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Non-Destructively Resize an Existing Drive with CoreStorage

October 3, 2012 By Stephen 6 Comments

After I moved my iMac move volume to an SSD, I was left with an internal hard disk drive full of data. Rather than blowing away and start again, I decided to repartition it using CoreStorage. My next step was to resize my existing drive to make room for a new logical volume. CoreStorage can resize a drive non-destructively, moving existing data aside and clearing capacity for … [Read more...] about Non-Destructively Resize an Existing Drive with CoreStorage

Fun Mac OS X Storage Tricks with CoreStorage

October 3, 2012 By Stephen Leave a Comment

Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" added a volume manager called CoreStorage, a development I was gleeful to report last year. But what can you do with CoreStorage? Here are some examples. To maximize usefulness, I'm dividing this into multiple posts, each with a specific CoreStorage trick: Convert an existing drive to CoreStorage Resize a CoreStorage volume Add a new … [Read more...] about Fun Mac OS X Storage Tricks with CoreStorage

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