Creating a New Partition


To create a new partition

  1. Ensure that there is space available on the disk.

    N.B. iPartition requires free space in the partition map, displayed in black on the pie chart, as opposed to the free space reported by Finder; to make free space in the partition map, you may need to shrink an existing partition.

  2. Select “New…” from the Partition menu, or click the “New Partition” icon in iPartition’s toolbar.

  3. A sheet will appear prompting you for the details of the partition you wish to create.

    Fill-in the name of the new partition.

  4. Select a partition type from the drop-down list.

  5. If the Size field is set to “As large as possible”, iPartition will use the largest single area of free space on the disk for the new partition.

    If the Size field is set to anything else, iPartition will try to find a free space in which the partition will fit. Note that if you attempt to specify a size larger than the largest single area of space on the disk, the OK button will become disabled to prevent you from proceeding.

    iPartition will never rearrange other partitions to make additional space when creating a new partition. If you want to use all the free space for a new partition, create the partition and then resize it to the required size. This will make iPartition move other partitions automatically so that the new partition will fit.

  6. If the Location field is set to “Wherever it will fit”, then iPartition will try to choose an appropriate place on the disk to create the new partition. You can also instruct iPartition to place the new partition before or after an existing partition (provided there is space), at the beginning or end of the disk, or at a specific block number.

  7. iPartition will assume that you want to format the partition after creating it (assuming it’s a type that iPartition supports). If you don’t want to format the partition, uncheck the box. If the checkbox is disabled, it means that iPartition can’t format that type of partition. (See Formatting a Partition for more information on formatting.)

  8. Finally, press OK to create the new partition.