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Upgrading macOS SSD to a larger size SDDSSD and fully utilizing space on the new SSD when restoring from a backup

I'm upgrading SSD on a MacBook Air 2012 with Mojave from 64GB to 500GB. I've successfully cloned and swapped the drives (using Ubuntu USB stick and dd command). Now the MacOS boots and works as well as before, but I have a 500GB drive with a 60GB partition on it.

I tried to use Disk Utility to resize it to 500GB, but it failed, perhaps because there's a also a Recovery Partition next to it.

My question, ifIf I do a Time Machine Backup now, then re-partitionrepartition the drive, reinstall the OS and do a restore form the Time Machine Backup, will I still end up with a 60GB partition? Is there a better way to resize it?

Upgrading macOS SSD to a larger size SDD and fully utilizing space on the new SSD when restoring from a backup

I'm upgrading SSD on a MacBook Air 2012 with Mojave from 64GB to 500GB. I've successfully cloned and swapped the drives (using Ubuntu USB stick and dd command). Now the MacOS boots and works as well as before, but I have a 500GB drive with a 60GB partition on it.

I tried to use Disk Utility to resize it to 500GB, but it failed, perhaps because there's a also a Recovery Partition next to it.

My question, if I do a Time Machine Backup now, then re-partition the drive, reinstall the OS and do a restore form the Time Machine Backup, will I still end up with a 60GB partition? Is there a better way to resize it?

Upgrading macOS SSD to a larger size SSD and fully utilizing space on the new SSD when restoring from a backup

I'm upgrading SSD on a MacBook Air 2012 with Mojave from 64GB to 500GB. I've successfully cloned and swapped the drives (using Ubuntu USB stick and dd command). Now the MacOS boots and works as well as before, but I have a 500GB drive with a 60GB partition on it.

I tried to use Disk Utility to resize it to 500GB, but it failed, perhaps because there's a also a Recovery Partition next to it.

If I do a Time Machine Backup now, then repartition the drive, reinstall the OS and do a restore form the Time Machine Backup, will I still end up with a 60GB partition? Is there a better way to resize it?

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Upgrading MacOSmacOS SSD to a largelarger size SDD and fully utilizing space on the new SSD when restoring from a backup

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Upgrading MacOS SSD to a large size

I'm upgrading SSD on a MacBook Air 2012 with Mojave from 64GB to 500GB. I've successfully cloned and swapped the drives (using Ubuntu USB stick and dd command). Now the MacOS boots and works as well as before, but I have a 500GB drive with a 60GB partition on it.

I tried to use Disk Utility to resize it to 500GB, but it failed, perhaps because there's a also a Recovery Partition next to it.

My question, if I do a Time Machine Backup now, then re-partition the drive, reinstall the OS and do a restore form the Time Machine Backup, will I still end up with a 60GB partition? Is there a better way to resize it?