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iPartition is a disk partitioning utility for Mac OS X with the ability to resize Mac OS extended (HFS+) partitions and Windows partitions while keeping their contents intact. Additionally, iPartition's intuitive, easy-to-use interface and built-in intelligence that saves you from having to reorganise your disk by hand to make contiguous space makes iPartition perhaps the easiest partitioning tool ever released.
Whether you want to partition your disk to try Linux, test the latest version of Mac OS X, optimise the performance of enterprise database applications, set-up an external disk capable of booting both Intel and PowerPC Macs, or simply restrict disk space usage by temporary files and swapfiles, iPartition can help you. In version 3, you can now resize Windows partitions which means you can adjust the size of your Boot Camp partition.
Whether you want to partition your disk to try Linux, test the latest version of Mac OS X, optimise the performance of enterprise database applications, set-up an external disk capable of booting both Intel and PowerPC Macs, or simply restrict disk space usage by temporary files and swapfiles, iPartition can help you. In version 3, you can now resize Windows partitions which means you can adjust the size of your Boot Camp partition.
What's new in this version:
Changes from 3.0.0:
- Fixed a bug where iPartition would crash if it encountered Windows configuration pointing to a non-existent Windows partition.
- Fixed a layout problem with partition type field in the Inspector.
- Added a workaround for a bug in Leopard's AHCI block storage driver.
- Fixed a problem preventing the use of the arrow keys to manipulate the pie chart.
- Fixed some issues with using "Other" partition types.
- Fixed some minor issues when running from a CD/DVD.
- Fixed an issue when adding a third partition to a BootCamp installation that has Windows XP.
- Added recovery support for when moving partitions manually.
- A few minor improvements to the bug report feature when running on Leopard.
- Fixed a problem with licensing that can occur on some machines.
- Fixed a problem with resizing FAT volumes that have zero length files.
Also included is an update to iDefrag Lite. Changes from 3.0.0.
- Added a workaround for a bug in Leopard's AHCI block storage driver.
- Fixed a bug in the Compact algorithm where it would finish early if the "Compact as much as possible" option is not set.
- A few minor improvements to the bug report feature when running on Leopard.
- Fixed a bug where it would allow you to change an algorithm using the menu whilst defragmenting.
- Fixed a problem with licensing that can occur on some machines.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Mac OS X 10.3
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.3.7 or later (including Leopard)
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| Overall Rating: |   (3.2) |
Features: | (3.0) |
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| Ease of Use: | (3.2) |
Quality / Stability: | (3.2) |
Price: | (3.7) |
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Good at what it does.. - Version: 3.0.1, 2/12/2008 12:00AM PST
(4 of 5 users found this comment useful)
mkultra
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Great Product and great cust. support A+ - Version: 3.0.1, 2/4/2008 12:00AM PST
(5 of 5 users found this comment useful)
dudemanla
Great Product Does as Advertised A++++
I used this product today to resize my bootcamp partition and it didn't work at first due to lack of contig. free space on the drive. I emailed Chris from Coriolis Systems from my blackberry and told him i needed urgent help. He called me back in 5 min. from Australia and got me back on track. He told me to run the iDefrag program that came with the iPartition and run it then try to Partition the volume again. I did what he said and bingo it worked and now I have enough free space to work on my Windows partition which only had 100 megs left. I used the software on a powerPC and did the resizing on a Macbook pro.
Thanks again Coriolis :-)
Greg Helfand
Mac Tech in Los Angeles
I used this product today to resize my bootcamp partition and it didn't work at first due to lack of contig. free space on the drive. I emailed Chris from Coriolis Systems from my blackberry and told him i needed urgent help. He called me back in 5 min. from Australia and got me back on track. He told me to run the iDefrag program that came with the iPartition and run it then try to Partition the volume again. I did what he said and bingo it worked and now I have enough free space to work on my Windows partition which only had 100 megs left. I used the software on a powerPC and did the resizing on a Macbook pro.
Thanks again Coriolis :-)
Greg Helfand
Mac Tech in Los Angeles
Great Product and great cust. support A+ - Version: 3.0.1, 2/4/2008 12:00AM PST
(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)
dudemanla
Great Product Does as Advertised A++++
I used this product today to resize my bootcamp partition and it didn't work at first due to lack of contig. free space on the drive. I emailed Chris from Coriolis Systems from my blackberry and told him i needed urgent help. He called me back in 5 min. from Australia and got me back on track. He told me to run the iDefrag program that came with the iPartition and run it then try to Partition the volume again. I did what he said and bingo it worked and now I have enough free space to work on my Windows partition which only had 100 megs left. I used the software on a powerPC and did the resizing on a Macbook pro.
Thanks again Coriolis :-)
Greg Helfand
Mac Tech in Los Angeles
The author should bundle both iDefrag & iPartition for under $40.
I can't justify paying over $50 for this.
With that said, it works as advertised. I went from having 4 partitions with various OSes down to a HFS+ & NTFS partition without losing any data.
You must absolutely compact files with iDefrag prior to growing or shrinking a partition or you can kiss your partitions good bye. Mac OS X handles fragmentation fine with very little performance hit. That doesn't mean your volumes aren't fragmented.
Someone several posts below claimed he was able to change the partition map from Apple to GUID on a drive without losing data. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you will lose all data if you intend to use the drive for booting, as a bootable GUID map needs 200 MB reserved for EFI at the beginning of the disc. It may work for an external non bootable drive. I still wouldn't recommend it.
I wouldn't touch diskutil to do this with a ten ft pole. This app on the other hand is easy to use in comparison.