Honestly I do not have enough reputation to comment on this post:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/307469/425311
Step two in the above link says:
Create empty space on a drive. This space needs to be outside any APFS or Core Storage containers.
His command diskutil list
shows:
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *536.9 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Chicken 150.0 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
4: Apple_HFS Turkey 150.0 GB disk0s4
5: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s5
Mine shows:
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *240.1 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 239.8 GB disk0s2
/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: APFS Container Scheme - +239.8 GB disk1
Physical Store disk0s2
1: APFS Volume JacOS 40.2 GB disk1s1
2: APFS Volume Preboot 22.5 MB disk1s2
3: APFS Volume Recovery 512.1 MB disk1s3
4: APFS Volume VM 2.1 GB disk1s4
What would it look like if the space was inside "any APFS or Core Storage containers"?
Continuing with the instruction will "absorb the free space" into a volume which is on an APFS container scheme, which defies the instruction.
Does it matter that the volume to "absorb the free space" is in an APFS type container?
Perhaps I should be trying to change the type to HFS as per the instruction example?
Should there be any other changes that you could make me aware of or shall I continue straight ahead and absorb the free space into JacOS?
I'm hesitant to experiment as there is only one OS.
I appreciate your answers.
I am using MacOS High-Sierra 10.13.6 with an intel CPU and SSD drive.
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What would it look like if the space was inside "any APFS or Core Storage containers"?
Continuing with the instruction will "absorb the free space" into a volume which is on an APFS container scheme, which defies the instruction.
Does it matter that the volume to "absorb the free space" is in an APFS type container?
Perhaps I should be trying to change the type to HFS as per the instruction example?
Should there be any other changes that you could make me aware of or shall I continue straight ahead and absorb the free space into JacOS?
How to Hybrid Partition the SSD Internal Drive for iMac mid 2011
Below is the output from
diskutil list internal
.Below is the command to reduce the APFS container to 160 GB and create a partition for Windows. You may wish to choose a different size value.
The output from
diskutil list internal
should now appear similar to what is shown below.If you have gdisk installed, then you can boot to macOS Recovery to finish hybrid partitioning the drive.
Enter the command below to confirm
disk0
is the identifier for the internal drive. If a different identifier is shown, then make the appropriate substitutions below.Enter the command below to start
gdisk
.The
gdisk
command takes interactive input. Below is the functions and data to enter.Below is an example using version 1.0.5 of
gdisk
. Your output should be similar.Finally, boot back to macOS.