iPartition - resizing APM volumes on the fly.

[weckart]

Just a reminder that since the shuttering of Corolis Systems, iPartition and other software have been made available for free as long as the site remains up.

https://coriolis-systems.com/

Make sure you have a copy safe. It’s by far the easiest way of adding/removing or resizing HFS+ volumes on PPC Macs without wiping existent data.

It can also add the OS9 drivers retrospectively to volumes created under OSX if you had forgotten to do so.

 

[chscag]

It should be noted that iDefrag is still a very useful defragging tool for HFS+ spinner drives. Not to be used on a SSD though.

 

[z970]

iDefrag and iPartition have since been added to Macintosh Garden, the latter courtesy of myself.

http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/idefrag-173

http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/ipartition

 

[weckart]

It should be noted that iDefrag is still a very useful defragging tool for HFS+ spinner drives. Not to be used on a SSD though.

Tbh, I've never found that HFS+ fragmented enough to make it worth the while.

 

[netsrot39]

Thanks for the information. Looks like a great application but does it offer any major advantages when compared to Disk Utility? (iPartition that is) Anways, I think I'm gonna try it and check for myself

 

[JoSch]

Thanks for the information. Looks like a great application but does it offer any major advantages when compared to Disk Utility? (iPartition that is) Anways, I think I'm gonna try it and check for myself

At least on Tiger, you cannot resize volumes without deleting your data. Also, Disk Utility doesn't allow every operation.
That's two cases, where iPartition comes in handy.

 

[weckart]

Thanks for the information. Looks like a great application but does it offer any major advantages when compared to Disk Utility? (iPartition that is) Anways, I think I'm gonna try it and check for myself

I mentioned two in my post:

- Non-destructive movement and alteration of APM volumes
- Non-destructive retro-installation of OS9 drivers on HFS+ volumes lacking those.

Disk Utility can do neither of these.

 

[LightBulbFun]

getting some dejavu here wasn't there a post about this a while back?

I remember questioning its ability to install OS 9 drivers post facto IIRC (still need to test that out properly)

(also for what its worth, if a Drive does not have OS 9 drivers installed then Disk Utility in tiger and Leopard can partition and resize an APM volume non destructively)

 

[eyoungren]

getting some dejavu here wasn't there a post about this a while back?

I remember questioning its ability to install OS 9 drivers post facto IIRC (still need to test that out properly)

(also for what its worth, if a Drive does not have OS 9 drivers installed then Disk Utility in tiger and Leopard can partition and resize an APM volume non destructively)

You're remembering two different threads.

@weckart posted a thread to make us aware that in July 2019 these apps would be freely available with the license keys.

Around that time I had posted a thread wondering about if OS9 drivers could be removed from a drive after formatting (without reformatting the drive). See here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/removing-os9-drivers.2177689/

Weckart also posted in there about iPartition.

 

[galgot]

Tried registering iPartition 3.3.1 with the licenceKey file provided on the site, it says "Bad licencekey file"...
Anyone had success with that ?

 

[Intell]

At least on Tiger, you cannot resize volumes without deleting your data. Also, Disk Utility doesn't allow every operation.
That's two cases, where iPartition comes in handy.

Starting with 10.4.6, Disk Utility was able to change partitions without erasing the drive. As long as the drive did not have the OS 9 drivers installed.

 

[Project Alice]

Tried registering iPartition 3.3.1 with the licenceKey file provided on the site, it says "Bad licencekey file"...
Anyone had success with that ?

Same thing happening for me.

Edit: I found a keyfile. Turns out I had download a cracked version it a long time ago that came with a keyfile. I've attached it in this post.

 

[galgot]

Same thing happening for me.

Edit: I found a keyfile. Turns out I had download a cracked version it a long time ago that came with a keyfile. I've attached it in this post.
View attachment 850965

I contacted the dev.
He kindly replaced the Licensekey files on his site. Should work now if you want a kosher one.

 

[1042686]

Downloaded them all onto my NAS for posterity. A kind act by the dev that is certainly worth a donation.