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Back up hard drive

Discussion in 'iMac' started by slayer666, May 13, 2012.

  1. slayer666 Member

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    I have a 500GB hard drive witch I use for my time machine and I have split in 2 250GB for me and 250GB for my wife's MacBook air. How do I make it back into the full 500GB again? Thanks for your help


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    slayer666, May 13, 2012
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  2. Graley New Member

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    Disk utility will do it but I think you must erase it all and start backup again, or use it for something else.
    Graley, Nov 26, 2012
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  3. Europa Moderator

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    Right click on the drive in Disk Utility and then select Erase and a format. I use Mac OS Extended (case-sensitive, journaled, encrypted). You can create a new Time Machine backup after it formats.
    Europa, Nov 26, 2012
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