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mac2thefuture

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Hi, I have a 4T external i'd like to partition and make OS journaled but, the partition tab is greyed out - please can you assist, thanks.
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keysofanxiety

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Nov 23, 2011
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Hi, I have a 4T external i'd like to partition and make OS journaled but, the partition tab is greyed out - please can you assist, thanks. View attachment 589827

You have to Erase first I believe, partition map is currently formatted for MBR which is unsupported on OS X for partitioning. So erase as exFAT or OS X Extended (Journaled) and you'll be able to setup partitions then.
 
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