintosh?

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First option is x64, second and third are ARM

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It changes things a lot

polar mauve Mar 29, 2025, 10:20 PM

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Intel Mac

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2017 iMac, 1TB, 4K

lavish marten Mar 29, 2025, 10:21 PM

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Alr, great 👍

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Go to https://ubuntu.com

Ubuntu

Enterprise Open Source and Linux | Ubuntu

Ubuntu is the modern, open source operating system on Linux for the enterprise server, desktop, cloud, and IoT.

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Download x64 LTS ISO image

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And write it to a USB drive (you’ll have to google how to do that)

polar mauve Mar 29, 2025, 10:54 PM

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uhhh

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@lavish marten

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sorry for pinging

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its out of support

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it wont let me download it

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nvm

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I

Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

CD images for Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

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is this realese ok to use?

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im just gonna download and make a install on windows

lavish marten Mar 29, 2025, 11:49 PM

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Why not 24.04?

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That’s the latest

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https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop/thank-you?version=24.04.2&architecture=amd64&lts=true
x64 Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS

Ubuntu

Thank you for downloading Ubuntu Desktop | Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.

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Direct download link

polar mauve Mar 30, 2025, 12:29 AM

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Ty

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This won’t delete my main partition data right?

lavish marten Mar 30, 2025, 12:58 AM

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polar mauve This won’t delete my main partition data right?

Which one is that?

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If you’re talking abt the “Big Sur” partition, no it won’t delete it, but it warns you that sometimes it can mess up the bootloader
So def back up important stuff on it, I’ve never had issues resizing Linux partitions but idk abt macOS

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One thing you could try that I just thought of is using macos recovery

polar mauve Mar 30, 2025, 1:18 AM

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I can use my bootable high serria disc

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not disc

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flash drive

lavish marten Mar 30, 2025, 1:22 AM

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Depends if the drives are HFS+ or APFS

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High sierra can’t handle APFS, iirc

polar mauve Mar 30, 2025, 1:22 AM

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It’s booting

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What do I do when it boots?

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It’s in the Home Screen

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Where do I go?

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Ok I deleted all data on the partition

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So Im booting back into Mac OS

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Im going to try to add it there

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@lavish marten

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In Ubuntu, I deleted the other space I wanted of resize

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And now it’s not showing up in Mac OS

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What do I do

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Im rebooting back into Ubuntu

lavish marten Mar 30, 2025, 1:50 AM

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Gimme like 40m, sorry

polar mauve Mar 30, 2025, 1:54 AM

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I fixed it no worries

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But im not done

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Once you get back, I’ll have you guide me through how to resize it

lavish marten Mar 30, 2025, 2:44 AM

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polar mauve Once you get back, I’ll have you guide me through how to resize it

Ok I’m back

polar mauve Mar 30, 2025, 2:50 AM

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Mk

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So I have the partition back

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So Im gonna boot back into Ubuntu

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I’ll text you when I fully booted back in

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Im booted in, what do I do now?

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Im now in gparted

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Wdid

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Can somebody help, Im very confused ]:

polar mauve Mar 30, 2025, 3:27 AM

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@lavish marten sorry for pinging , I just really need help and idk what to do.

dense idol Mar 30, 2025, 3:33 AM

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@polar mauve So what are you attempting to accomplish?

polar mauve Mar 30, 2025, 3:34 AM

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I want this big partition, to transfer it storage over to my main one

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Which is dev/sda3

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But in macOS, it won’t transfer over and it won’t let me delete it

dense idol Mar 30, 2025, 3:34 AM

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Are you attempting to migrate the data over?

polar mauve Mar 30, 2025, 3:34 AM

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No, just the storage

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The partition is wiped

dense idol Mar 30, 2025, 3:35 AM

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Oh, then you should just be able to delete the partition.

polar mauve Mar 30, 2025, 3:35 AM

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My camera is terrible

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Sorry

dense idol Mar 30, 2025, 3:35 AM

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.Delete the partion to gain free space, then boot to MacOS to expand it's partition

royal geyserBOT Mar 30, 2025, 3:35 AM

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Check your DMs to continue with your .fmbot account deletion.

dense idol Mar 30, 2025, 3:36 AM

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royal geyser

breh

polar mauve Mar 30, 2025, 3:36 AM

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I do that, but then it doesn’t show up

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Because it’s unallocated

dense idol Mar 30, 2025, 3:37 AM

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That's weird.

polar mauve Mar 30, 2025, 3:38 AM

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I did set my main partition size as a maximum of 350. But I’ve done that before and it let me delete a partition and have it go into another

dense idol Mar 30, 2025, 3:38 AM

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And you can't resize the partition in MacOS?

polar mauve Mar 30, 2025, 3:39 AM

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No, if it won’t let me delete it in Mac OS

dense idol Mar 30, 2025, 3:39 AM

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https://github.com/sgan81/apfs-fuse
Then you need an Apple Drive Driver and then try to do it in Linux.

GitHub

GitHub - sgan81/apfs-fuse: FUSE driver for APFS (Apple File System)

FUSE driver for APFS (Apple File System). Contribute to sgan81/apfs-fuse development by creating an account on GitHub.

polar mauve Mar 30, 2025, 3:40 AM

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So what do I do?

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Download it in Mac OS

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Then go back to Linux?

dense idol Mar 30, 2025, 3:47 AM

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You install it in Linux

polar mauve Mar 30, 2025, 3:47 AM

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Mk

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Im-

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Im just gonna have to wipe my drive and reinstall

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ACTAULLY

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Im marking this as done

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Ik what I’m doing

dense idol Mar 30, 2025, 4:16 AM

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/resolve

dense idol Mar 30, 2025, 4:16 AM

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polar mauve Im marking this as done

Just edit the post and add resolved at a tag.

brazen shardBOT Mar 30, 2025, 4:21 AM

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Thread marked as 'Resolved/Decided'.

hearty chasm Mar 30, 2025, 4:21 AM

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pretty sure only genius bar specialists can use this

lavish marten Mar 30, 2025, 1:44 PM

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polar mauve <@1225628518021599264> sorry for pinging , I just really need help and idk what ...

Oh so sorry bro, I completely forgot
I was super tired and don’t have discord notifications on

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Mb about that

polar mauve Mar 30, 2025, 2:09 PM

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It’s ight, don’t worry

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