Hey guys,
I've been googling for hours and absorbing info but i'd really like to be walked through the process for my specific situation by somebody who knows what they're doing, if somebody has the time.
I don't wanna fudge anything up.
Here's my situation. I have a 1TB internal hard drive on my 12,2 iMac that upon purchasing i split into 2 partitions. I got this refurbished iMac around March 2017 which shipped with El Capitan, but at the time i wasn't ready to make the move from Snow Leopard yet (which i had been using on my previous iMac and had it cloned) since all my old music projects relied on the older software and plugins. So i split off 1 partition of 920GB and transferred my Snow Leopard clone onto it, and the original El Capitan partition became 80gb. The 80gb was just so could casually use the factory El Capitan for a while and see if i liked it.
Fast forward almost 2 years and i finally upgraded my 920gb Snow Leopard drive to El Capitan also, and all my old 32bit software works fine (!), so now i have no need for having split partitions anymore, and i want the disk space.
I just want 1 partition HD.
So just delete the 80gb partition right?
My problem is that, when viewing Disk Utility from the 920gb partition, the "-" button on the 80gb partition is greyed out so i can't delete it. And i can't resize it down, only up. Not sure how to proceed.
Is it because the 80gb partition is the original Macintosh HD drive?
Here's my setup...
(please note that both drives are currently running El Capitan 10.11.6, despite what the disk names might lead you to think)
1. The 80gb El Capitan drive is called "Macintosh HD". Or disk0s2:
^ I realize this drive is full. I can fix that if needed for functionality reasons?
2. The 920gb drive is called "SL 10.6.8". Or disk0s4. Despite the name, "SL 10.6.8" is running El Capitan as well (since today)...
^ This is the main/only drive i want to use going forward.
3. An external HD that's 1TB. It's currently in use though and i would ideally prefer not to use it, but i can overwrite it if absolutely necessery. I'm hoping you guys can help me form a plan that doesn't involve using the external HD.
Some other plans to consider into the strategy:
1. I'd also like to transfer a bunch of data over from my 80gb drive to the 920gb drive. Audio plugins, mostly. Some misc files too. Installed software if possible? But most important is the plugins and their licenses.
2. I'm considering upgrading to Sierra at some point (slightly worried my licenses wont carry over? Also El Capitan has good stability for my 32bit software right now). Just a minor note, in case that gets worked into the strategy somewhere.
Thanks for any help!
I've been googling for hours and absorbing info but i'd really like to be walked through the process for my specific situation by somebody who knows what they're doing, if somebody has the time.
I don't wanna fudge anything up.Here's my situation. I have a 1TB internal hard drive on my 12,2 iMac that upon purchasing i split into 2 partitions. I got this refurbished iMac around March 2017 which shipped with El Capitan, but at the time i wasn't ready to make the move from Snow Leopard yet (which i had been using on my previous iMac and had it cloned) since all my old music projects relied on the older software and plugins. So i split off 1 partition of 920GB and transferred my Snow Leopard clone onto it, and the original El Capitan partition became 80gb. The 80gb was just so could casually use the factory El Capitan for a while and see if i liked it.
Fast forward almost 2 years and i finally upgraded my 920gb Snow Leopard drive to El Capitan also, and all my old 32bit software works fine (!), so now i have no need for having split partitions anymore, and i want the disk space.
I just want 1 partition HD.
So just delete the 80gb partition right?
My problem is that, when viewing Disk Utility from the 920gb partition, the "-" button on the 80gb partition is greyed out so i can't delete it. And i can't resize it down, only up. Not sure how to proceed.
Is it because the 80gb partition is the original Macintosh HD drive?
Here's my setup...
(please note that both drives are currently running El Capitan 10.11.6, despite what the disk names might lead you to think)
1. The 80gb El Capitan drive is called "Macintosh HD". Or disk0s2:
^ I realize this drive is full. I can fix that if needed for functionality reasons?
2. The 920gb drive is called "SL 10.6.8". Or disk0s4. Despite the name, "SL 10.6.8" is running El Capitan as well (since today)...
^ This is the main/only drive i want to use going forward.
3. An external HD that's 1TB. It's currently in use though and i would ideally prefer not to use it, but i can overwrite it if absolutely necessery. I'm hoping you guys can help me form a plan that doesn't involve using the external HD.
Some other plans to consider into the strategy:
1. I'd also like to transfer a bunch of data over from my 80gb drive to the 920gb drive. Audio plugins, mostly. Some misc files too. Installed software if possible? But most important is the plugins and their licenses.
2. I'm considering upgrading to Sierra at some point (slightly worried my licenses wont carry over? Also El Capitan has good stability for my 32bit software right now). Just a minor note, in case that gets worked into the strategy somewhere.
Thanks for any help!
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