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Are two partitions with HFS+ and exFAT more efficient or just one with exFAT for storing data?
I use Mac, Windows, and Linux(Ubuntu) computers, and one 1 TB external hard drive. I mainly use Mac, and don't want to use third party drivers. Is it more efficient to:
Use one partition for HFS(Mac ...
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trying to install windows after ubuntu
Recently I have wiped out my macbook pro and reinstalled ubuntu on it.And now I want to install windows alongside so I can have dual boot.After doing some research online, I have created a partition ...
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Installing Linux alongside Mac + Windows AFTER Bootcamp
I'm looking to set up triple-booting on my Macbook Pro, running OSX, Windows 7, and something Linux (probably Ubuntu 14.04)
Ordinarily, I don't think this would be too hard, but most of what I've ...
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Converting a MBR partition table to a GPT on a HFS+ hard drive
I have a HFS+ 2TB drive that I used to use with my Mac. I wanted to read its contents from Linux (Ubuntu server 14.04) too, so I plugged the drive and played around with gdisk, fdisk, parted and so on....
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Restore whole OS X from damaged but yet somehow accessible HFS+ partition
Okay, here's my problem: my disk got damaged (most possibly by the power problems). Disk utility shows it in gray color and won't mount offering me to check and repair it. Needlessly to say it won't ...
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Gray Progress Bar in Macbook Boot caused by Partition Fault
Here's my problem:
When I try to load my Macbook it shows the gray progress bar. It takes a while to fill the whole progress and after it Macbook just shuts down.
I tried to boot from a recovery ...
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Crunchbang Linux on Mac Mini 6,1
I have a Mac Mini (6,1) and I want to dual boot OSX with crunchbang (chose this distro because Wi-fi works out of the box).
First, I installed rEFIt and put crunchbang on a flashdrive.
Next, I ...
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Mounting OSX hard-drive on linux
I believe the motherboard on my macbook died, so I'm trying to recover the information on the disk. I pulled the hard drive from the macbook and plugged it into one of my SATA ports on my Ubuntu ...
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Untouchable disks via Disk Utility and GParted
I have what I think are hybrid GUID/MBR disks that I created by splitting already MBR/NTFS disks via GParted, leaving unallocated space, then creating HFS partitions within OS X from the unallocated ...
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shrinking an hfs+ partition
I have a GPT partitioned disk with 2 HFS+ partitions. I am trying to shrink the first partition.
things I have tried so far:
use Disk Utility.app
error: "The partition cannot be resized. Try ...
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